- Susan Aaron, Educator and Consultant
- Gail Berland, Educational Consultant
- Peter Calthorpe, Principal, Calthorpe Associates
- Paul Chapman, Former Head of School, Head-Royce School
- Dr. Robert Cooper, Executive Director, West Oakland Health Council
- Charlie Couric, Founding President, Brita Products Company, retired
- Robert Davenport, Chairman, Brightpath, LLC
- Joan Diamond, Retired Public School Principal
- John Gage, Neofocal Systems, Inc.
- Andy Hempeck, Principal, Creekside Partners
- Hon. Thelton Henderson, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, Chief Judge Emeritus
- Rick Holliday, Founder and President, Holliday Development
- Hon. Martin Jenkins, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, First District
- Ronald Lay, Former OUSD Principal, consultant to OUSD
- Liselle Matheson, Co-Founder, Gateway Charter High School
- Karan Merry, Head of School, St. Paul’s Episcopal School
- Libby Schaaf, Oakland City Council
- Linda Schacht, Faculty, U.C. Graduate School of Journalism
- Amy Slater, Member, East Bay Community Foundation Board of Directors
- Robert D. Spencer, Principal, Urban Economics
- Jenna Stauffer, Co-Founder, Lighthouse Community Charter School
- Kat Taylor, Founding Director, OneCalifornia Bank
- Don White, Alameda County Treasurer