EdSource Board
2011-12 EdSource Board of Directors
Carl A. Cohn, President
Palm Springs, CA
Co-Director, Urban Leadership Program and Clinical Professor, School of Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University; Member, California State Board of Education; Former 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.
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
Kenneth F. Hall, Fiscal Officer
Carmichael, CA
Executive in Residence, University of Southern California and Field Project Director, School Business Management Program, Rossier School of Education, USC; Founder and Chairman Emeritus, School Services of California, Inc.; Member, University of Redlands Board of Trustees; Member, Education Advisory Committee, Public Policy Institute of California
Susan K. Burr, Secretary
Sacramento, CA
Executive Director, State Board of Education and Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor, Former 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
Davis Campbell, Immediate Past President
Davis, CA
Senior Fellow, Center for Applied Policy in Education, University of California, Davis; Private Consulting Practice, DC Associates; Former Executive Director, CSBA; Former California Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Member, Former Chair, Board of Directors, Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning; Board Member, the Stuart Foundation and the Special District Leadership Foundation; Member, Board of Directors and Founding Executive Director, California Institute for School Improvement; Board of Directors, Cities Counties Schools Partnership; Former Member, Yolo County Board of Education
Brice Harris
Sacramento, CA
Chancellor, Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, CA; Board Member, American Council on Education; Former Board Chair, CEOs of California Community Colleges; Former Commissioner, Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges; Board Chair, Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization; Past Chair, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; Past Chair, California Community College Task Force on Global and International Education
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 of Directors, Facebook; 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
Barbara Inatsugu
Santa Monica, CA
Program Director for Education (PK-12), League of Women Voters of California (LWVC); Former President and Executive Vice President, LWVC; Former LWVC representative to School Finance Exploration Project; Former Member, LWV of the United States Diversity Implementation Task Force; Consultant to Legislation Team, California State PTA, 2011-13; Consultant to Legislation Team and Member of the CA State PTA Board of Managers, 2007-11; Chair, Will Rogers Learning Community School Site Governance Council, 2009-2011; Member, School Site Council, Santa Monica Mountains Probation Camps, 2009-12.
Santiago G. Jackson
Monrovia, CA
President, Santiago G. Jackson, Inc., an education consulting firm; Director (retired), Governmental Affairs, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD); Former Assistant Superintendent, Division of Adult and Career Education and Former Assistant Superintendent of Government Relations, LAUSD
Loren Kaye
Sacramento, CA
President, California Foundation for Commerce and Education, a think tank on California public policy affiliated with CalChamber; Commissioner, Little Hoover Commission; held senior policy positions for Governors Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian, including Cabinet Secretary to the Governor and Undersecretary of the California Trade and Commerce Agency
Kelvin K. Lee
Roseville, CA
Superintendent (retired), Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District; Board Member, Collaborative for High Performance Schools; Former Chair, Coalition for Adequate School Housing; Educational Consultant
John B. Mockler
Sacramento, CA
Author, speaker, and critic, John Mockler is President of 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.
Amado M. Padilla
Stanford, CA
Professor and Chairman of Program in Developmental and Psychological Sciences, School of Education, Stanford University; Former Member, Board of Education, Palo Alto Unified School District; Principal Investigator of state and federally funded research and teacher development projects in world languages, educational resilience, and at-risk student achievement
Don Shalvey
Linden, CA
Deputy Director, U.S. Program, Education, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Former CEO and Co-Founder, Aspire Public Schools; Board Member, Jobs for the Future, Stanford University School of Education, and College Summit; Former Superintendent, San Carlos School District; 2009 inductee into Charter School Hall of Fame; 2006 recipient of The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award; Ashoka Fellow for North America (2002-05)
Michael Stone
Laguna Niguel, CA
Teacher, Aliso Viejo Middle School, Capistrano Unified School District; Member, California Teachers Association (CTA) Board of Directors; Former Member, California League of Middle Schools (CLMS) Region 11 panel; Former Member, CTA Association for Better Citizenship Committee; Former Commission Member, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC); and Former Delegate to the CTA State Council of Education
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, community-based social services and health care organization
Colleen You
Belmont, CA
President-Elect, California State PTA; formerly served as PTA Vice President for Health and Chair of the Health Commission, Vice President for Parent Involvement, Leadership Services Commissioner, and Health Commissioner, and has served on many state committees; Past President of Seventeenth District PTA (San Mateo County); Former School Board Member


