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Board of Directors

WestEd's Board of Directors comprises leaders from public and private education, business, and human services communities. Our Board takes an active role in agency leadership and strategic planning.

The Board of Directors meets quarterly, and may schedule other meetings throughout the year. Download the latest Board agenda (PDF).

The Board also hosts an Annual Forum to explore enduring challenges confronting our education and human development communities. Check out the Forum presentation videos.

Tacy C. Ashby
Vice President, Strategic Educational Alliances
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
John M. Baracy
Former Superintendent, Scottsdale Unified School District
Adjunct Professor, Northern Arizona University
Fountain Hills, AZ
David C. Berliner
Regents' Professor Emeritus
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Ernest Calderón
President Emeritus
Arizona Board of Regents
Phoenix, AZ
Richard Carranza
Superintendent of Schools
San Francisco Unified School District
San Francisco, CA
Manuel Chavez
Teacher
First Avenue Elementary School
San Manuel, AZ
Christine Cheney
Dean, College of Education
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV
Carl Cohn
Professor, School of Educational Studies
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA
Stavan Corbett
Board Member
Nevada State Board of Education
Las Vegas, NV
Arturo Delgado
Superintendent of Schools
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Downey, CA
Rena Dorph
Director, Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment
Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Rorie Fitzpatrick
Interim Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nevada Department of Education
Carson City, NV
Beth Foley
Dean, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
Utah State University
Logan, UT
Patricia Gándara
Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, & Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project/El Proyecto de CRP
Graduate School of Education & IS
Los Angeles, CA
Ruth Glass
Head of School
Lake Tahoe School
Incline Village, NV
David W. Gordon
Superintendent of Schools
Sacramento County Office of Education
Sacramento, CA
Terry Hansen
Manager, Public Partnerships
IBM
Washington, DC
Glen H. Harvey
Chief Executive Officer
WestEd
San Francisco, CA
Guilbert C. Hentschke
Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair in Public School Administration
Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Research, Analytic Studies
Office of the Chancellor
Long Beach, CA
Paul D. Houston (Board Chair)
President
Center for Empowered Leadership
Tucson, AZ
John Huppenthal
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Arizona Department of Education
Phoenix, AZ
Beverly J. Hurley
Superintendent
Buckeye Union High School District
Buckeye, AZ
Paul Kim
Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean, School of Education
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Harold Levine
Dean, School of Education
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Pedro Martinez
Superintendent
Washoe County School District
Reno, NV
Robert S. McCord
Emeritus Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
Wade McLean
Former Superintendent
Former President Arizona State Board of Education
Tucson, AZ
Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana
Superintendent of Schools
Santa Ana Unified School District
Santa Ana, CA
Martell Menlove
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Utah State Office of Education
Salt Lake City, UT
Jacob Moore
Board Member
Arizona State Board of Education
Scottsdale, AZ
Sarah Negrete
Elementary Education Program Supervisor, Teacher Education Program
Great Basin College
Elko, NV
Barry L. Newbold
Former Superintendent
Jordan School District
Sandy, UT
Gavin Payne
Principal
Gavin Payne Consulting, LLC
Davis, CA
Robert Rice
Governing Board Member
Chandler Unified School District
Chandler, AZ
William E. Sparkman
Professor, Educational Leadership
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV
William Speer
Professor and Dean, College of Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
David J. Sperry
Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy
The University of Utah
Sandy, UT
Bernice Stafford (Board Chair-Elect)
Vice President, Implementation & Education Partnerships
Evans Newton Incorporated
Carlsbad, CA
Glen W. Thomas
Former California Secretary of Education
Sacramento, CA
William A. Thorne, Jr.
Judge
Utah Court of Appeals
Salt Lake City, UT
Thomas B. Timar
Professor, Education Policy and Director, Center for Applied Policy in Education
School of Education, University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Bill Todachennie
Navajo Nation TANF Program
Montezuma Creek, UT
Tom Torlakson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California Department of Education
Sacramento, CA
Ricardo L. Valencia
Chairman
Zamas Holdings, LLC
Phoenix, AZ
Deanna D. Winn
Former Associate Commissioner for Academic Affairs
Utah System of Higher Education
Logan, UT
McKell Withers
Superintendent of Schools
Salt Lake City School District
Salt Lake City, UT
Beverly Young
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs
California State University System, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA