Our Board
Board of Directors
Our 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 Foundation by providing guidance to help us achieve our goals, and amplifying the voice of our mission, organization, and students.
John H. Scully
Founder & Chairman, Making Waves Foundation; Founding Partner, SPO Partners & Co.
Ronald A. Cohan
Consulting Counsel, IGT
Michael B. Yuen
Vice President, Retired Partner, SPO Partners & Co.
Steve Blass
Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ashe Capital
Derrick Bolton
Associate Dean for External Relations, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Theresa Fay-Bustillos
Philanthropic, business, and nonprofit executive
Phil Gordon
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Ajani Jackson, M.D.
Adult, Adolescent, and Child Psychiatrist
Sid Landman
SCORE Counselor
Alicia Malet Klein
GATE Instructor, Coleman School; President, HeadsUp Public Education Foundation; Board President, Making Waves Academy
Regina K. Scully
Philanthropist, Filmmaker, Founder and CEO Artemis Rising Foundation
Jonathan Stern
CEO, SnapStrat
Eli Weinberg
Managing Partner, SPO Partners & Co.
CAP Advisory Committee
Our committee members provide strategic planning support and policy oversight, advice and guidance to the Executive Director of CAP and when requested, to other officers of the Foundation.
Derrick Bolton
Associate Dean for External Relations, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Ronald A. Cohan
Consulting Counsel, IGT
Melissa Fries
Executive Director, CAP
Dr. Esther Hugo
Education specialist
Ron Nahas
Partner, Rafanelli and Nahas LLP
Cindi Nicolas
Managing Director, Slalom Consulting
Enrique Romero
Associate, Social Policy Research Associates
