Stephanie Spear 
The three incoming Hoboken Board of Education members are all part of the same slate. The slate, Leadership That Delivers, swept the election, with a total of 58.28% of the votes. Leslie Norwood, Antonio Graña, and Elizabeth ‘Lizy’ Velez make up the slate, and will begin their three-year term on the Board in early 2026. Read on for more about their goals for Hoboken.
About Leadership That Delivers
Photo Via Leadership That Delivers
Antonio Graña and Leslie Norwood were both originally elected to the Board in 2022. Their three-year terms are up in 2025. In their reelection campaign, they added Lizy Velez to create the Leadership That Delivers slate. Lizy is a 10+ year resident of Hoboken, an active advocate with the Special Education Parents Advisory Group, and uses her Spanish language fluency to help incoming families to Hoboken.
Leslie Norwood is the parent of two children enrolled in Hoboken Public Schools and is also a member of the Special Education Parents Advisory Group. She has a background as an attorney and lobbyist and is on the Board of the Hoboken Public Library.
Antonio Graña is a local parent who has been an officer on two Hoboken Public School PTOs, he also served as Commissioner on the Hoboken Zoning Board of Adjustment.
The team shared the following statement with the Hoboken Girl:
“The Leadership That Delivers team – Antonio Graña, Leslie Norwood, and Lizy Velez – is deeply honored that Hoboken voters have placed their trust in us to serve our community and the children of the Hoboken Public School District.
We are grateful that our message of transparency, community engagement, and excellence and equity for every child resonated so strongly. We will work as hard over the next three years as we did throughout this campaign to deliver on those commitments.
We also want to express our appreciation to every candidate who stepped forward to run in this election. Each demonstrated a genuine passion for education and a shared dedication to a better future for Hoboken’s students.
Thank you to everyone who supported us along the way. Your confidence inspires us to get to work.”
The Board of Education functions as the policy-making body for the school district, including adopting an annual budget, making changes in faculty, other changes to school district policy, and holding public meetings with opportunities for public comment.
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