Kyle Westbrook, Ph.D.

Kyle serves as the Executive Director of Education Systems Center at Northern Illinois University. Previously, he was the Founding Executive Director of the Partnership for College Completion (PCC). Before being named founding Executive Director of PCC, he served as the Executive Director of Education Policy in the Office of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Kyle has extensive experience, having spent 30 years in public education as a teacher, teacher leader, leadership consultant, and district level administrator including five years leading the Office of Magnet, Gifted, and International Baccalaureate programs in the Chicago Public Schools. He has also held posts at the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute, and teaching positions at Walter Payton College Prep, and Lincoln Park High School in Chicago as well as adjunct faculty positions at the University of Illinois Chicago and National Louis Unversity. 

Kyle holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education Policy from the University of Illinois Chicago and Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science in Education from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.