Marion Ginopolis, Director, MI-LIFE

Marion is the former Superintendent of the Oxford School District in Oakland County, Michigan. During her 30+ year career in public education, she has been a classroom teacher, staff development trainer, principal, director of personnel, and assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.  She has taught graduate level courses for Eastern Michigan University and Oakland University. Following retirement from the Oxford Schools, Marion began consulting in the area of virtual education. She taught an online high school course and subsequently wrote and developed an online professional development course for administrators. She has been a Master Online Instructor and developed the first online instructor course in Michigan.  She has served on numerous local, state and national committees focusing on curriculum and professional development for educators, participated in the development of a leadership curriculum for Intel® and was a Senior Facilitator in the Intel® Teach to the Future Leadership Forum Program.

From 2001-2005, Marion provided the leadership as the Director of the Michigan Gates Project, LEADing the Future, which was a part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation State Challenge Grants for Leadership Development to provide every principal and superintendent in public and private schools with access to quality leadership development focused on systems change and technology integration.

In addition to now providing the leadership for MI-LIFE, Marion is a national trainer for Microsoft Partners in Learning Program School Leadership Building 21st Century Skills Curriculum.  

Marion Ginopolis
Director

Jane Perzyk, Consultant, MI-LIFE
 
Jane is a former media specialist from St. Isaac Jogues School in St. Clair Shores, MI, where she focused on technology integration and information literacy. During her 15 years at St. Isaac, she served as president of the Michigan Chapter of the Catholic Library Association and became a charter member of Let’s Talk Technology, a learning community of educators interested in technology who meet monthly. Originally funded by MACUL, Let’s Talk is now supported by membership fees.

As a Blackboard trained instructor at Oakland Community College, Jane developed and delivered online and face-to-face composition and research courses and also designed and administered the exit test program for remedial writing classes. Using her virtual education background, she became the Lead Online Instructor for Michigan Virtual High School, preparing over 200 secondary teachers to become online teachers for MVHS.  She is also a Senior Facilitator for the Intel® Teach to the Future Leadership Forum Program.

Jane served on the planning team for the recently concluded Michigan Gates Project, LEADing the Future, facilitating in the delivery of technology-based leadership professional development for school administrators throughout the state.

Jane Perzyk
Consultant

 Ron Faulds, Consultant, MI-LIFE

Ron is the former Technology Director of the Eaton Intermediate School District in Charlotte, Michigan. He has taught math, science, and computer literacy at the middle school level in Lansing, MI, and is a former technology coordinator for Lansing Public Schools. Ron retired from K-12 in 2002 and has been working as a technology consultant since that time. He has been a Senior Facilitator for the Intel Teach to the Future Leadership Forum initiative and was a member of the Core Planning Team for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation project, LEADing the Future.

Ron also works extensively with the Michigan Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology and Data Coordination in the position of an Education Consultant. In this position, Ron works closely with a wide variety of individuals and groups from around the state including local districts, ISDs, REMCs, and professional associations.

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