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
Jesus Galindo
West Contra Costa Unified School District
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
Retired, Farallon Capital Management
Kaya Murray
MetLife Real Estate Investors
Brandon Nicholson
Hidden Genius Project
Rohan Palekar, President
89Bio, Inc.
Hildy Shandell
CEO, Solarelle LLC
Michael Shippey
Deloitte
Sandra Shorenstein
Shorenstein Properties
Rosina Tong
San Francisco Unified School District
Larry Weiss
Financial Advisor
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
Laura Brown
Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation
Susan Byrd
Lampert Byrd Foundation
Simon Chiu**
Director Of Development, Archbishop Riordan High School
Kat Clark
Manager, Worldwide Education Strategy, Apple
Malia M. Cohen*
Chair, California State Board of Equalization
Mitch Cohen
Managing Director, Trilogy Search Partners
Stevon Cook
Principal Consultant, The Luther Harris Holding Company
Deborah Dasovich
Wells Fargo (retired)
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; Former Trustee, Oakland Unified School District; Former Aim High Trustee
Chandra Johnson
Communications Manager, People and Diversity & Inclusion at Facebook
Rick Jones
Jones Family Vineyards
Kris Klein
Credit Suisse (retired)
Jacqueline Kurzer**
Lower School Head, Cathedral School for Boys
Lisa LaHorgue
Communications Professional, Adopt a Family Marin
Mark Lampert
BBP Partners, Lampert Byrd Foundation
Leslie Latham
VP Business Development, Spot Mixer
Jené Morris*
Admissions and Athletic Associate, Archbishop Riordan,
Former WNBA and San Diego State Basketball Hall of Famer
Vince Matthews**
Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District
Adolfo Riedel*
Business Agent, Engineers and Scientists of California – Local 20
Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger
Product Marketer, Blue Shield
Brian Rogers
Rogers Family Foundation
Larry Rosenberger
Research Fellow, Fair Isaac Corporation
Glenn A. Shannon
Shorenstein Properties, Former Aim High Trustee
Aric Shalev
Managing Member, Rockpoint Group, LLC
Lydia Shorenstein
Shorenstein Center
Ryan Smrekar
Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships – Operations, Waymo
Eric Temple
Head of School, Lick Wilmerding High School, Former Aim High Trustee
Patrick Tenney
Emrose Capital, Former Aim High Trustee
Frank Van Veenendaal
Startup Investor and Advisor
Kelley Warner
San Anselmo Economic Development Committee
Bruce Wheeler
Bank of America (retired)
Lakisha Young*
Founder and Executive Director of Oakland Reach
Shafia Zaloom**
Author and Health Educator, Former Aim High Trustee
*Aim High Graduate
**Former Aim High Teacher/Site Director
Max Barnes
Mastercard
Isaiah Boone*
Sequoia Capital
Mir Faiyaz
Soma Capital
Ryan Frank
Turo
Michelle Geng
Grammarly
Saloni Gupta
Sageview Capital
Theresa Hall, Marketing Chair
Salesforce
Gardiner Kreglow, Co-Chair
Bain & Company
Tansy Mak*, Co-Chair
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Tess McNamara
Telsa
Gabe Peixoto
Lubin Olson Niewiadomski LLP
Daniel Prendiville
Eastdil Secured
Diana Rios
Blue Shield of California
Evan Schwartz
Golden State Warriors
Hannah Sears **
Flourish Ventures
Paul Shulman
SquareTrade
Matt Szenics
Lyft
Zoe Williams*,**
Three Babes Bakeshop
Eugen Xie*
Oliver Wyman
Josh Zheng
Shopify
*Aim High Graduate
**Former Aim High Teacher/Site Director