Endorsed by the Daily Herald!
"Erin Chan Ding provides an enthusiastic, positive voice and a focus on equity and inclusiveness."
~The Daily Herald Editorial Board
(March 10, 2021)
Erin Chan Ding
for Barrington 220
Board of Education
• Equity In All Things
• Effective Communication
• Exceptional Stewardship
Let's partner together for our kids!
Check out this brief video to find out a little more about me, my values and how I'd like to partner with you to ensure each of our kids has a safe, equitable, inclusive, fun and challenging education.
Meet Erin
My husband, Charley, and I live in South Barrington with our two kids, Chandler, 11, and Callie, 7. Chandler is a 6th grader at Station Middle School, and Callie is a 2nd grader at Countryside Elementary School.
I am a full-time freelance journalist and editor who reports and writes news and features for a variety of newspapers, websites, magazines and nonprofits.
I'm also learning cello and practicing tae kwon do alongside both of our kids—we're all black belts!—and I love to run, having completed 25 marathons and four ultramarathons.
Let's get to know each other!
Why I'm Running
I love this community. I am so grateful for how teachers, staff and fellow families have cared for our kiddos, and I want to serve and give back.
We have all been through an unquestionably difficult year. It's been so tough. It's been super emotional. Even so, I hope to always bring kindness, humility and respect to the way we dialogue with one another.
I am dedicated to equity in all things, effective communication and exceptional stewardship. To me, this means exercising fairness, agility and nuance in decision-making, elevating every voice and listening with intentionality, and ensuring transparency and fiscal responsibility.
As a member of the Barrington 220 Board of Education, I will commit to collaborating with families, homeowners, schools and community partners to ensure each student an equitable, safe, inclusive, challenging and fun education.
I look forward to having conversations and hope to earn your support!
Erin para 220 — ¡Juntos para nuestros niños!
¡Un vez más en español! Mira esta video corto sobre nuestra campaña para un puesto en la Junta de Educación de Barrington 220, y aprenda cómo colaboramos para garantizar a cada estudiante una educación equitativa, segura, desafiante y divertida.
Why I Care So Much...
In this video, I share how my mom was checking out a customer at Carson Pirie Scott, making $1.75 an hour as a cashier, when a customer looked at her and screamed, saying, “Why don’t you speak proper English?!”
Here’s what happened next—and is exactly why I care so much that each of our kids receives a great education and is surrounded by a community that loves, supports, sees and uplifts them…the kind of community we can continue to cultivate together.
Each child in 220 belongs in our district, and we have the opportunity to show exactly what it means to empathize, listen and understand. Because even when things seem tough, unfair or intractable, we need to be there for one another.