
Our Boards
Aim High is governed by a dedicated Board of Trustees who bring together a wealth of experience in philanthropy, leadership, operational management, business and finance. Our Trustees, together with our Ambassadors and Young Leaders, help us to build a sustainable organization prepared to serve students, families and teachers now and in the future.
If you’d like to learn more about joining one of Aim High’s volunteer boards, please contact us.
Albert M. Adams, Regional VP, Tahoe/Truckee
Retired Head of School, Lick Wilmerding High School
Charlie Bullock
Mooreland Partners LLC
Ana Chowdhury
Founding Member of Alta Vista School, Volunteer and Philanthropist
Stephen Davenport
Writer & Volunteer
Bob Falkenberg, Regional VP, Silicon Valley
Investor & Philanthropist
Kristin Gannon
Eastdil Secured
Mahlet Getachew
General Counsel, Suki AI, Inc.
Kirstin Hoefer
VP of Operations & Customer Experience, Core Wellness, Inc.
John Horsch
Sugar Bowl Ski Team & Academy
Andrea Howard*
Ford Motor Company
David Ingraham,
CEO, Teleport
James Kalamas
Medsleuth
Courtney Klinge, Vice President
Sports Basement
Pamela May, Executive Member
Design Media
Bill Mellin, President
Retired, Farallon Capital Management
Kaya Murray
MetLife Real Estate Investors
Brandon Nicholson
Hidden Genius Project
Rohan Palekar
89Bio, Inc.
Howard Ro, Treasurer
PwC
Hildy Shandell
CEO, Solarelle LLC
Michael Shippey
Deloitte
Sandra Shorenstein
Shorenstein Properties
Gary Teague
Bank of America
Rosina Tong
San Francisco Unified School District
Larry Weiss
Financial Advisor
Bruce Wheeler
Retired, Bank of America
Sharon Zezima, Secretary
Acoustic L.P.
*Aim High Graduate
Susan Adams
Learning Services Consultant
Amy Alamar
Educational Consultant and Facilitator
Kris Bailey
Director of Communications and Marketing, Urban School
David Bennett
Engle, Lindsley, & Regan
Derek Brown
Marketing Communications Professional
Laura Brown
Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation
Susan Byrd
Lampert Byrd Foundation
Malia M. Cohen*
Chair, California State Board of Equalization
Mitch Cohen
Managing Director, Trilogy Search Partners
Stevon Cook
Commissioner, San Francisco Unified School District
Deborah Dasovich
Wells Fargo (retired)
Marilyn Disbrow
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (former), Napa resident
Jené Morris*
Founder, I am Jené Morris, Training for young basketball athletes; Admissions Associate, Archbishop Riordan High School; Former WNBA and San Diego State Basketball Hall of Famer
Zoe Duskin**
Principal, The Primary School, YLB Founding Chair
Aaron Philip Dworkin
Chief Executive Officer, National Summer Learning Association
Javier Garcia
Partner, Ernst and Young
James Harris*,**
510 Media; Trustee, Oakland Unified School District
Scott Harrison
Bank of America
Chandra Johnson
Director of Communications, San Francisco Human Services
Rick Jones
Jones Family Vineyards
Kris Klein
Credit Suisse (retired)
Lisa LaHorgue
Communications Professional, Adopt a Family Marin
Mark Lampert
BBP Partners, Lampert Byrd Foundation
Robert Leri
Superintendent and Chief Learning Officer, Tahoe Truckee Unified School District
Vince Matthews**
Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District
Marites Rivera**
California Dept of Education
Brian Rogers
Rogers Family Foundation
Larry Rosenberger
Research Fellow, Fair Isaac Corporation
Glenn A. Shannon
Shorenstein Properties
Lydia Shorenstein
Shorenstein Center
Eric Temple
Head of School, Lick Wilmerding High School
Patrick Tenney
Emrose Capital
Frank Van Veenendaal
Startup Investor and Advisor
Shafia Zaloom**
Author and Health Educator, Former Aim High Trustee
Lisa Wallace
Executive Director at Truckee River Watershed Council
Kelley Warner
San Anselmo Economic Development Committee
Bruce Wheeler (Board of Trustees)
Bank of America (retired)
*Aim High Graduate
**Former Aim High Teacher/Site Director
Theresa Hall
Salesforce
Michelle Geng
Grammarly
Jacqueline Kurzer, Co-Chair
Marin Horizon School
Gardiner Kreglow, Co-Chair
Bain & Company
Nandu Anilal
Thumbtack
Max Barnes
San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development
Kat Clark
Apple
Mir Faiyaz
Soma Capital
Ryan Frank
Accenture
Gavin Nachbar, Development & Community Development Chair
Waymo
Gabriel Peixoto
Warren Lex, LLC
Daniel Prendiville
Eastdil Secured
Evan Schwartz
Golden State Warriors
Saloni Gupta
Sageview Capital
Lauren Kinch
BNY Mellon
Chanda Lockhart
Gateway Public Schools
Tansy Mak*, Members Chair
Handel Architects
Paul Shulman
SquareTrade
Alyssa Simpson
Blue Shield
Ryan Smrekar
Google
Matt Szenics
Lyft
Colin Webster
The Bridgespan Group
Zoe Williams*,**
Three Babes Bakeshop
Josh Zheng
IBM
*Aim High Graduate
**Former Aim High Teacher/Site Director