Our Board

Board of Directors

Our Making Waves Education Foundation Board of Directors includes leaders from across sectors who are passionate about advancing educational opportunity and equity. Together, our board members play a critical role in stewarding the long-term success and sustainability of Making Waves Education Foundation by providing guidance to help us achieve our goals, and amplifying the voice of our mission, organization, and students.

John H. Scully

Founder and Co-Chair, Making Waves Education Foundation; Founding Partner, SPO Partners & Co.

Regina K. Scully

Co-Chair, Making Waves Education Foundation; Philanthropist, Filmmaker, Founder and CEO Artemis Rising Foundation

Ronald A. Cohan

Secretary, Making Waves Education Foundation Board; Public Contracts Lawyer

Eli Weinberg

Vice President, Making Waves Education Foundation Board; Managing Partner, Filbert Holdings

Steve Blass

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ashe Capital

Derrick Bolton

Associate Dean for External Relations, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Lori Kulvin Crawford

Certified Public Accountant; Former Trustee, Computer History Museum

Theresa Fay-Bustillos

Philanthropic, business, and nonprofit executive

Phil Gordon

Partner, Perkins Coie LLP

Ajani Jackson, M.D.

Adult, Adolescent, and Child Psychiatrist

Alicia Malet Klein

President, HeadsUp Public Education Foundation; Board President, Making Waves Academy; Retired GATE Instructor

Sid Landman

Retired SCORE Counselor, Former CFO, Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Program Advisory Board

Our Making Waves Education Foundation Program Advisory Board members provide strategic planning support, policy oversight, and program guidance to the Chief Program Officer and when requested, to other officers of Making Waves Education Foundation. As champions of Making Waves Education Foundation’s programmatic work, they bring cross-functional expertise to support our shared goal of supporting students’ college and career dreams.

Derrick Bolton

Associate Dean for External Relations, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Ronald A. Cohan

Secretary, Making Waves Education Foundation Board; Public Contracts Lawyer

Dr. Esther Hugo

Education specialist

Ron Nahas

Partner, Rafanelli and Nahas LLP

Enrique Romero

Associate, Social Policy Research Associates