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Bryan Brown, PhD
Senior Associate Vice Provost & Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education
Sue Burr
Board Chair, Alder GSE
Former Executive Director and Member of the CA State Board of Education
Kathleen Donohue, PhD
Trustee, Tandem Philanthropies
Karla Estrada, EdD
Deputy Superintendent of Instruction,  Los Angeles Unified School District
José Ferrel
CEO and Co-founder, Clearmatrix
Nadia Diaz Funn
Founder and CEO, Cora Consulting
Ken Futernick, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Sacramento State University
Nithin Iyengar, EdM
Managing Director, Give Forward Foundation
Jannelle Kubinec, MPP
Chief Executive Officer, WestEd
Betsy Lind
Investment Analyst, Vice President, Capital Group
Laura McGowan-Robinson, EdD
Founder and CEO, Diversity in Leadership
Ellen Moir
Founder, New Teacher Center
Jenny Risk
Community Volunteer
Jason Willis
Director of Strategy and Performance, WestEd
Kristin Wright
Executive Director, Inclusive Practices and Systems, Sacramento County Office of Education
Board Alumni
Carl A. Cohn, EdD
Former Executive Director, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE)
Former State Board of Education member
Warren Felson

Private Investor

Bernie Gifford, PhD

Professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education

Claude Goldenberg, PhD
Nomellini and Olivier Professor of Education, Emeritus, Graduate School of Education at Stanford University
Kenji Hakuta, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Stanford University
Gary K. Hart
Former California Secretary of Education
Leslie Hume, PhD
Founding Board Chair, Alder GSE
Community Volunteer
Lucinda Lee Katz, PhD
Teacher, Professor, Chief Education Officer,
Head of School
Susanna Loeb, PhD
Professor, Graduate School of Education,
Stanford University
Stu McLaughlin
Former Partner, Sansome Partners
Julie Mikuta, PhD
Co-President, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Louise Muhlfeld Patterson
Human Resources Executive
Sid Smith, JD
Founding Partner, non sibi ventures
Shayne Spalten
Senior Director, Education Grantmaking, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Grace Voorhis
Community Volunteer and Philanthropist
James Willcox
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Greenhouse E3