UCI Department of Education Leadership Council

Mission Statement

The mission of the Leadership Council is to promote reflection and exchange between the Department of Education and representatives from the community on the activities, role, and future direction of the department. Leadership Council members advise on opportunities for community engagement and service, participate in scholarly presentations delivered by faculty members, and comment upon the goals and accomplishments of the department. Leadership Council members support the department in its three-fold mission of research, teaching, and service and are encouraged to liaise with the community at large on behalf of the department.

Membership List

Barbara Barnes, Founder and Chairman, It's Your Environment, LLC

Steve Barr, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Green Dot Public Schools

Randy Barth, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, THINK Together

Joan Beall, Community Member and Philanthropist

Marian Bergeson, Past Member of Board of Supervisors and Board of Education, California Secretary of Education, State Legislator

Katherine Bihr, Ed.D., Executive Director, Tiger Woods Learning Center Foundation

Peggy Goldwater Clay, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation

Linda McCorkel Clinard, UC Irvine Center for Educational Partnerships

Ranney Draper, The Draper Family Foundation, Spring Creek Investors

Lucy Dunn, President and Chief Executive Officer, Orange County Business Council

William Habermahl, Ed.D., County Superintendent, Orange County Department of Education

Patricia Hager, Principal, Whitney High School, Cerritos, California

Todd Hanson, Vice President of Donor Relations, Orange County Community Foundation

Gene Howard, Chief Executive Officer, Orangewood Children's Foundation Academy

Gavin Huntley-Fenner, Irvine Unified School District

Sandi Jackson, Co-founder, Coalition Advocating Human Security; Board Member, Orangewood Children's Foundation

Crystal Kochendorfer, Community Member, Former Board of Education President, Capistrano Unified School District

Judy Magsaysay, Community Member, Former Principal, Pio Pico Elementary School, Santa Ana

Ruebén Martínez, Owner, Librería Martínez

Ragu Mathur, South Orange County Community College District

Gordon McNeill, Head of School, Sage Hill School, Newport Coast

Karen Nakai, Ph.D., Professor and Executive Assistant to the President, California State University, Long Beach

Theresa O'Hare, School Board Member, Laguna Beach Unified School District

Ralph S. Opacic, Ed.D., President and Executive Director, Orange County High School of the Arts

Mel Rogers, President and General Manager, KOCE-TV; Member, KOCE-TV Foundation

Mary Roosevelt, Community Member

Michael Ruane, Executive Director, Children and Families Commission of Orange County

Jane Russo, Santa Ana Unified School District

Cheryll Ruszat, Co-Owner and Executive Director, University Montessori School

Loretta Sanchez, United States Congresswoman, 47th District

Ted Smith, Chairman of the Board, M.I.N.D Institute

John Stordahl, Social Studies Teacher, Trabuco Hills High School, Saddleback Valley Unified School District

Gerald Solomon, Samueli Foundation

Deborah Vandell, Ph.D., Chair, UC Irvine Department of Education

Susan Wampler, Community Member, El Sol Science and Arts Academy