Illana Nissenbaum » School Committee Bios

Wellesley School Committee (elected March 2025). Illana Nissenbaum has lived in Wellesley since 2006 and is the parent of three children in Wellesley Public Schools. A former elementary school teacher with over a decade of experience, she holds a B.A. in Sociology and Education from Clark University and is working on her M.A. in Educational Leadership at Simmons University. Illana is a former co-president of the Wellesley Education Foundation, a current Town Meeting Member for Precinct D, and teaches Hebrew school at Temple Beth Elohim. She can be reached at nissenbaumi@wellesleyps.org.