2008-09 Board of Directors

Davis Campbell, President
Davis, CA
President, California School Boards Association Governance Institute; Member, Yolo County Board of Education; Private Consulting Practice, DC Associates; Former Executive Director, CSBA; Former California Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Senior Fellow, School of Education, University of California, Davis; Member, Former Chair, Board of Directors, Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning; Member, Board of Directors and Founding Executive Director, California Institute for School Improvement; Board of Directors, Cities Counties Schools Partnership

Lawrence O. Picus, Vice President
North Hollywood, CA
Professor, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California; Director, Center for Research in Education Finance (CREF); Past President, American Education Finance Association

Martha Kanter, Fiscal Officer
Los Altos Hills, CA
Chancellor, Foothill-De Anza Community College District; Board of Directors, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, Inc.; Former President, De Anza College; Former Vice Chancellor for Policy and Research, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office; Former Vice President of Instruction and Student Services, San Jose City College

John B. Mockler, Secretary
Sacramento, CA
President, John Mockler and Associates, Inc.; Former Executive Director, California State Board of Education; Former California Interim Secretary for Education; Former President, Strategic Education Services; Former Member, Senior Executive Staff, California Department of Education; Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Speaker of the Assembly Willie L. Brown, Jr.

Susan K. Burr
Sacramento, CA
Executive Director, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA); Former Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, Elk Grove Unified School District; Former California Interim Secretary for Education; Former Co-Director, California State University Institute for Education Reform (CSU-IER); Former Education Consultant to the Senate Education and Appropriations Committees; Former Policy Analyst for the Legislative Analyst's Office

Carl A. Cohn
San Diego, CA
Distinguished Leader in Residence, College of Education, San Diego State University; Former Superintendent, San Diego and Long Beach Unified School Districts; Former Clinical Professor, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California; Faculty Advisor, Broad Superintendents Academy; Board of Directors, American College Testing, Inc.

Christopher Cross
Danville, CA
Chair and CEO, Cross & Joftus, LLC; Former Distinguished Senior Fellow, Education Commission of the States; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Council for Basic Education; Former Director, Education Initiative, The Business Roundtable; Former Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and Improvement in the U.S. Department of Education; Author, Political Education: National Policy Comes of Age (2004)

Kenneth F. Hall
Carmichael, CA
Executive in Residence, University of Southern California and Co-Director, School Business Management Program, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California; Founder and Chairman Emeritus, School Services of California, Inc.; Member, University of Redlands Board of Trustees; Education Advisory Committee, Public Policy Institute of California

Reed Hastings
Los Gatos, CA
CEO, Netflix, Inc.; Board of Directors, Microsoft, Inc.; Board of Directors, California Charter Schools Association; Former President, California State Board of Education; Board Member, EdVoice; Board of Directors, Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP)

Gerald C. Hayward
Sacramento, CA
Co-Director (retired), Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE); Partner (retired), Management, Analysis, and Planning, Inc.; Former Deputy Director, National Center for Research in Vocational Education; Former Chancellor, California Community Colleges

Janis R. Hirohama
Manhattan Beach, CA
President, League of Women Voters of California (LWVC); Former First Vice President, League of Women Voters of the United States and League of Women Voters Education Fund; Former Secretary, LWVC; Former President, LWV of the Beach Cities, California; Attorney

Santiago Jackson
Los Angeles, CA
Director, Governmental Affairs, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD); Former Assistant Superintendent, Division of Adult and Career Education, LAUSD; Former Assistant Superintendent of Government Relations

Kelvin K. Lee
Roseville, CA
Superintendent (retired), Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District; Former Chair, Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH); Board of Directors, National Clearing House for Educational Facilities, U.S. Department of Education; Former Member, Advisory Committee of the Public Schools Accountability Act (PSAA), California Department of Education, Educational Consultant

Jo A.S. Loss
Castro Valley, CA
President-Elect, California State PTA; Former CAPTA Vice President for Leadership Services and Vice President for Education; Trustee, Castro Valley Unified School District; Member, Superintendent of Public Instruction’s P–16 Council

Paul J. Markowitz
West Hills, CA
Teacher, Las Virgenes Unified School District (retired); Former Co-President, Las Virgenes Educators Association; California Teachers Association (CTA) Liaison to the State Board of Education; Former Vice Chair, Tenure and Academic Freedom Committee, State Council of Education; Former State and Local Representative, National Education Association Representative Assembly; Former Member, CTA Board of Directors

Amado M. Padilla
Stanford, CA
Professor and Chairman of Program in Psychological Studies in Education, School of Education, Stanford University; Former Member, Board of Education, Palo Alto Unified School District; Author, approximately 180 scholarly papers; Editor, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Consultant to numerous school districts and mental health agencies; Principal Investigator of state and federally funded education and teacher development projects

Don Shalvey
Oakland, CA
Professor and Chairman of Program in Psychological Studies in Education, School of Education, Stanford University; Former Member, Board of Education, Palo Alto Unified School District; Consultant to school districts and mental health agencies; Principal Investigator of state and federally funded education and teacher development projects

Gloria Taylor
Oakland, CA
President, American Association of University Women–California (AAUW–CA); Former District Director and Former Diversity Chair, AAUW–CA; President, A Safe Place Battered Women’s Shelter; President, YWCA of Oakland Board of Directors; Management Consultant and Trainer