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Elliot Avis is a second-year Fellow Candidate with the Cook Leadership Academy and is enrolled with the GVSU College of Education in the Educational Specialist Program. Currently, he is a School Support Specialist at the GVSU Charter Schools Office where he provides coaching, professional development, and strategic support to all of the 78 authorized GVSU charter schools across Michigan. A native of Grand Rapids, Elliot started his career in Chicago as a High School Special Education Teacher with Teach for America and held various teacher leadership support and administrative roles in Chicago. Elliot received a Master's in Public Policy and Administration from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio where he was a four-year letter winner on the Men's Lacrosse team. He is also a proud graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School and can be found spending his free time backpacking, canoeing, biking, and skiing. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Camp Henry in Newaygo, Michigan and volunteers with the National Ski Patrol as an Alpine Patroller at Crystal Mountain. Elliot's wife, Meredith, is an ICU nurse at St. Mary's hospital. In their free time, they can be seen on long walks on the northeast side of Grand Rapids with their Golden Retriever, Moose.
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