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