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Boards of Directors

The Making Waves Boards of Directors are stewards of our vision and are the strongest advocates for our students and families. The boards of Making Waves Foundation, Making Waves Education Program, and Making Waves Academy have committed and active members, and the three boards work in conjunction to further the mission of Making Waves.

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John H. Scully

John H. Scully
Founder & Chair; Managing Director, SPO Partners
 

Marx L. Cazenave II
President and CEO, Progressive Investment Management Company
 

Suzanne Duca
Board of Directors, La Centra Sumerlin Foundation; Member, Foundation Roundtable of Santa Barbara County
 

Donna Floyd
Director/Dean of Student Success, Contra Costa Community College
 

Hardy Frye
President, Adjunct Professor, University of California, Berkeley
 

Philip Gordon
Partner and Head of the Hotels & Leisure Practice Group, Perkins Coie LLP

Glenn W. Holsclaw

Glenn W. Holsclaw
Executive Director
 

Donna B. Hubbard
Principal and President, Hubbard and Associates; Professor of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University
 

Pamela J. Joyner
Managing Partner and Founder, Avid Partners; Trustee, Dartmouth College, the San Francisco Ballet, and the Museum of African Diaspora; Board Member, the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California
 

Alicia Malet Klein
GATE Instructor, Coleman School; Board Member, HeadsUp Foundation; Director, Prospective Parent Outreach, San Rafael High School; Chair, St. Raphael Parish School of Religion Advisory Board
 

Thomas A. Larsen
Director and Chair of the Real Estate Group and Private Client Services Group, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk and Rabkin
 

Gally Mayer
Vice President of Business Development, JVP/Israel; Board Member, Urban Zen Foundation; Advisory Board Member, Association to Benefit Children, Action for Charity, and The Many Hats Institute and Artworks

Ian McGuire
Partner, SPO Partners
 

Hamid Moghadam
Co-CEO, Prologis
 

Ronald Nahas
Partner, Rafanelli and Nahas
 

Rebecca Rangel
Senior Vice President, Community Affairs Manager, Bank of the West
 

Regina K. Scully
President and CEO, Rpr Marketing Communications  
 

Sherry A. Smith
Director of Operations, Making Waves Foundation (MWF)

Eli J. Weinberg
Partner, SPO Partners
 

Mike Yuen
Co-chair and Trustee, Yuen Foundation

Making Waves Foundation
 

John H. Scully
Founder & Chair
 

Ronal A. Cohan
 

Suzanne Duca
 

Richard Fullerton
 

Philip Gordon
 

Pamela J. Joyner
 

Alicia Malet Klein
 

Thomas A. Larsen
 

Gally Mayer
 

Ian McGuire
 

Hamid Moghadam
 

Rebecca Rangel
 

Ronald Nahas
 

Regina K. Scully
 

Eli J. Weinberg
 

Mike Yuen

 

Glenn W. Holsclaw
Executive Director
 

Sherry A. Smith
Ex-Officio

Making Waves Education Program
 

John H. Scully
 

Marx L. Cazenave II
 

Donna Floyd
 

Hardy Frye
 

Donna B. Hubbard
 

Alicia Malet Klein
 

Ronald Nahas
 

Rebecca Rangel
 

Glenn W. Holsclaw
Executive Director
 

Sherry A. Smith
Ex-Officio

Making Waves Academy
 

Marx L. Cazenave II
 

David Krapf
 

Christian Ferguson*
 

Donna Floyd
 

Pamela Hampton*
 

Dr. Hardy Frye
President
 

Donna B. Hubbard
 

Alicia Malet Klein
Secratary

 

Rebecca Rangel
 

Sherry A. Smith

*The board of Making Waves Academy also includes rotating representatives from the staff, the parent group, and the Contra Costa Office of Education.