Madeline Hall is a 2024-2025 Teach Plus Illinois Affinity Group Facilitator and Dean of Students at Vernon Hills High School in Vernon Hills, Illinois. She is the Black Student Union advisor and College of Lake County Advisory Board chair. Madeline was Dean of the Year (2019), a former President of the Illinois Dean’s association, and recipient of the You Make a Difference Award. As a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she was instrumental in planning the Youth Empowerment Summit and working with young women in the Gems program. Madeline earned a degree in elementary education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, master’s in school counseling from Bowling Green State University, and second master’s in educational leadership from Northeastern University.