EdSource Board
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; Consultant to the Broad Foundation and the C. S. Mott Foundation; 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; Consultant to school districts and mental health agencies; Principal Investigator of state and federally funded education and teacher development projects
Don Shalvey
Oakland, CA
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Aspire Public Schools; Former Superintendent, San Carlos School District; Former Assistant Superintendent of K–12 Instruction, Lodi Unified School District; Former Principal, Merced City School District; Ashoka Fellow for North America (2002–05)
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
