
Chris Comella
Mr. Comella has served as Principal of Pilgrim Lutheran School since July 2013.
Mr. Comella has over 35 years of experience in professional education, both in the classroom and in administration. He started his teaching career in private faith-based schools in Chicago in 1982 and in 1999, he became an assistant principal and later a principal in Zion, IL.
Mr. Comella has a bachelor’s degree from Wabash College in English and Classical Greek and a master’s degree from Northeastern Illinois University in Educational Administration. He also studied at Concordia University Chicago, DePaul University, the University of Aberdeen (U.K.) and the Goethe-Institut Berlin. Mr. Comella is an alumnus of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, having taught English in Wilhelm-Hoffmann-Gymnasium in St. Goarshausen in Germany.
Currently, Mr. Comella serves on the Board of the Evangelical Lutheran Education Association.