Our Mission
Provide learning opportunities that represent the evolving industries of the Lehigh Valley and prepare all students for their personalized career pathways.
Our Vision
Striving for equity in education with opportunities for all students to achieve, serve, inquire, lead and innovate.
Our Story
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute is Pennsylvania’s largest career and technical school. Founded in 1971, LCTI today provides more than 45 skills-based programs of study and academic instruction for about 2,700 ninth- through 12th-grade students from Lehigh County’s nine public school districts. Those school districts are:
- Allentown, home to William Allen and Louis E. Dieruff high schools
- Catasauqua Area, home to Catasauqua High School
- East Penn, home to Emmaus High School
- Northern Lehigh, home to Northern Lehigh High School
- Northwestern Lehigh, home to Northwestern Lehigh High School
- Parkland, home to Parkland High School
- Salisbury Township, home to Salisbury High School
- Southern Lehigh, home to Southern Lehigh High School
- Whitehall-Coplay, home to Whitehall High School
LCTI also offers industry-relevant training and credentials for adults working in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. The school’s state-of-the-art facilities encompass roughly 450,000 square feet on a 47-acre campus in the Schnecksville section of North Whitehall Township.
Our Joint Operating Committee
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute is governed by a 21-member Joint Operating Committee composed of school directors from each of the nine sending districts. The number of committee members from a given district is proportionate to the market value of that district’s property, as determined by Pennsylvania’s State Tax Equalization Board. The districts’ school boards appoint their representatives. The JOC members are:
Allentown School District
- Lisa Conover
- Audrey Mathison
- Robert Nicholoff
- Jennifer Lynn Hartnett
Catasauqua Area School District
- Jillian Emert
East Penn School District
- Michael Felegy
- Jeffrey Jankowski
- Joshua Levinson
- Adam Smith
Northern Lehigh School District
- Gary Fedorcha
Northwestern Lehigh School District
- Rachael Scheffler
Parkland School District
- David Ellowitch
- Carol Facchiano, Chairperson
- Christopher Pirrotta
- Jay Rohatgi
- Lisa Roth
- Marissa Ziegler
Salisbury Township School District
- Sarah Nemitz
Southern Lehigh School District
- Stephen Maund
- Timothy Kearney
Whitehall-Coplay School District
- Fady Salloum
Our Administration
Executive Director: Dr. Lisa Greenawalt
Director of Career & Technical Education: Dr. Darin VanNorman
Director of Curriculum & Instruction: Ms. Kathie Murray
Director of Student Services: Mr. Sean Will
Director of Adult & Work-based Education: Ms. Regina Naradko
Director of Information & Educational Technology: Dr. Dipal Kapadia
Interim Business Administrator: Ms. Stacy Gober
Human Resource Manager: Ms. Stacey Day
Facilities Engineer: Mr. Travis Serfass
Academic Center Principal: Mr. Michael Strohl
Supervisor of Career & Technical Education: Mr. Brian Faust
Supervisor of Career & Technical Education: Ms. Jamie Carr
Supervisor of Career & Technical Education: Mr. Matt Zampetti
Supervisor of Specialized Instruction and Analytics: Dr. Sandra Joseph
