2023-24 LAEF Board
The Los Altos Educational Foundation Board of Directors is comprised of volunteers from the 9 schools in the Los Altos School District. The board members are responsible for ensuring the strategic, fundraising, fiscal, and organizational goals of LAEF are met.
Back Row: Naveen Agarwal, Jialin Jiao, JP Lu, Justin Martin, Jeff Zeisler, Masoud Vakili, Margo Felt, Aleks Stanojevic, Shen Jackson, Adina Ardelean
Front Row: Aubrey Wing, Nita Poloju, Patricia Kriese, Emily Harris, Jensen Barna, Brandon Kam, Rita Chan, Chryssa Sanders.
Not pictured: Emma Cheng, Rama Mulpuri, and Erich Schmidt
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Board Officers
Emily Harris, President, Covington
Jess Zeisler, Vice President, Finance Chair, Almond
Jensen Barna, CFO, Past President, Egan
JP Lu, Secretary, Almond
Board Members
Adina Ardelean, Survey Chair, Covington
Rita Chan, Governance Co-Chair, Gardner Bullis
Emma Cheng, Springer
Margo Felt, Egan
Shen Jackson, Oak
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Jailin Jiao, Springer
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Brandon Kam, Covington
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Patricia Moll Kriese, Gardner Bullis
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Justin Martin, Santa Rita
Rama Mulpuri, Oak
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Nita Poloju, Grantmaking Co-Chair, Loyola
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Chryssa Sanders, Development Chair, Blach
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Erich Schmidt, Governance Co-chair, Springer
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Aleksandra Stanojevic, Santa Rita
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Masoud Vakili, Blach
Aubrey Wing, Grantmaking Co-Chair, Blach
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Staff
Heather Macdonald, Executive Director
Kyuri Doeden, Donor Specialist
Anna Kjos, Marketing Coordinator
Volunteers
We are grateful to the many volunteers who generously donate their time and expertise to support LAEF and enable the district to have strong schools.
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Ginger Li, Gardner Bullis Site Representative
Nancy Faz, Audit Committee
Kevin Melia, Audit Committee
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Nikhil Abraham
Naveen Agarwal
Juan Alonso
Kevin Armstrong
Kristine Bardman
Carrie Bosco
Terri Buchner
Hilda Chan
Arum Cho
Coni Cullimore
Vispi Daver
Kimberly Dickerson
Greg Drummond
Erin Green
Fausto Ibarra
Richard Julian
Denise Khalid
Judd Klement
Margaret Macdonald
Melanie Macdonald
Raquel Matteroli
Sandra McGonagle
Maki Notsu
Kelly Rafferty
Katherine Schermerhorn
Mira Sharma
Kim Sheehan
Nikita Shah
Duane Shen
Jessica Speiser
Wade Spenader
Kavitha Sunder
Mansi Tripathi
Erik Walukiewicz
Victoria Wong
Lari Yamaguchi