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January 2006 > School News


Education School Advisory Board Formed

photo: David Pearson

Dean David Pearson addresses the advisory board at their first meeting in October.



The GSE has formed an advisory board of education leaders to guide the School in the areas of program development, communications, advocacy and advancement.

Chaired by Assemblywoman and GSE alumna Carol Liu, the group met for the first time October 31 at the Bancroft Hotel. Dean David Pearson offered several areas in which the board could help shape future priorities of the School. After a wide-ranging discussion, associate professor Frank Worrell presented an overview of Cal Prep, the new Oakland charter school.

Members of the GSE Advisory Board were invited to serve because of their close affiliation with the School and/or because of their leadership and service in the field of education. Members of the board are:

Al Adams, Head of Lick-Wilmerding High School

Stacey Bell, Executive Director, K&F Baxter Family Foundation; Enrollment Administrator, Step One Preschool

Mary Catherine Birgeneau, Associate of the Chancellor, UC Berkeley

Mary Jane Brinton, Honorary

Jerry Corazza, Retired UC Berkeley Administrator

Pat Cross, Professor of Higher Education Emerita, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education

Pauline Facciano, Language Arts Teacher, Woodside Elementary School

Lily Wong Fillmore, Professor Emerita, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education

Ned Flanders, Retired Faculty, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education

Miranda Heller, Community Volunteer; Education Consultant

Lucinda Lee Katz, Head of Marin Country Day School

Carol Liu, Chair; Assemblymember, 44th District

Diane Morris, Founder and Chairman, Morris Capital Management

Joyce Ng, President, Springboard Marketing Research & Consulting

Laurie Olsen, Executive Director, California Tomorrow

Alceste Pappas, Education Consultant

David Pearson, Dean, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education

Carolyn Sparks, Community Leader

Bill Tibbey, Ex-officio, President, GSE Alumni Association

MaryEllen Vogt, Professor Emerita of Education, California State University, Long Beach

Lynn Wendell, Community Leader

Vic Willits, Retired Community College Administrator

Mike Wood, Co-founder, Sangamo Biosciences, Inc.

Heather McCracken Wu, Former High School Teacher, PTA Board Member and Alameda Education Foundation Member

A steering committee of Board members will meet in January to identify specific goals and guide the group’s agenda for the next two years. The Board’s next meeting will be in April.

For more information about the GSE Advisory Board, please call the Office of Development and External Relations at (510) 643-9784.

 

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