Board Leadership

Our team of thirteen members of the Board of Directors leads the San Francisco School Alliance. Made up of community, business, education and philanthropic leaders – the board guides the organization with a true sense of connecting the various groups that make up San Francisco and our public schools.

Senior Fellow and Executive Director, Emeritus
George Lucas Educational Foundation

Owner & Advisor
Rolling Hills Capital

Managing Director and Founder
CompassLys Group LLC

Education Program Officer
Walter & Elise Haas Fund

Partner
Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP

President
Silver Giving Foundation

City Planner and Legislative Analyst
San Francisco Planning Department

Principal
Hirsch & Associates

Partner
Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe, LLP

Executive Vice-President
United Way of the Bay Area

Mayor Edwin Lee’s Education Advisor,
President, San Francisco Board of Education

Director of Government and Community Relations
San Francisco State University

Superintendent
San Francisco Unified School District

(1934 - 2011)
Chairman, Hellman & Friedman, LLC
Chair, San Francisco School Alliance Advisory Council