Over more than a decade, the East Side Education Foundation has evolved from an ad hoc group of community members organized to save East Side athletics to a full-fledged support system for the East Side community.
Our 100% volunteer Board of Directors is charged with ensuring that the Foundation effectively achieves this mission. The Board reviews Foundation finances, develops realistic budgets, engages in short and long-range planning, and helps to provide adequate resources for the Foundation’s activities through direct financial contributions and board-led fundraising strategies. Board members are also expected to act as ambassadors to the community on behalf of the Foundation.
Recently, our Board of Directors set out to update the Foundation's Mission and Vision to better reflect our work and to express our unwavering support for Black students, alums, staff, and their families at this traumatic time in our nation's history. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and will continue to do all that we can to ensure a more just and equitable society for all.
Our Board of Directors
Manny Barbara, President – Advisor to CEO, Silicon Valley Education Foundation & Former Superintendent, Oak Grove School District
Francisca Sánchez, Vice President Secretary – Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Provocative Practice
Kathy Camin, Treasurer – Nonprofit Finance Director
Joe Dearborn, Secretary – Senior Market Director, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Sylvia Alvarez – Education Consultant
Mary Ann Dewan, Ph.D - Superintendent Emeritus and Leadership Consultant
Marisa Hanson – Educator & Past President, East Side Teachers’ Association
Kirsten Liepmann – Author/Educator
Meri Maben - Board Member, San Jose Library Foundation
Angie Nunn – Past CSEA Chapter President
Aldo Ramirez - CEO, Voices College-Bound Language Academies
Ramona Webb – Executive Director, The Eden Foundation
Rebecca Wong – Lead Curriculum Developer, Leading from the Middle, California Community Colleges; Former ESUHSD Educator
Glenn Vander Zee, ESUHSD Liaison (non-voting member) – Superintendent, East Side Union High School District
Do you want to have an impact on student achievement in our district? Contact us about joining the Board of Directors.