Education of our children is the best investment our society can make for the future.

Introduction

Mission Statement & Goals

Board Members

Past Board Members

Financial Reports

Bylaws

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Introduction

It is with a great deal of pleasure that I write this letter of support for the San Ramon Valley Education Foundation. Since 1982 this outstanding organization has provided direct support for classrooms and schools, and in doing so, has contributed to the quality of our school district and community. Whether it has been in direct grants in support of innovation from classroom teachers, or funding for district-wide education initiatives, the SRVEF, through the leadership of their Board of Trustees and the contribution of thousands of community members, the Foundation could be counted on for their commitment to quality public education for our community.

While certainly the majority of funding for public education comes from the Sate and local parcel taxes, these sources are unable to fully fund the programs which are needed to educate our children for the global, competitive environment in which they will live and work. The communities served by the San Ramon Valley Unified School District understand the importance of maintaining and strengthening the quality public education. Quite frankly, we cannot do it alone, and thus the critical need for support of the San Ramon Valley Education Foundation.

I am pleased to personally support this outstanding, independent, non-profit organization and I invite you to join me in this effort. Most importantly, the 28,000 students of our school district, their teachers and all other staff thank you for caring about our schools and for giving of your time and resources to this wonderful organization.

Sincerely,

Steven Enoch
Superintendent of Schools
San Ramon Valley Unified School District

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Mission Statement & Goals

SRVEF Mission

The San Ramon Valley Education Foundation supports and promotes education in our community in partnership with the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.

SRVEF Goals

  • To provide funds and support to enhance and enrich the education of our youth.
  • To be a conduit between the community and the school district allowing people to make financial contributions toward education.
  • To inform the community (businesses, residents, parents, etc.) about the educational needs of our youth and community.
  • To responsibly distribute the funds received to enhance and enrich the education of our youth.

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Board Members

Chiverton, Ed Holthuis, Nicole Moisan (Back), JoAnn
Cipriano, Adam (Vice President) Khan, Asif Petsuch, Nancy (Treasurer)
Gagen, Marianne Koehne, Terry (President) Thornton, Mark


Biographies

  
Chiverton, Ed
Board Member Since 2009

Ed has lived in Alamo for 18 years and owes a great deal to the San Ramon Valley School District for the excellent education that his three children received. Ed and his wife, Kathy, have been active volunteers for the schools and the community through PTA, Leadership San Ramon Valley, YMCA and the SRVUSD Facility Oversight Committee.

Ed has and Engineering degree from the University of Illinois and an MBA for SUNY- Buffalo. He recently retired from a 37 year career in the Chemical industry where he worked in Sales and Marketing. He looks forward to helping the Education Foundation with their mission of supporting education improvement through our school district while recognizing and motivating our teacher via our grant programs.

 
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Cipriano, Adam
Board Member Since 2009

Adam brings a background in finance, corporate executive leadership and strategic management consulting to the board and joined as a Director in early 2009.

Adam has been actively engaged in the San Ramon Valley school district for the past 5 years and is the current President and a past Treasurer and past Director for the Bollinger Canyon Education Fund (an elementary school affiliate of the SRVEF). In addition, he is currently a part of the Citizens for Quality Schools / Measure C leadership team helping to pass a ballot initiative in support of quality education in the San Ramon Valley.

Adam is a Bay Area native, the son of two educators and graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Economics. He and his wife Kristina have lived in San Ramon since 1998 and have two daughters in the SRVUSD school system.

 
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Gagen, Marianne
Board Member Since 2008

 
Marianne Gagen was elected to the SRVEF Board in December 2008. In addition to serving as the liaison with the Endowment Committee, she is on the Community Science Center committee and has co-chaired the Annual Dinner held at Bridges Restaurant for the past 2 years. She joined the Endowment Board in 1997 while she was serving on the San Ramon Valley Unified School District's Board of Education, a position she held for 12 years.

Her interest in education and young people is life long. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Secondary Teaching Credential from UC Berkeley in History and French. Before joining the School Board, she taught fulltime and part time for 18 years and was active in PTA and the Danville-Alamo American Association of University Women. She currently serves on the St. Mary's College School of Education's Corporate Advisory Committee, and Contra Costa County's Family and Children's Trust Fund Advisory Committee. She and her husband Bill have lived in Danville since 1973 where they raised their three sons.

She has been the recipient of the 1992 State of California's 7th Senatorial District's Woman of the Year, Del Valle Council of PTA's Honorary Service, and in 2006 Danville Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award.

 
Holthuis, Nicole
Board Member Since 2009
 
Nicole Holthuis and her husband have lived in Danville for 13 years. She has three girls-two at Green Valley Elementary and one in middle school at Athenian. Nicole has spent most of her professional life in education as a teacher, curriculum developer, classroom researcher, and program evaluator. She currently volunteers in her daughters' classrooms, is a member of the Green Valley Site Council, and part-time consultant. She has a single-subject teaching credential in the life sciences, a master's degree in education, and a PhD in curriculum and teacher education/science education.

Nicole is new to the foundation and is looking forward to helping the board in their efforts to fund new and innovative initiatives in science education.

 
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Khan, Asif
Board Member Since 2009

Asif and Tehmina, Jibran and Leena have been residents of San Ramon for the last ten years. The San Ramon School District is a source of pride and joy for them as it has honoured them with the distinction of sending their son to an Ivy League college on the east coast.

Throughout their kids K-12 schooling, Asif has been involved with the schools PTAs and Ed Fund in different capacities besides being involved with other philanthrophic organizations.

With Leena still in school, Asif is on the San Ramon Valley Ed Fund helping it achieve its objectives, besides getting others involved in the school district.

Asif has an MBA and works in the Merchant Service industry.

 
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Koehne, Terry
Board Member Since 1997


Terry Koehne (pronounced Kay-nee) is the Community Relations Coordinator for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. In his role with the school district, he acts as spokesperson for the district and its 28 schools, deals with all levels of community, business and media relations, trains employees on effective communication and community relations, maintains the district's website, and serves on various community and district committees and boards including:

• The San Ramon Valley Education Foundation
• The San Ramon Chamber of Commerce
• Leadership San Ramon Valley
• San Ramon Valley YMCA
• East Bay Heart Association
• San Ramon Valley Coalition on Youth Safety and Development

A Bay Area native (Pinole, California) and former Radio Sports Broadcaster (KSFO, San Francisco), Terry is married (Christine) with two children (Trevor and Rachel) and currently resides in San Ramon.

 
  
Moisan (Back), JoAnn
Board Member Since 2005

The San Ramon Valley has been home for the past 20 years for JoAnn and her husband Jeffrey Back. They have one son Christopher Back who attended Tassajara Hills, Diablo Valley Middle School and is currently attending Monte Vista High School. Over the years JoAnn has been an active volunteer in the classroom and school events. Other volunteer activities include Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and supporting various sport teams. She is also on the Primo’s Run Committee. JoAnn is committed to supporting the children of the San Ramon Valley.

JoAnn has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky and has worked in the Information Technology field for over 20 years. She is currently employed with Cingular Wireless. Jeffrey is an independent Real Estate Broker specializing in the sales of restaurants.

 
  
Petsuch, Nancy
Board Member Since 2007
 
 
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Thornton, Mark
Board Member Since 2009

A native of the Bay Area, Mark and his family moved from the Peninsula to Danville in 1999. He and his wife Melissa have 3 children, 3rd and 5th grade daughters at John Baldwin Elementary and a son in 8th grade at Charlotte Wood Middle School.

Mark has been committed to children and education for over 20 years. He was a board member and President of the Board for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Peninsula and a member of the Active 20/30 of San Francisco devoted to fundraising for underprivileged youth. Over the past 6 years at John Baldwin he has served as Auction Chair for 2 years and President of the Cougar Education Fund (affiliate of the SRVEF) for the past 2 years. He also served on the leadership team for the Measure C vote as chair of the Fundraising Committee. In addition to school roles Mark has been President of the Sycamore Swim Team for 3 years and a Danville Little League coach for 6 years.

Along with volunteering, Mark is the CEO of a global company that develops and distributes specialty retail concepts to the Travel Retail industry. He also enjoys cooking and the San Francisco Giants!

Mark's volunteer roles "are a necessary balance in my life while giving back to our community".

 
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Past Board Members

Board Member Year / Office  
Abercrombie, Cindy 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01  
Alpert, Robert 06, 07, 08  
Austin, Bud 89, 90  
Beers, Dorothy 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99  
Brown, Jason 05, 06, 08  
Chew, Linda 86, 87, 88  
Chavarria, Dana 05, 06, 07, 08, 09  
Chiverton, Ed 09, 10  
Chiverton, Kathy 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02  
Cipriano, Adam 09, 10  
Clarkson, Bill 97, 98  
Corcoran, Brian 09  
Collis, Kevin 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02  
Coombs, David 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03  
Cooper, Frank 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 President 96
Corcoran, Brian 07, 08, 09, 10  
Crowther, Anita 96, 97, 98, 99  
Degnan, Carolyn 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04 President 01, 02, 03
Domergue, Brenda 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08  
Dressler, Caroll 94, 95, 96, 97  
Dunkle, Bill 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01 President 99, 00
Favero, Gayla 89, 90  
Fleenor, Judy 86 President 86
Foley, Pat 94  
Foster, Lucia 01, 02  
Frumkin, Allan 88, 89 Founder
Frumkin, Cathy 86, 87 Founder
Fugate, Louis 88, 89  
Gagen, Marianne 09, 10  
Gailey, Kathy 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08  
Gallagher, Chris 04, 05  
Geahry, Jan 86, 87, 88, 89, 95  
Goralka, Joe 87  
Greenspan, Denise 94  
Greenspan, Steve 94, 95  
Griffin, Tresenia 06  
Grote, Karen 07, 08, 09  
Gutierrez, Ray 02, 03, 04  
Halloran, Mike 89, 90  
Hardisty, Steve 86, 87, 88, 89  
Harley, Carolyn 89, 90 President 90
Harman, Dick 86, 88, 89, 90, 04 President 89
Hayopian, John 89  
Holthuis, Nicole 09, 10  
Hooper, Bick 89, 90  
Hughes, Carol 94, 95 President 94
Justin-Reed, DiDi 04, 05  
Kaplan, Nancy 90  
Kapp, Neil 03  
Kenber, Chris 94, 95  
Kessler, Toni 04  
Khan, Asif 09, 10  
King, Karin 97, 98  
Kinney, Jan 86  
Koehne, Terry
 
97, 98, 99, 00, 01,02, 03,
04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10
 
Larsen, Dave 02, 03, 04, 05, 06  
Lawrence, Susan 87, 88  
Leck, Al 94, 95  
LeMay, Cheryll 05, 06  
Leone, Louis 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03 President 01
Levine, Kristy (DEC) 94, 95  
Lundstedt, Julie 94, 95 President 95
Makely, Al 94, 95, 96, 97  
Maze, Scott 87, 88  
McGlynn, Jan 87, 88, 89, 90  
Merrifield, Steve 90  
Michalczyk, Bert 94, 95, 96, 97  
Michalczyk, Joyce 00, 01, 02, 03  
Miller, Don 01, 02  
Mitchell, Kathe 00, 01, 02, 03, 04  
Moisan (Back), JoAnn 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 President 09
Moreno, Robyn 90  
Munoz, Adolfo 89, 90  
Padgett, Nola 02, 03, 04, 05  
Parent , Randy 98, 99, 00, 01  
Petsuch, Nancy 09, 10  
Pollock, Marian 87, 88, 89, 90  
Prilutsky, Michael 07, 08, 09  
Reardon, Larry 88, 89  
Ritchey, Christine 90  
Sanford, Will 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 President 04, 05
Setzer, Vicki 86, 87, 88, 89 President 88
Sieben, Bob 86, 87, 88, 89  
Smith, Jim 87, 88, 89, 90  
Stevens, Robin 96, 97  
Stillman, Marc 05, 06, 07, 08, 09  
Thames, Fletcher 94, 95, 96, 97  
Thorton, Mark 09, 10  
Toby, Barry 99, 00, 01  
Townsend, Mike 05, 06  
Trommer , Susan 94, 95  
Vilhuer, Leslie 94, 95  
Vojvoda, Dick 01, 02, 03  
Ware, Gary 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 President 06, 07, 08
Weber, Chris 90  
Wheelwright, Kevin 86, 87, 88 President 87
Wilkins, Judy 07  
Wright, Cathy 96, 97 President 97, 98

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Financial Reports

March 2005 Audit Report

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Bylaws

SRVEF Bylaws

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Board Member Orientation

Information coming

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