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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
    Superintendent
    Santa Ana Unified School District
  • Jill Baker

    Jill Baker
    Superintendent
    Long Beach 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
  • Maria Echaveste

    Maria Echaveste
    President & Chief Executive Officer, The Opportunity Institute
    Policy and Program Development Director, UC Berkeley School of Law
  • Francisco Escobedo

    Francisco Escobedo
    Executive Director, National Center of Urban School Transformation
    Member, State Board of Education
  • Amy Gerstein

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

    Chris Hoffman
    Superintendent
    Elk Grove Unified School District
  • Heather Hough

    Heather Hough
    Executive Director
    Policy Analysis for California Education
  • 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
    Chief Executive Officer
    California Schools Talent Collaborative
  • Rick Miller

    Rick Miller
    Executive Director
    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
    Equity Project Director, West Ed
    Strategic Advisor, Western Educational Equity Assistance Center
  • Arun Ramanathan

    Arun Ramanathan
    Chief Executive Officer
    PowerMyLearning
  • Tammy Reina

    Tammy Reina
    Teacher
    San Diego County Office of Education's 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
  • Mauro Sifuentes

    Mauro Sifuentes
    Co-Executive Director
    Californians for Justice
  • Brad Stam

    Brad Stam
    Chief Academic and Innovation Officer
    Santa Clara Unified School District
  • Ilene Straus

    Ilene Straus
    Consultant and 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, University of the Pacific
    Director, Resource Planning, WestEd
  • Alison Yoshimoto Towery

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