Board of Visitors

LMU School of Education’s Board of Visitors (BOV) is a group of educational leaders, policy makers, and esteemed alumni who offer guidance and counsel to SOE’s senior leadership on the school’s strategic priorities, direction, and opportunities for growth and collaboration with like-minded partners in southern California and beyond.

Ana Ponce, Ed.D. ’13

Co-Chair, SOE Board of Visitors; Executive Director, Great Public Schools Now

Catherine Sanders

Co-Chair, SOE Board of Visitors; Senior Program Officer, Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation

Advisor

Virginia Beutner

Community Volunteer

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Marlene Canter

Tony Digiovanni

Board Chair, Claremont Lincoln University

Shawna Draxton, Ph.D.

Executive Director, WISH Charter Schools

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Debra Duncan

Education Advocate

Paul Escala

Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Deborah A. Estes

Chairperson, Specialty Family Foundation

Andrew Furedi, Ed.D.

President and CEO, Para Los Ninos

Anthony Galla, Ed.D.

President, Alemany High School

Matt Hill, Ed.D.

CEO, SummitHill Advisors

Ellen P. Holton

Executive Director, Catholic Schools Collaborative

Lida Jennings

Executive Director, Teach For America, Los Angeles

Heidi Johnson

Executive Director, The Association of Catholic Student Councils

Laura J. McGowan-Robinson, Ed.D.

Founder and CEO, Diversity in Leadership

Nick Melvoin '10

Board Member, Los Angeles Unified School Board

Dan O'Connell, Ed.D.

Assistant Principal for Faculty Development, Loyola High School

Chairman of the Board, Riordan Foundation

Brandi Odom Lucas, Ed.D.

Head of School, St. Mary's Academy

Emilio Pack

CEO, STEM Prep

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Jan Pipkin

Education Advocate

Francisco C. Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District

Delia Roges

Managing Director and Regional Head US Institutional, Invesco

Ricardo Soto, Esq.

Senior Vice President, Legal Advocacy and General Counsel, California Charter School Association

Sr. Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President of Program Operations and Head of Catholic Sisters, Conrad N Hilton Foundation

Joe Womac, M.eD., JD

President, Specialty Family Foundation

Matt Wunder

CEO and Superintendent, Da Vinci Schools