Audrey Soglin is the Executive Director of the Illinois Education Association (IEA), the statewide teacher’s union that represents 135,000 education employees. Audrey started her career as a teacher in Evanston, Illinois, and taught there for 25 years. Prior to becoming the Executive Director of the Illinois Education Association, Audrey was the Director of Teaching and Learning for IEA and the Executive Director of the Consortium for Educational Change, a not-for-profit organization founded by IEA, focused on collaboratively improving student learning and achievement.  She is also the President of the Partnership for Resilience which works to transform and integrate education, health care and community organizations.