California Practitioners Advisory Group Members

Information about the California Practitioners Advisory Group (CPAG) members, including representative category and term of appointment.

Practitioner	Position/Employer	Representative	Initial Appt. Date	Reappointed Date	Term Expires
Susan Connolly-Fox	Associate Superintendent, Placer County of Education	Representatives of authorized public chartering agency	January 1, 2025	N/A	December 31, 2026
Jennifer DaCosta	Board Member, High Tech Los Angeles Charter School Board of Directors/Chief Academic Officer, Granada Hills Charter	Members of local school boards	January 1, 2025	N/A	December 31, 2026
Corey Greenlaw	Assistant Superintendent, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools	Superintendents or other administrators/Chair	May 8, 2024	N/A	December 31, 2026
Babatunde Ilori	Chief Executive Officer, Parsec Education	Parents of student(s) currently enrolled in the K–12	January 1, 2022	January 1, 2025	December 31, 2026
Kelsey Krausen	Director, Strategic Resource Allocation and Systems Planning, West Ed	Education Researcher	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2026	December 31, 2027
Holly Lederle	Career and Technical Educator, Carmel Unified School District	Teachers from traditional public schools and charter schools and career and technical educators	May 8, 2024	January 1, 2026	December 31, 2027
Amy Nguyen-Hernandez	Superintendent, Central School District	Superintendents or other administrators	January 1, 2022	January 1, 2025	December 31, 2026
Samara Palko	Director of Education, California Catholic Conference	Representative of private school children	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2026	December 31, 2027
Angela Pascual	Teacher, Stockton Unified School District	Teachers from traditional public schools and charter schools and career and technical educators	January 1, 2024	N/A	December 31, 2026
Matt Patterson	Director of Student Services, Visions in Education	Charter school leaders	January 1, 2024	N/A	December 31, 2026
Joshua Salas	Lead Resource Specialist Teacher, Alliance Renee & Meyer Luskin Academy	Teachers from traditional public schools and charter schools and career and technical educators	January 1, 2024	N/A	December 31, 2026
Gabriela Tavitian	Superintendent, Lennox School District	Superintendent, Lennox School District/Vice-Chair	January 1, 2022	January 1, 2025	December 31, 2026
Charlotte Vega	Assistant Principal, Corona Norco Unified School District	Principals and other school leaders	January 1, 2024	N/A	December 31, 2026
Rubén Aurelio	Superintendent, Vallejo City Unified School District	Superintendents or other Administrators	January 1, 2026	N/A	December 31, 2027
Emily Jaramillo	Multilingual Department Liaison, Etiwanda School District	Specialized instructional support personnel and paraprofessionals	January 1, 2026	N/A	December 31, 2027
Jamie Rogers	Principal, Hanford Joint Union High School District	Principals and other school leaders	January 1, 2026	N/A	December 31, 2027

Questions: California Practitioners Advisory Group | CPAG@cde.ca.gov | 916-319-0942

Last Reviewed: Thursday, January 15, 2026