Larry Haenel
President
Alternate Representative to the Sonoma County Committee on School District Organization
lwhaenel@gmail.com

BA, History, University of Southern California; California State Teaching Credential, Long Beach State University. Father of two Santa Rosa High School Graduates.

Employment: Retired English teacher - 32 years Montgomery High School, 12 years English Department Chair, 5 years President Santa Rosa Teachers Association; Supervisor of Student Teachers; Dominican University. Volunteer Senior Peer Counselor, Family Service Agency; EcoGreen Certified Realtor, Century 21 Alliance.

Special Board Interests: Effective teaching practices; decision making; community outreach; and politics of educational reform.

First elected - 2004
Term expires - 2012

Bill Carle
Vice-President
bcarle3@sbcglobal.net

Santa Rosan for over 28 years; raised in Cupertino; graduate of Chico State and Boalt Hall Law School at UC Berkeley.

Employment: Of Counsel to the law firm of Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross.

Special Interests: K-12 standards, student support plan, education funding and community outreach.

First elected - 1998
Term expires - 2014

Laura Gonzalez
Clerk
lgsrcs@sonic.net

BA in Liberal Studies, San Francisco State University 1989; Teaching Credential with Bilingual Emphasis, Sonoma State University 1991. Parent of two current Montgomery High School students.

Employment: Teacher with the Windsor Unified School District since 1991.

Special Interests: Community outreach, particularly to language minority students and parents; effective teaching practices; and vocational pathways.

First elected - 2008
Term expires - 2012

Donna Jeye
Director
donnajeye@ymail.com

Santa Rosan since 1998; AA from Katherine Gibbs, New York, NY; parent of two Santa Rosa City Schools graduates.

Special Board Interests: K-12 standards, career technical education and pathways, student support, positive relations with our partner elementary districts, and community outreach.

First elected - 2004
Term expires - 2012

Ron Kristof
Director
Voting Representative to the Sonoma County Committee on School District Organization
rksrcs@att.net

Native Santa Rosan; B.A. Political Science/English, Teaching Credential & M.A. Political Science from Sonoma State University.

Taught social studies, English, and foreign language in the Santa Rosa School District for twenty-eight years; six years experience in business; currently working toward the organization of an educational nonprofit.

Areas of particular interest include developing powerful, inquiry-based curriculum; building strong, representative communities to support each school site; and working toward adequate and sustainable financing for public schools.

First elected - 2010
Term expires - 2014

Frank Pugh
Director
fpugh@pacbell.net

BA and MA degrees - San Diego State University.

Employment: Counselor and Instructor, Santa Rosa Junior College. Author McGraw-Hill Book Company.

Special Interests: K-12 Standards, Facilities, State and Federal Relations, closing the achievement gap.

Membership: President California Schools Board Association. Chair Pacific Region's Policy and Resolutions Committee of the National School Board Association, Chair of CSBA's Superintendent's Council and Executive Member of the ED Coalition.

First elected - 1990
Term expires - 2014

Tad Wakefield
Director
Independent Study Physical Education (ISPE) District Panel Member
tadpw@yahoo.com

A product of and advocate for California's public school system (attended the Los Angeles Unified School District from K-12 before earning a BA, MA & PhD in English from UC Berkeley, Cal State Long Beach, and UC Riverside, respectively).

Employment: English Instructor at SRJC.

Special Interests: Teacher collaboration and innovation through professional development and educational technology. Administrative accountability.

First elected - 2008
Term expires - 2012

Richard Liang
Student Board-Member

Maria Carrillo High School, Class of 2012

Current Grade Point Average: 4.90

School Activities:
Maria Carrillo High School's Boys State Representative for 2011, Boys Varsity Swimmer for Maria Carrillo High School, Captain and Team Captain of the Maria Carrillo High School Academic Decathlon Team, three-year member of the Maria Carrillo California Scholarship Federation

Community Activities:
Member of the 2010-2011 Tomorrow's Leaders Today Program, Member of the Kaiser Teen Advisory Committee

Writing articles for the Press Democrat:
Save swim center, keep kids healthy; Remembering the real hero in your life: mom; So much staff: Only in America; 16 useful hours of financial training; Wearing to excess has a price; Every 15 minutes simulation now a constant reminder; School sports aren't expendable; Holidays: all about honoring tradition

Creator and editor of the Santa Rosa Neptune's Trident Newsletter; Volunteer at the Redwood Gospel Mission, Thanksgiving Dinner Banquet; Volunteer at the Laguna Wastewater Treatment Facility