Rebecca “Becky” Sieg for Collingswood Commission

A strong school system, town-wide events, and welcoming community all drew Becky and her husband, Nick, to move to Collingswood more than a decade ago.  Becky currently lives on the west side of Collingswood with her husband and two children, Julian and Rosalyn, who both attend Thomas Sharp Elementary School.   

Professionally, Becky leads a nonprofit organization, Rekindle Education, that focuses on supporting teachers in strengthening math instruction to bring joy to the classroom and increase student learning outcomes. Prior to founding this organization, Becky served as a policymaker at the New Jersey Department of Education and led policy and business development for a national nonprofit, City Teaching Alliance (formerly Urban Teachers). While at City Teaching Alliance, Becky led an organization-wide equity initiative to make programming more accessible and affordable for candidates to ensure they could not only enter the teaching workforce but also have the resources needed for successful careers. She looks forward to bringing that same lens of access and affordability to her work in Collingswood. Becky is running for Commissioner for the first time and is eager to bring a fresh perspective and new ideas to the team. 

“My family decided to move to Collingswood due, in part, to the incredible impact Team Collingswood had in making our town what it is today. We have increasingly complex issues to tackle in the coming years which will take a balance of experience and new ideas to solve and I am excited for the opportunity to lend my voice as we move forward. Issues of accessibility, affordability, and partnerships are particularly important to me and something I’d like to focus on as a Commissioner alongside Jim and Morgan.” 

Becky has worked in education for more than fifteen years (including ten years focused on policy), beginning her career as the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English as a Second Language in Malaysia while working on a limited policy project with their Women’s Aid Organization. She then taught high school English at Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia. She credits these opportunities with providing her with a unique outlook on community engagement that carries into how she engages in the town now, whether it’s as a PTA member, a participant in rec programming, or how she advocates for her school and her kids.   

“What I’ve learned over the course of my career is the importance of learning from the lived experiences of those around me and ensuring that those most impacted by policies and new initiatives have a voice in shaping the work. That mindset is what I brought into developing Rekindle and is how I think about working with the broader community in Collingswood.”