In her role at Hebrew Public, Shane oversees the organization’s support for its dual-language charter schools in the Greater New York area, including Hebrew Language Academy in Brooklyn, Harlem Hebrew Language Academy, as well as other schools being planned for the region. Before joining Hebrew Public in May 2015, Smith served for more than a decade in the Chicago Public Schools. She served as deputy chief of schools for the district; as the senior manager of performance management; as a principal at both Haines Elementary and The Ogden International School of Chicago; and as a social science teacher and department chair for Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. She has also served as adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy. She earned an EdD in educational leadership from National-Louis University in Chicago; a master’s degree in education from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.; and a bachelor’s degree in communications and history at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.