Board of Directors:

  • Susanne Foulk, Ed.D., President of the Board FFGOIL
    Adjunct Professor
    University of La Verne

  • Kate Esposito, Ph.D., Treasurer
    Assistant Professor
    California State University, Dominguez Hills

  • Lisa Shah, M.A., Secretary
    Special Education Teacher
    South Pasadena Unified School District
  • Nancy Lavelle, Ph.D.
    President
    Total Education Solutions
  • Annette Tessier, Ph.D.,
    Professor Emerita
    California State University, Los Angeles
  • Sandra Mader, M.A.
    Consultant
    Whittier Union High School District

Advisory Board:

  • Myron H. Dembo, Ph.D.
    Stephen Crocker Professor in Education
    University of Southern California

  • Robert Rueda, Ph.D.
    Professor
    University of Southern California
    Member of National Literacy Panel on
    Language Minority Children and Youth

  • Robert E. Land, Ph.D.
    Professor
    California State University, Los Angeles
    Co-founder Cal State L.A.’s Writing Project

  • Olga Winbush, Ph.D.
    Professor
    Pacific Oaks College
    Co-founder Pasadena Collaborative Literacy Project (PCLP)

  • Gail McFarlane-Sosa, M.A.
    Director Operation READ
    County of Los Angeles Probation Dept.

  • Jadene Tamura, Esq.
    Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

  • Tom Gibson, Esq.
    Gipson & Associates
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