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Christopher Cabaldon is president and
chief executive officer of EdVoice, a nonprofit political advocacy
organization seeking to influence education policy in California. Prior
to leading EdVoice, Cabaldon was vice chancellor of the California
Community Colleges. He developed the first model for funding the real
cost of providing quality community college education and was a
participant in creating California’s new Master Plan for Education. He
served previously as chief consultant to the Assembly Higher Education
Committee and chief of staff to the chair of the Assembly
Appropriations Committee. Cabaldon is currently mayor of West
Sacramento and an adjunct faculty member at California State
University–Sacramento.
Christopher Cross,
chairman of Cross & Joftus, LLC, an education policy consulting
firm, also serves as a consultant to the Broad and the C.S. Mott
Foundations. He is a member of the advisory board for the School
Evaluation Service program of Standard and Poor's and has been an
EdSource board member since 2003. From 1994 to 2002, Cross served as
president and chief executive officer of the Council for Basic
Education (CBE). Before joining CBE, he was director of the education
initiative of The Business Roundtable and assistant secretary for
educational research and improvement in the U.S. Department of
Education. Cross is a former president of the Maryland State Board of
Education and has written extensively in the fields of education and
public policy.
Lynne Faulks
is manager of legislative relations for the California Teachers
Association, coordinating legislative programs and overseeing its
lobbying staff in the Governmental Relations Division. Prior to taking
on this role, Faulks was a CTA legislative advocate, lobbying in the
areas of curriculum and instruction, assessment and testing, and
vocational and special alternative education. Previously she was a CTA
political consultant in Northern California, coordinating political
campaigns for CTA. She has also served four years as president of the
Mt. Diablo Education Association and chair of the CTA’s Political
Involvement Committee. (Friday only)
Susanna Loeb,
associate professor of education at Stanford University since 1999,
specializes in the economics of education and the relationship between
schools and federal, state, and local policies. Her research focus is
on teacher labor markets and on how the structure of state finance
systems affects the level and distribution of funds to districts. She
is a director of Stanford’s Institute for Research on Education Policy
and Practice and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of
Economic Research. Loeb was chosen by four private foundations (Bill
& Melinda Gates, the William and Flora Hewlett, James Irvine, and
Stuart) to help design and oversee the series of independent,
nonpartisan research projects on California’s school finance and
governance systems known as the “Getting Down to Facts” project.
John Mockler
is president of John B. Mockler and Associates, a consulting firm
specializing in education policy and finance. He is the former
executive director of the California State Board of Education in the
Davis Administration and served in an interim capacity as California’s
secretary of education. For more than three decades, Mockler has worked
in both the public and private sectors, focusing on issues regarding
adequate education funding and educational achievement. He was a chief
architect of Proposition 98, which sets a minimum funding level for
K–12 schools and community colleges, as well as many of the other laws
governing California’s structure for financing schools. Mockler has
been a member of the EdSource Board of Directors since 1996.
Lawrence O. Picus
is a professor at the University of Southern California’s Rossier
School of Education. He also serves as the director of the Center for
Research in Education Finance. His current research interests focus on
adequacy and equity in school finance as well as efficiency and
productivity in the provision of educational programs for K–12
students. These interest are discussed in Picus’ most recent book,
School Finance: A Policy Perspective, 4th Edition (2007) with Allan
Odden. Picus has consulted extensively on school finance issues with
more than 20 states, is a past president of the American Education
Finance Association, and has served as a member of the EdSource Board
of Directors since 1999.
Scott Plotkin
is the executive director for the California School Boards Association,
representing and serving the elected and appointed members of the
governing boards of California’s school districts and county offices of
education. He is a former chief consultant and staff director for the
Senate Committee on Education, providing fiscal advice and analysis on
education matters to members of the state Senate. He was previously
director of the Office of Governmental Affairs of the 23-campus
California State University system. During a 20-year tenure as a member
of the Board of Trustees of Rio Linda Union Elementary School District,
he also served as president of the Sacramento County School Boards
Association and as president of the California School Boards
Association.
Richard Simpson
is deputy chief of staff for the speaker of the California State
Assembly, Fabian Núñez. He is responsible for advising the speaker and
other members of the Assembly on a wide variety of policy and budget
issues. He has served as a senior adviser for four other Assembly
speakers, spent two years as chief of staff for the Senate Education
Committee, six years as chief consultant for the Assembly Education
Committee, and, for a short time, as a lobbyist for the California
Teachers Association. He has either written or played a key role in
developing California’s major education reforms of the past decade.
Simpson served for 12 years as trustee and president of the Sacramento
County Board of Education.
Dom Summa
is assistant executive director of the Negotiations and Organizational
Development Department for the California Teachers Association. The NOD
Department provides support to CTA field staff and leaders in the areas
of negotiations, training, organizational development, school finance,
and research. Summa has been on the professional staff of CTA for 25
years, serving local CTA chapters throughout California. He began his
career as a business education teacher in the state of New York and was
state executive director for the Hawaii State Teachers Association. He
has served city government as a library commissioner and was president
of the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners.
(Thursday only)
Christopher Cabaldon is president and
chief executive officer of EdVoice, a nonprofit political advocacy
organization seeking to influence education policy in California. Prior
to leading EdVoice, Cabaldon was vice chancellor of the California
Community Colleges. He developed the first model for funding the real
cost of providing quality community college education and was a
participant in creating California’s new Master Plan for Education. He
served previously as chief consultant to the Assembly Higher Education
Committee and chief of staff to the chair of the Assembly
Appropriations Committee. Cabaldon is currently mayor of West
Sacramento and an adjunct faculty member at California State
University–Sacramento.
Christopher Cross,
chairman of Cross & Joftus, LLC, an education policy consulting
firm, also serves as a consultant to the Broad and the C.S. Mott
Foundations. He is a member of the advisory board for the School
Evaluation Service program of Standard and Poor's and has been an
EdSource board member since 2003. From 1994 to 2002, Cross served as
president and chief executive officer of the Council for Basic
Education (CBE). Before joining CBE, he was director of the education
initiative of The Business Roundtable and assistant secretary for
educational research and improvement in the U.S. Department of
Education. Cross is a former president of the Maryland State Board of
Education and has written extensively in the fields of education and
public policy.
Lynne Faulks
is manager of legislative relations for the California Teachers
Association, coordinating legislative programs and overseeing its
lobbying staff in the Governmental Relations Division. Prior to taking
on this role, Faulks was a CTA legislative advocate, lobbying in the
areas of curriculum and instruction, assessment and testing, and
vocational and special alternative education. Previously she was a CTA
political consultant in Northern California, coordinating political
campaigns for CTA. She has also served four years as president of the
Mt. Diablo Education Association and chair of the CTA’s Political
Involvement Committee. (Friday only)
Susanna Loeb,
associate professor of education at Stanford University since 1999,
specializes in the economics of education and the relationship between
schools and federal, state, and local policies. Her research focus is
on teacher labor markets and on how the structure of state finance
systems affects the level and distribution of funds to districts. She
is a director of Stanford’s Institute for Research on Education Policy
and Practice and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of
Economic Research. Loeb was chosen by four private foundations (Bill
& Melinda Gates, the William and Flora Hewlett, James Irvine, and
Stuart) to help design and oversee the series of independent,
nonpartisan research projects on California’s school finance and
governance systems known as the “Getting Down to Facts” project.
John Mockler
is president of John B. Mockler and Associates, a consulting firm
specializing in education policy and finance. He is the former
executive director of the California State Board of Education in the
Davis Administration and served in an interim capacity as California’s
secretary of education. For more than three decades, Mockler has worked
in both the public and private sectors, focusing on issues regarding
adequate education funding and educational achievement. He was a chief
architect of Proposition 98, which sets a minimum funding level for
K–12 schools and community colleges, as well as many of the other laws
governing California’s structure for financing schools. Mockler has
been a member of the EdSource Board of Directors since 1996.
Lawrence O. Picus
is a professor at the University of Southern California’s Rossier
School of Education. He also serves as the director of the Center for
Research in Education Finance. His current research interests focus on
adequacy and equity in school finance as well as efficiency and
productivity in the provision of educational programs for K–12
students. These interest are discussed in Picus’ most recent book,
School Finance: A Policy Perspective, 4th Edition (2007) with Allan
Odden. Picus has consulted extensively on school finance issues with
more than 20 states, is a past president of the American Education
Finance Association, and has served as a member of the EdSource Board
of Directors since 1999.
Scott Plotkin
is the executive director for the California School Boards Association,
representing and serving the elected and appointed members of the
governing boards of California’s school districts and county offices of
education. He is a former chief consultant and staff director for the
Senate Committee on Education, providing fiscal advice and analysis on
education matters to members of the state Senate. He was previously
director of the Office of Governmental Affairs of the 23-campus
California State University system. During a 20-year tenure as a member
of the Board of Trustees of Rio Linda Union Elementary School District,
he also served as president of the Sacramento County School Boards
Association and as president of the California School Boards
Association.
Richard Simpson
is deputy chief of staff for the speaker of the California State
Assembly, Fabian Núñez. He is responsible for advising the speaker and
other members of the Assembly on a wide variety of policy and budget
issues. He has served as a senior adviser for four other Assembly
speakers, spent two years as chief of staff for the Senate Education
Committee, six years as chief consultant for the Assembly Education
Committee, and, for a short time, as a lobbyist for the California
Teachers Association. He has either written or played a key role in
developing California’s major education reforms of the past decade.
Simpson served for 12 years as trustee and president of the Sacramento
County Board of Education.
