2024-25 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: Shen Jackson, Jack Lo, Betsy Williams, Emily Harris, Margo Felt,
Jensen Barna, Mike Beman, Adina Ardelean, Aarthi Srinivasan, Lisa Sung, Murray Stokely.
Front Row: Alex Wang, Melinda Kersey, Shivanjali Srivastava, Patricia Moll Kriese, Jeff Zeisler, Chryssa Sanders, Brandon Kam, Rita Chan, Rama Mulpuri
Not pictured: Gaurav Jain, Katherine Olsson Carter
Board Officers
Jeff Zeisler, President, Almond
Chryssa Sanders, Vice President, Governance Co-chair, Blach
Brandon Kam, CFO, Finance Chair, Covington
Rama Mulpuri, Secretary, Oak
Board Members
Adina Ardelean, Survey Chair, Egan
Mike Beman, Santa Rita
Katherine Olsson Carter, Springer
Rita Chan, Governance Co-Chair, Egan
Margo Felt, Egan
Emily Harris, Past President, Blach, Springer
Gaurav Jain, Covington
Shen Jackson, Development Chair, Oak
Melinda Kersey, Almond
Patricia Moll Kriese, Gardner Bullis
Jack Lo, Santa Rita
Aarthi Srinivasan, Loyola
Shivanjali Srivastava, Covington
Murray Stokely, Loyola
Lisa Sung, Grantmaking Chair, Gardner Bullis
Alex Wang, Almond
Betsy Williams, Santa Rita
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.
Nancy Faz, Audit Committee
Kevin Melia, Audit Committee
Aleks Stanojevic, Audit Committee
Dharini Shukla, Audit Committee, Finance Committee
Juan Alonso
Kevin Armstrong
Kristine Bardman
Alison Biggs
Carrie Bosco
Terri Buchner
Caroline Chan
Grace Choi
Coni Cullimore
Stephanie Dauer
Katie DeDominicis
Kimberly Dickerson
Greg Drummond
Sarah Gerlinger
Shruti Gopinathan
Erin Green
Lucy Huang
David Ho
Bryan Johnson
Puneith Kaul
Denise Khalid
Tsvetina Kirova
Judd Klement
Madhuri Kotagiri
Swathi Koundinya
Margaret Macdonald
Melanie Macdonald
Sarah March
Raquel Matteroli
Sandra McGonagle
Professor W. E. Moerner
Karishma Mookhey
Kim Nguyen
Paul O.
Savita O.
Kavitha Radhakrishnan
Kelly Rafferty
Lara Rahn
Kate Schermerhorn
Amisha Shah
Nikita Shah
Tal Shalon
Mira Sharma
Kim Sheehan
Wade Spenader
Oksana Trapeznikova
Erik Walukiewicz
Peipei Yu
Find out more about why LAEF is raising funds to support our neighborhood school's by reading this Los Altos Town Crier article by LAEF Board member, Alex Wang. "It's pretty interesting: Learn about real estate and school funding in Los Altos".
Audrey Crowley, former LAEF staff, and Alan Cyron, former LAEF Board, were recognized as rockstar volunteers by the Los Altos Town Crier. Find out more.