Nancy Israel

Nancy Israel is the Executive Director of the Institute for Learning (IFL). She was the manager for the NetLearn and the High Performance Learning Communities Projects at the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC). She manages the programs, staff, and budgets of the IFL. Israel is also actively involved in community and parent organizations in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and has co-chaired District-wide committees on restructuring the Pittsburgh Public Schools, been a member of the charter school review committee for Pittsburgh, and a member of the district's committee on equity and parity. She also sits on a city-wide board that serves as an oversight committee for the local public schools, as well as serves as the chair of the scholarship committee for another local organization. Israel has a Ph.D. in Policy and Administration.