Listing of the members of the
AB 2117 English Language Learner Pilot Project
Committee Members
as of February 16, 2007
Appointed Advisory Committee Members
Matthew Alexander
Co-Director
June Jordan School for Equity
San Francisco
Monica Ariaz-Soto
Intervention Teacher
Elk Grove Unified School District
Sacramento
Geno Flores
Deputy Superintendent
San Diego City Schools
San Diego
Jennifer Galeria
Director, Bilingual Education
Salinas Union High School District
Salinas
Patricia Gandara
Professor
University of California
Los Angeles
Margaret Gaston
President
The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning
Santa Cruz
Nora Guerra
Public Relations and Community Development Officer
Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
San Jose
Kenji Hakuta
Professor
Stanford University
Santa Clara
Ellen Hershey
Senior Program Officer
Stuart Foundation
San Francisco
Elizabeth Horton
English Language Resource Teacher
Lincoln Unified School District
San Joaquin
Don Iglesias
Superintendent
San Jose Unified School District
San Jose
Tricia Lima
English Language Learner Consultant
Stanislaus County Office of Education
Modesto
Ellen Moir
Executive Director
The New Teacher Center at University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
Jennifer O’Day
Managing Research Scientist
American Institutes for Research
Santa Clara
Elizabeth Salcido
Principal
Hollydale Elementary School
Paramount Unified School District
Paramount
Robin Scarcella
Professor, School of Humanities
Program of Academic English/ESL
University of California at Irvine
Irvine
Shelly Spiegel-Coleman
Senior Project Director
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Downey
Sue Stickel
Director of Curriculum and Intervention
Sacramento County Office of Education
Sacramento
Guadalupe Valdes
Professor of Education
Stanford Unversity
Stanford
Consulting Members
Marisol Avina
Consultant
Assembly Committee on Education
Sacramento
Ray Reinhard
Assistant Secretary for Education Policy
Office of the Secretary of Education
California State Capitol
Sacramento
Mike Welch
Educational Consultant
Assemblyman Joe Coto’s Office
California State Capitol
Sacramento
The California Department of Education reserves the right to make additions and/or changes to the committee members list.
