About Us:
Jai Luster, Founder & Executive Director: - Chicago
Jai Luster is the founder and executive director of the not-for-profit Luster Learning Institute, NFP. He is member of the adjunct faculty at National Louis University and offers a graduate level course in the Calm Classroom. Mr Luster conducts a Illinois State Board of Education administrator academy in Calm Classroom at the various regional offices of education located through-out Illinois. During the last 35 years Jai has been publicly teaching workshops and seminars that specialize in training both children and adults to control and concentrate the mind, enhance alertness, improve physical stamina, decrease stress, and find greater personal satisfaction. ...more
Ms. Jo Sgammato - Director Of Operations- New York:
Ms. Jo Sgammato serves as the director of operations for the Luster Learning Institute’s Calm Classroom program in New York and is the administrative manager of the New York Integral Yoga Institute. She is a former book publishing executive, New York Times bestselling author of biographies of country music stars, the co-author of an exercise book and continues to publish articles regarding holistic health. Ms. Sgammato created the Yoga At School program for the Integral Yoga Institute in 2002. Since its inception, Yoga At School has provided yoga classes to thousands of public school students throughout the five boroughs of New York.
Board Members:
Kenneth H. Buchanan
President, Buchanan Family Foundation ...more
Howard Rossman
President, Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc. ...more
James Sances
Vice President & CFO, Alexian Brothers Health System ...more
Gail Sturm
Senior Vice President, Proten Reality Group ...more
Educators Advisory Board
Dr. Susan Knight
Superintendent, Illinois School District #80 - Norridge, Illinois ...more
LuAnn Cooper
Principal, Miner School - Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization ...more
Dr. JoAnn Rooney
Co-Director, Midwest Principals Center ...more
Dr. Alan Rossman
Professor of Curriculum & Instruction in Education, National Louis University...more
Delores Kohl
President & Founder, Kohl Education Foundation ...more
Melody Seaton
Principal - Samuel Gompers School (Chicago Public Schools)
Lisa Moreno
Principal - Shoop Math and Science Academy (Chicago Public Schools)
Kathlene L Orr
Principal - Grissom Elementary (Chicago Public Schools)
Faculty
Marlene Mikell
Marlene Mikell specializes in the early childhood programs that are conducted by the Luster Learning Institute ...more
Joy Luster
Joy Luster specalizes in curriculum development for the Luster Learning Institute ...more
Bruce Symonds
Bruce Symonds conducts calm classroom faculty trainings ...more
Ellen Tucker Schoen
Ellen Tucker Schoen conducts calm classroom faculty trainings ...more
Doe Crosh
Doe Crosh is responsible for teaching, instructor feed-back and marketing support for the Luster Learning Institute ...more
Lynn Teng
Lynn Teng conducts calm classroom faculty trainings ...more
Per Erez
Per Erez conducts calm classroom faculty trainings ...more
Carly Carney
Carly Carney conducts calm classroom faculty trainings ...more
Katherine Butzlaff
Katherine conducts calm classroom faculty trainings, conducts research on Calm Classroom and co-teaches the Masters degree program at National Louis Univeristy