In Memoriam: Tasha Levy

With great sorrow, the Illinois Association of School Boards shares the news of the passing of our friend and colleague, Tasha Levy, who died January 14, 2025. 

Levy joined IASB in Summer 2022 as an Administrative Assistant in the Policy Services department and in 2024 was promoted to Assistant Director on the Training Development team. In both roles she helped members with knowledge, enthusiasm, and grace. In Policy Services, she supported IASB Policy Directors and assisted many members with PRESS Plus. A key component of Levy’s work with Training Development was leading the Administrative Professionals planning group and coordinating Share the Success programming at the Joint Annual Conference.  

IASB colleagues recall that Tasha had a warmth about her that could be felt even in a simple conversation. She had a way of making you feel important to her, and seen, and we are blessed to have called her a friend. Tasha was beautiful and brilliant and also a kind soul – we never heard an unkind word from her; she was always grateful and pouring goodness into others. Tasha was an amazing baker and often treated her co-workers. One bite of her turtle cookies or caramel cake and Tasha had your love forever. She would often bring the misshaped cookies that, as she put it, “were not good.” But man, were they! 

We are grateful to Tasha for her humor, her confidence, and more than anything, her ability to brighten one's mood even on the rainiest of days. She was known for being caring to all, and she always would light up whenever she spoke of her son, Camden, her pride and joy, whom she loved and adored.  

“As an employee, Tasha was a skilled and talented individual, and we were only just beginning to tap the creative energy and ideas she had to grow and expand her role,” said Lori Grant, IASB Associate Executive Director for Outreach, Training & Events. “Tasha was so organized and thoughtful in her work and had such a mindset for growth. She became a fast friend to our members who she served so professionally, and her warmth helped build relationships at warp speed.”  

Tasha was selfless – with her team, with her co-workers, with her community and with her family, and especially her son. Tasha was the best, sweetest soul, and her IASB family misses her terribly.  

A memorial service will take place on Monday, January 27. IASB offices in Springfield and Lombard will be closed on that day so colleagues can honor and remember our friend Tasha.