Advisory Council

  • 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