New Chief Financial Officer Appointed

D219 Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

     Skokie, IL -- The Niles Township High School District 219 Board of Education  appointed Kristine Rull the district’s new Chief Financial Officer at its July 9 meeting.   Rull has more than 20 years’ experience in financial and operations management in the private, public and non-profit sectors.

Rull was most recently Senior Vice President and Director of Specialized Markets at Urban Partnership Bank in Chicago, which is recognized for its commitment to community development banking.  She also served as Chief Operating Officer for Three Arts Club in Chicago, a non-profit gallery and residence for women in the arts. Rull served Bank One (formerly First National Bank of Chicago) in a number of roles from 1980 to 2001, including Foreign Exchange Trading Manager, directing both the U.S. and London offices.

In public education, Rull served the Chicago Public Schools as Director of School Operations and Renovation.  She was responsible for CPS’s $750-million budget for school building renovation, day-to-day maintenance and operations.  She started at CPS as Deputy of Instruction and School Management.

“We are very excited to bring Kris to D219, since she has such big-picture experience in financial and operational management,” said Superintendent Nanciann Gatta. “Kris is a passionate advocate of public education who has shown time and again that she has the ability to identify and implement ways to improve system efficiencies to reallocate resources to the classroom.   We are proud of D219’s strong fiscal health, and I believe Kris will help us take the right steps to maintain our financial stability.”

Rull holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and graduated with honors.