About Us

Board of Directors

A Board of Directors manages the Los Altos Educational Foundation. The Board consists of three voting representatives from each of the schools in the Los Altos School District.

2009-10 OFFICERS

LAEF President Glenn Goldberg
LAEF Vice-President Kristine Bardman
Treasurer Mark Boennighausen
Secretary Katie Roper
Database Chairman Stephanie Towell
Executive Director Shobana Gubbi

2009-10 BOARD MEMBERS

Almond School
Laura Fisher Bin Hu Kim Gavenman  
Blach School
Anna Weldon Kristine Bardman  
Covington School
Rick Altinger Mark Boennighausen Katie Gray Katie Roper
Egan School
Trinka Dyer Jay Gill Susan Mirbach
Gardner Bullis School
Julie Arnheim Nick Gross Doug Smith Susan Stark
Loyola School
Kristine Bardman Debby Haslem So Yong Park Stacy Pena  
Oak School
Sandra Barnett-Brooks Laurel Iverson Jim Martin Joe Seither  
Santa Rita School
Richard Caloca Alan Cyron Rod Fallow  
Springer School
Deborah Baker Leslie Bosset Kathleen Stukenborg  

Mark Boennighausen

Mark joined the LAEF board in 2006.  Mark and his wife Sue have a first grader at Covington and a toddler daughter who is in the pipeline.  Mark graduated from Mtn View  High School(then Awalt). He went to college at the University of Notre Dame and received a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He practices law in San Jose and is looking forward to doing his part to continue the excellence of the LASD.

Shobana Gubbi

Shobana Gubbi joined the LAEF board as a volunteer in 2004. She has two sons who attend LASD schools. Shobana brings to the board over fifteen years of professional experience working in hi-tech companies in engineering, product strategy and marketing. Shobana has worked in product marketing at AlphaSmart, a technology company focused on education. Shobana has also worked in product development and marketing at Cisco Systems and Iris Financial Engineering. Shobana holds a Masters degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jay Gill

Jay Gill joined the LAEF board in 2005 and serves as the Treasurer.  Jay brings to the board 20 years of business strategy and planning experience in high technology and entrepreneurial companies. Jay is currently a telecommunications strategy consultant with Cisco Systems in San Jose.  Jay's previous telecommunication experience includes venture-backed startups (Telseon and Yipes) and incumbent service providers (Bellcore and Bell Atlantic, now Verizon). Jay also headed product and business development at an entrepreneurial company developing clean energy and transportation technologies.  Jay holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration degree from UCLA's Anderson School.

Katie Roper

Katie Roper joined the LAEF Board in 2006, after proving her ability at various phone-a-thons to ask anyone, any time, for any amount of money. The parent of a Covington third grader and a Bullis kindergartener, Katie juggles a thriving sales and marketing consulting practice with driving to soccer and piano lessons, and classroom volunteering. Katie passionately believes in the value of art, music, and PE classes in the public schools, and is proud to be able to support these things with her time and talents.

Anna Weldon

Anna Weldon grew up in Los Altos and attended Loyola, Blach and Awalt (now Mountain View High School). With husband Jack, she is the parent of a sixth grader at Loyola. As publicist with the Palo Alto Art Center and in her consulting practice, Anna works with a variety of non-profit and arts organizations. In addition to working on the LAEF Board, Anna is an active member of the Loyola PTA and was on the Executive Board. Currently, she is also a member of the Los Altos Community Foundation's Grants Advisory Board and has served on the boards of the Los Altos History Museum and the De Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University.