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California Collaborative on District Reform Members

  • Jorge Aguilar

    Jorge Aguilar
    Superintendent
    Wonderful College Prep Academy

  • Sondra Aguilera

    Sondra Aguilera
    Chief Academic Officer
    Oakland Unified School District

  • Nancy Albarrán

    Nancy Albarran
    Superintendent
    San José Unified School District

  • Jerry Almendarez

    Jerry Almendarez
    Founder & CEO
    Creative Futures Collaborative

  • Mauricio Arellano

    Mauricio Arellano
    Superintendent
    San Bernardino City Unified School District

  • Jill Baker

    Jill Baker
    Superintendent
    Long Beach Unified School District

  • Christi Barrett

    Christi Barrett
    Superintendent
    Hemet Unified School District

  • Melissa Bassanelli

    Melissa Bassanelli
    Superintendent
    San Juan Unified School District

  • Shannan Brown

    Shannan Brown
    Executive Director
    San Juan Teachers Association

  • Tommy Chang

    Tommy Chang
    Chief Executive Officer
    New Teacher Center

  • Lupita Cortez Alcalá

    Lupita Cortez Alcalá
    Executive Director
    PACE

  • Maria Echaveste

    Maria Echaveste
    Special Advisor, Children Now
    Policy and Program Development Director, UC Berkeley School of Law

  • Francisco Escobedo

    Francisco Escobedo
    Member, State Board of Education
    Vice President, Think Together

  • Amy Gerstein

    Amy Gerstein
    Executive Director
    John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities

  • Chris Hoffman

    Chris Hoffman
    Special Projects Consultant
    Elk Grove Unified School District

  • Michael Kirst

    Mike Kirst
    Professor Emeritus of Education and Business Administration
    Stanford University

  • Joel Knudson

    Joel Knudson
    Chair, California Collaborative on District Reform
    Principal Researcher, American Institutes for Research

  • Ted Lempert

    Ted Lempert
    President
    Children Now

  • Gabriela Mafi

    Gabriela Mafi
    Superintendent
    Garden Grove Unified School District

  • Ed Manansala

    Ed Manansala
    County Superintendent of Schools
    El Dorado County Office of Education

  • Dale Marsden

    Dale Marsden
    Founder and Chief Visionary
    Tomorrow's Talent

  • Rick Miller

    Rick Miller
    Chief Executive Officer
    CORE Districts

  • Rosanna Mucetti

    Rosanna Mucetti
    Superintendent
    Napa Valley Unified School District

  • Matt Navo

    Matt Navo
    Executive Director
    California Collaborative for Educational Excellence

  • Christopher Nellum

    Chris Nellum
    Executive Director
    The Education Trust-West

  • Jennifer O'Day

    Jennifer O'Day
    Founder and Chair Emeritus, California Collaborative on District Reform
    Institute Fellow, American Institutes for Research

  • Rose Owens-West

    Rose Owens-West
    Co-Director, Western Educational Equity Assistance Center at WestEd

  • Arun Ramanathan

    Arun Ramanathan
    Chief Executive Officer
    PowerMyLearning

  • David Reilly

    David Reilly
    Superintendent
    Elk Grove Unified School District

  • Tammy Reina

    Tammy Reina
    Teacher, San Diego County Office of Education
    Juvenile Court and Community Schools

  • Jorge Ruiz de Velasco

    Jorge Ruiz de Velasco
    Deputy Director
    John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Stanford Graduate School of Education

  • Brad Stam

    Brad Stam
    Retired Chief Academic and Innovation Officer
    Santa Clara Unified School District

  • Ilene Straus

    Ilene Straus
    Professional Expert, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence
    Lecturer, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

  • Samantha Tran

    Samantha Tran
    Executive Director
    California Policy Collaborative

  • Dennis Wiechmann

    Dennis Wiechmann image
    Superintendent
    Sanger Unified School District

  • Jason Willis

    Jason Willis
    Clinical Professor of Public Policy, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific

  • Alison Yoshimoto Towery

    Alison Yoshimoto Towery
    Executive Director, UC/CSU California Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learning
    Member, State Board of Education