Board of Advisors

Al Adams, Ed.D.

Head of School, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco

James Adams, MA, LMFT, LEP

Educational Psychologist; Certified School Psychologist; Marriage & Family Therapist

Joan M. Bisagno, Ph.D.

Associate Dean & Director, Student Disability Resource Center, Stanford University

Simon Chiu

Head of School, St. Joseph of Notre Dame High School, Alameda

Celine Curran, MA

Dean of Students, Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco

Nancy Cushen-White, Ed.D.

Educational Therapist; Assistant Clinical Professor of Adolescent Medicine, UCSF; Board of Directors, International Dyslexia Association; S.A.F.E. Voices Advisor

Sam Cuddeback, MALS

Head of School, Drew High School, San Francisco

Devora Depper, Ph.D

Private Practice; Assistant Clinical Psychologist, UCSF

David Fleishhacker

Retired Head of School, Katherine Delmar Burke School, San Francisco

Tuck Geerds

Retired Director of Admissions, Charles Armstrong School, San Francisco

Pat Henery, M.Ed.

Education Specialist; Educational Evaluations & Consulting

Alice Jackson, MS

Educational Consultant

Sally Large

Director, Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center

Nancy McAteer

Past President, Parents Coalition of Bay Area High Schools

Jane McClure, MA, LFMT, LEP

Educational Psychologist, McClure, Mallory & Baron

Joyce McMinn, ME

Teacher and Founding Member, Gateway High School

Jonathan Mooney

President, Project Eye-to-Eye; Author of Learning Outside the Lines; The Short Bus

Natalie O'Byrne, MD

Child Psychiatrist & Learning Disorder Consultant; Retired Faculty Member, UCSF; Advisory Board of the Department of Child Psychiatry

Robynne O'Byrne, Ph.D

Clinical Psychologist; Former Head of Counseling, Branson High School, Marin

Lorraine Paul, M.E.

Head of School, St. Gregory School, San Mateo; Former Director of Community Relations, Charles Armstrong School, Belmont

Steve Phelps, Ed.D.

President, Bishop O'Dowd High School, Oakland

Mike Riera, Ph.D

Head of Redwood Day School, Oakland. Author of Staying Connected to Your Teenager; Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers; Surviving High School; and A Field Guide to the American Teenager

Gayle Rosenberg, BCET

Director of the Academic Resource Program, Junipero Sierra High School, San Mateo; Educational Therapist, Sacred Heart Prep, Atherton

Elizabeth Root

Founder & Former Head of School, Phillips Brooks School, Menlo Park; Trustee, Castilleja Board of Trustees; Former Trustee, Charles Armstrong Board of Trustees

Yvonne & Angelo Sangiacomo

San Francisco Family with 6 Dyslexic children & 5 Dyslexic grandchildren

Cecily Stock, MA, JD

Academic Dean, Upper School, San Domenico, Marin

Brian Thomas, MA

Interim Head of Upper School, Bentley School, Lafayette; S.A.F.E. Voices Advisor

Peter Thorp, Ph.D

Chief of Staff, California Charter Schools Association

Robert Verhoogen, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Learning & Attention Disorder Specialist

Chris Voll, MA

School Psychologist

Rosalie Whitlock, Ph.D

Executive Director, Children's Health Council, Palo Alto

Shafia Zaloom

Educator; S.A.F.E. Voices Advisor