President
Amy Everitt (aeveritt@prochoiceamerica.org)

B.A. Politics, Stevenson '92; MPIA, UC San Diego, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies '99.
Present position: State Director, NARAL Pro Choice California, San Francisco.
Professional experience: Political Director, EdVoice in Redwood City; Regional Political Director, Democratic National Committee, 2001-03; Country Manager, U.S. Trade & Development Agency, 1999-2001; Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce, Saigon, Vietnam, 1996-97; freelance journalist, Saigon, Vietnam, 1995; political consultant, 1992-94.
Current memberships: Member, Board of Directors, Emerge: Women Leaders for a Democratic Future.

Vice President for Administration & Secretary
Kyoko Bomberg Freeman (freeman@cruzio.com)           

B.A. Chemistry, Crown ’85.
Present Position: Homemaker.
Professional experience: Administrative assistant; program coordinator, UCSC.

 

Executive Vice President
Jerry J. Ruiz (jruiz@adorno.com)

B.A. Economics, Crown ’77; J.D. UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law ’80.
Present position: Adorno, Yoss, Alvarado & Smith in Los Angeles.
Professional experience: Sr. Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank V.P., Sr. Counsel, Wells Fargo Law Dept.; Deputy Legislative Counsel (1980-82); Associate Attorney, Hagans Ginnings Birkelbach Keith & Delgado (1982-1985); Partner/Associate Attorney, Kroloff Belcher, et al (1985-1993).
Current memberships: Director, Inner City Law Center; Regional President, Hispanic National Bar Association.

Past President
Joan Fitting Scott (jscottpr@aol.com)

B.A. Sociology, Stevenson '69; M.A. Public affairs, North Carolina State Univ. '74.
Present position: President, Scott & Associates, Public Relations Services.
Professional experience: Executive Director, Epilepsy Assoc. of No. Central Texas, Ft. Worth; Assist. Dir. for Community Relations, Funding Information Center, Ft. Worth; Docent/Tour Coordinator, Kimbell Art Museum, Ft. Worth; Public Sector Consultant, Missoula, MT; Project Mgr., City of Seattle; Transit Planner, Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle; Congressional staff assistant and assistant for Legislative Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Community Service: American Heart Assoc.; Easter Seals; United Way; Rotary Club of Ft. Worth; Ft. Worth Clean City; Berry St. Initiative; Historic Preservation Council; Ft. Worth Opera; Ft. Worth Opera Guild; Contemporary Dance; Business Volunteers for the Arts; Kimbell Art Museum.

Vice President for External Programs
Paul D. Seeman

B.A. Sociology, Kresge ’76; J.D. UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law ‘79.
Present position: Superior Court Judge, Alameda County.
Professional experience: Commissioner, Superior Court of Calif., County of Alameda. Attorney at Law, Berkeley and San Francisco. Referee Pro Tem, Alameda County Juvenile Court, Oakland. Deputy County Counsel, Alameda County Counsel’s Office; Teaching Fellow, UCSC.
Current memberships: U.S. Supreme Court Bar; State Bar of Calif.; Alameda County Bar Assoc.; Juvenile Court Judges of California; International Association of Youth and Family Court Magistrates; National Association of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; National Tropical Botanical Garden Trustee; McCullum Youth Court Board; CASA Advisory Board; UCSC Alumni Assoc.; UC Berkeley Alumni Assoc.; Friends of Derby Street Park and Fields.

Vice President for Finance, and Treasurer
Rick Simpson (rick.simpson@asm.ca.gov)   

B.A. Economics, Crown ’73; Masters, Public Policy, UC Berkeley ‘77. 
Present position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Speaker of the Assembly, State of California.
Professional experience: Legislative staff approx. 28 years including staff to 6 Assembly Speakers; Legislative Secretary for Gov. Davis 1999; Advocate, Calif. Teachers Assn. 1997-98. 
Current memberships: Board of Directors, Policy Analysis for Calif. Education (PACE). 

Vice President for Internal Affairs
Ruth P. Wilson (ruth.wilson@sjsu.edu)

B.A. Double Major in Biology & Community Studies, Oakes ’75; Ph.D. Social Anthropology, Stanford University ‘84.
Present position: Associate Professor, African-American Studies, San Jose State Univ.
Professional experience: Medical Anthropologist, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sole Proprietor Institute for Technical Assistance, Past Member of the Academic Senate (Southern Methodist University and San Jose State University).
Current memberships: UCSC Alumni Association (life member), Stanford Alumni Association (Life member). Sustaining Member, Fellow, and Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Orson Aguilar (orsona@greenlining.org)

B.A. Psychology, College Eight ’96; Master of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin ’99. Present position: Associate Director, Greenlining Institute, Berkeley CA.
Professional experience: Nonprofit organizations, social justice issues on behalf of minority communities.
Current memberships: Treasurer, Mission Economic Development Agency, S. F. Member, Natural Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. 

Laura Caldwell (laura.caldwell@gmail.com)

A.B. Literature (Spanish), Cowell ’69; M.A. Education Administration, Santa Clara University, ’92. Present Position: Retired educator.
Professional experience: Co-founder CIELO Institute, San Cristobal Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico; bilingual teacher; mentor teacher; school principal.
Current memberships: Association for California School Administration (ACSA).

Mary E. Doyle (mary.doyle@palm.com)

B.A. Biology/Economics, Porter ’74; J.D. UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law ’78.
Present position: Sr. Vice President & General Counsel, Palm, Inc.
Professional experience: General Counsel, Aerospace & Electronics, Teledyne, Inc.
Current memberships: Co-chair, Silicon Valley Assoc. of General Counsel; member, State Bar of Calif.; member, American Bar Assoc.; trustee, UCSC Foundation Board.

Charles D. Eadie  (ceadie@att.net)

B.A. Environmental Planning, Cowell ’74; M.J. UC Berkeley ’81; C.A.B.D. Public Administration, University of Texas–Austin
Present Position: Land Use Consultant, Hamilton Swift Land Use Consultants.
Professional experience: Twenty-five years city planning, including public sector and private consulting; former Director of Campus/Community Planning, UCSC (1999-2004).
Current memberships: Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Board; LSSSCO Board; American Planning Association; Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

Andrés E. Jiménez (aejimenez@berkeley.edu)

B.A. Latin American Studies/Politics, Merrill ’75; UCLA undergraduate campus exchange study, 1974; UC Berkeley, Doctoral Course Program, Political Science 1975-1981; Colegio de México, Summer Certificate Program, International Relations, 1980.
Present Position: Director, Principal Investigator, of the University of California Program on Opportunity and Equity, UCOP Division of Academic Affairs.
Professional experience (partial list): Director and Principal Investigator, Calif. Policy Research Center, UC, Office of the President; Vice Chair, Institute for the Study of Social Change, Chicano/Latino Policy Project, UC Berkeley; Coordinator, Institute of International Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley.
Current memberships (partial list): Executive committee, Center for Latino Policy Research, UC Berkeley; Advisory Board, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education; Advisory Council, Public Policy Institute of Calif.; Executive Board, UC ACCORD; Statewide Oversight Board, CA Census Research Data Center, US Census Bureau.

Panda Kroll  (pandakroll@verizon.net)

B.A. Literature, Kresge ‘81; M.F.A., Fine Art, Northern Illinois Univ., ’86; J.D. Boston Univ. School of Law, 2000.
Present Position: Attorney-at-law.
Professional experience: Associate, law firm of Norman, Dowler, Sawyer, Israel, Walker & Barton, LLP. Law clerk, Massachusetts Appeals Court; instructor of business law & art history, Cal State Channel Is.
Current memberships: Amer. Bar Assoc.; Toastmasters; Mass. Bar Assoc.; Calif. Bar Assoc.

John A. Madrid (jmadrid@pacificnational.com)

B.A. Language Studies, Oakes, ‘98.
Present position: IT Support Services Officer, Pacific National Bank, San Francisco, CA.
Professional experience: Nonprofit organizations, social justice issues on behalf of minority communities.
Current memberships: UCSC Alumni Association; Toastmasters International.

Donna Mekis (domekis@cabrillo.edu)

B.A. Anthropology, College Eight, ’84; M.A. Education, UCSC ‘90.
Present position: Director, Honors Transfer Program, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA.
Professional experience: Transfer Program Coordinator, Admissions, UCSC ’84-91; Transfer Center Director, Cabrillo College ’91-06.

Paul Mixon (pmixon@honeyletstravel.com)

B.A. Community Studies, Stevenson ’71; Coro Fellows Program, Urban Affairs, ’72. Present Position: Owner, Honey Let’s Travel Event Planning.
Professional experience: Sales.
Current memberships: Travel Professionals of Color.

Darryl Moore (dmoore@oakha.org)

B.A. Sociology, Stevenson ‘84; M.A. Public Policy, University of Chicago ’86; Senior Executives in State & Local Government, Harvard University ‘04.
Present position: Councilmember, District 2, Berkeley City Council, Berkeley, CA.
Professional experience: Management Analyst, Oakland Housing Authority.
Current memberships: Black Public Administrators; National Black Justice Coalition board treasurer.

John N. Nishio (jnishio@csuchico.edu)

B.S. Biology, Porter ’77; M.A. candidate, Environmental Education, CSU San Francisco; Ph.D. Molecular & Physiological Plant Biology, UC Berkeley 1985.
Present Position: Director, Professional Science Master’s Program in Environmental Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, CSU Chico; science advisor/research director of a private farming operation.
Professional experience: Project manager, integrated waste management facility construction, Nigeria; professor, environmental education; ranger/naturalist, forest fire fighter, laborer.
Current memberships: Board member, Niger Delta International Hospital; Nat. Professional Science Master’s Society; AAAS; JACL, environmental organizations.

Robert Ocampo (robertocampo@comcast.net)

B.A. Sociology, Merrill ‘75; Master’s Counselor Education, San Jose State University ’77; real estate sales license, California Dept. of Real Estate; adult teaching credential.
Present Position: High school counselor, Alisal High School, Salinas CA.
Professional experience: Running groups, individual counseling, parent meetings, running workshops.
Current memberships: Christians in Commerce–non-denominational.

Steve Schnaidt (sschnaidt@sbcglobal.net)

B.A. Politics, Stevenson ‘70; Master of Public Administration ’75, UCLA Graduate School of Public Affairs.
Present position: President, Schnaidt & Associates.
Professional experience: Transportation Financing & Policy Consultant; Director of External & Legislative Affairs–California High Speed Rail Authority; Staff Director/Chief Consultant, Calif. Senate Transportation Committee; Fiscal & Program Analyst, Office of Legislative Analyst; Calif. Department of Finance Analyst; Graduate Fellow, Office of the Governor (Calif.); research author and lecturer; peer review and evaluation panelist; Transportation Research Board (NRC) Committee member and author.
Current memberships: Susan G. Komen Foundation; Women’s Sports Foundation; American Cancer Society; Croatian Scholarship Fund; Land Park Community Association.

Cheryl L. Scott (cscott@dhs.ca.gov)

B.A. Biology, Oakes ‘74; M.D. Boston University School of Medicine ’82; Master’s Degree in Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public Health ’86; M.D./international health residency, internal medicine, MLK/Charles Drew Hospital, Los Angeles, CA ’83-85; residency Preventive Medicine, CDC, Atlanta, GA, ’94-96.
Present position: CDC Medical Officer/Captain, U. S. Public Health Service, California Dept. of Health Services, Tuberculosis Control Branch.
Professional experience: Founding Country Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Tanzania; CDC investigator in Epidemic Intelligence Service; work in epidemiology in a number of U. S. states.

Lorraine Sintetos (lorraine@cafebongo.com)

B.A. Psychology and the Arts, Cowell ’70. M.A. Creative Writing and Literature, UCSC ‘90.
Present position: Freelance educational writer for children’s textbooks.
Professional experience: Educational materials writer for grades K-8; administrative assistant in self-help housing organization; safety coordinator for Santa Cruz City Schools; caseworker and supervisor in County Social Services.
Current memberships: Steering Committee member/mentor of Page & Eloise Smith Scholarship Society; board member, Friends of Santa Cruz Public Libraries; volunteer of Pioneer Class affiliation.

Julie M. Ward (1julieward@gmail.com)

B.A. History, Stevenson ‘77; J.D. Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley ’84.
Present position: Retired as partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP (1996-2007).
Professional experience: Attorney, Bamash & Hill (1984-86); Kadison, Pfaelzer, Woodard, Quinn & Rossi (1986-87) Quinn, Kuny & Morrow (1987-96).
Current memberships: California State Bar; Los Angeles County Bar Assoc.; Pasadena Art Alliance.