CFF Executive Committee
Board Chair: Dr. Tim Baird
Vice Chair: Dr. Leighangela Brady
Treasurer: Michael Simonson
Secretary: Nancy Rohland-Heinrich
Ex-Officio: Dr. Benjamin Churchill
Vice Chair: Dr. Leighangela Brady
Treasurer: Michael Simonson
Secretary: Nancy Rohland-Heinrich
Ex-Officio: Dr. Benjamin Churchill
Board of Directors
Dr. Tim Baird, Director of Educational Partnerships Green Schools National Network | Dr. Eduardo Reyes, Superintendent Chula Vista Elementary School District |
Sally Bowen, Account Manager Cox Business | Dr. Nancy Rohland-Heinrich, Ed.D., Vice Chancellor, Communications and Community Engagement National University |
Dr. Leighangela Brady, Superintendent National School District | Ana Schafer, Senior Director of Marketing Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. |
Dr. Ben Churchill, Superintendent Carlsbad Unified School District | Gretchen Shipley, Partner F3 Law |
Dr. Gloria Ciriza, Superintendent of Schools San Diego County Office of Education | Mike Simonson, Deputy Superintendent San Diego County Office of Education |
Samantha Corn, Senior Manager Business Development and Education Sony Electronics, Inc. | Josh Smith, Vice President, School and Community Relations SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union |
Christina DeSanto, Principal, LVIC San Diego County Office of Education | Darrell Stewart, Enterprise Account Manager, Public Sector Intel, Americas |
Paulette Donnellon, Board of Education, District 4 San Diego County Office of Education | Dr. Matthew Tessier, Assistant Superintendent - Innovation and Instruction Chula Vista Elementary School District |
Sai Huda, Founder, Chairman and CEO CyberCatch | Rich Thome, Partner Leadership Associates |
Al Love, Senior Director, College and Career Readiness San Diego County Office of Education | Juli Toles, Director California Sales Curriculum Associates |
Dr. David Miyashiro, Superintendent Cajon Valley Union School District | Brad Williams, Director, IT Global Operations San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance |
Steve O'Connell, President/CEO California Credit Union | Dr. Devin Vodicka, CEO Learner-Centered Collaborative |
Advisory Board
Malin Burnham, President The Burnham Foundation | Thomas Aurelio Davis, Director of Strategic Partnerships Center for Educational Innovation in New York | Bruce Braciszewski, Ph.D. Classroom of the Future Foundation Emeritus |
Dr. Paul Gothold, Superintendent of Schools (Ret.) San Diego County Office of Education | Dr. Patrick Gittisriboongul, Asst. Sup. of Technology & Innovation Lynwood Unified School District | Drew Schlosberg, President XTRA Weekly |
Thomas Dillon, Ph.D. SAIC (Ret.) | Joe Valente Rockwell Automation (Ret.) | Abram Jimenez, Ed.D Doctorate, USC, K-12 Urban Leadership |
Joyce Suber, Retired Educator/Administrator San Diego County Office of Education as an AVID Director | John Sipe, Jr. , Senior Vice President Curriculum Associates | Rob Atterbury, Director, District and Regional Support ConnectED |
Dr. Liz Laughlin, AVID Regional Coordinator (Ret.) San Diego County Office of Education | Peter Fagen, Co-Founder & Senior Partner F3 Law |
CFF Board Chair History
YEAR | NAME | ORGANIZATION |
FY 2023-25 | Dr Tim Baird | Green Schools National Network, Superintendent of Encinitas Union School District (retired) |
FY 2023-24 | Praem Kodiath | SDG&E |
FY 2022-23 | Dr. Ben Churchill | Carlsbad Unified School District |
FY 2021-22 | Kelley Owens | F3 Law |
FY 2020-21 | Dr. Nancy Rohland-Heinrich | National University |
FY 2019-20 | Joe Valente | Rockwell Automation (retired) |
FY 2018-19 | Dr. Darryl Albertson | Cubic |
FY 2017-18 | Gustavo Duarte | Spectrum Enterprise |
FY 2016-17 | Darrell Stewart | Intel |
FY 2015-16 | Ritz Sherman | Apple, Inc. |
FY 2014-15 | John Sipe | Curriculum Associates |
FY 2013-14 | Caroline Winn | SDG&E |
FY 2012-13 | Gary Devan | Mission Federal Credit Union |
FY 2011-12 | Drew Schlosberg | San Diego Union-Tribune |
FY 2010-11 | Colleen Peterson | Peterson Hill Marketing |
2009 | Tom Dillon | SAIC |
2008 | Tom Dillon | SAIC |
2007 | Tom Dillon | SAIC |
2006 | Todd Gutschow | HNC Software |
2005 | Todd Gutschow | HNC Software |
2004 | Todd Gutschow | HNC Software |
2003 | Todd Gutschow | HNC Software |
2002 | Ron Martin | Mission Federal Credit Union |
2001 | Lisa Briggs | Pacific Bell |
2000 | Steve Gautereaux | Cox Communications |
1999 | Steve Gautereaux | Cox Communications |
1998 | n/a | |
1997 | n/a |