State SARB Members
Members of the State School Attendance Review Board (SARB) for 2017.The State Superintendent of Public Instruction has invited the following State SARB representatives to participate in 2017, pursuant to California Education Code Section 48325(b)(1).
| Name | Occupation | Representing |
|---|---|---|
Amir Alavi |
Deputy District Attorney |
Riverside County District Attorney’s Office |
Ahmad Bahrami |
Program Manager, |
Kings County Behavioral Health |
Robert Beltran |
Attendance Improvement Program Monitor |
San Jose Unified School District |
Amanda Carter-Joslyn |
Student |
Student Representative |
Ann-Maura Cervantes |
Director, Student Services and School Attendance |
Clovis Unified School District |
Hedy Chang |
Director, |
Chronic Absence and Attendance Partnership |
Jane Claar |
Coordinator, |
Twin Rivers Unified School District |
William Cochrane |
Children’s Services Administrator |
Department of Children and Family Services, |
Michael Dennis |
Curriculum Designer and Coalition Builder |
California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators (CAAASA) |
Nancy Erbstein |
Assistant Research Professor |
University of California, Davis Department of Human Ecology |
Grace Espindola |
Coordinator, |
Sutter County Office of Education (COE) |
Stephen P. Fraire |
Education Programs Consultant |
California Association of Supervisors of |
Jennifer Gomeztrejo |
Educational Consultant |
Student Support Services Solutions, Inc. |
Brian P. Gonzales |
Truancy Officer/SARB Coordinator |
Kings COE |
Sheri R. Hanni |
Child Welfare and Attendance Coordinator |
Butte COE |
Susann Patricia Hazen |
Youth Services Specialist |
San Bernardino City Unified School District (USD) |
Barbara Higgins Perez |
Director, Student Attendance, Safety and Well-Being |
San Diego County Office of Education |
Ken George Johnson |
President, Manteca Educators Association |
California Teachers Association |
Jeff Kettering |
Chief Probation Officer |
Merced County Probation |
Lindy Khan |
Director, |
Contra Costa COE |
David Kopperud |
State SARB Chairperson, |
California Department of Education (CDE) |
Cecilia Leong |
Associate Director for Programs |
Attendance Works |
Susan Levine |
Director II, |
Riverside COE |
Mike Lombardo |
Director of Prevention Services |
Placer COE |
Monica Loyce, Ed.D. |
Principal |
Chula Vista Elementary School District |
Amanda Maze |
Substitute Teacher |
Student Representative |
Gary McGuire |
Director of Pupil Services |
Riverside Unified School District |
Kenneth Ray McPeters |
Coordinator III |
Sacramento City USD |
Jenifer Mendel |
Coordinator, |
Grossmont Union High School District |
Hector Molina |
Administrator, |
Woodland Joint USD |
Agnes R. Murray |
Deputy District Attorney |
San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, Juvenile Division |
Michael Newman |
Director, |
California Department of Justice |
Ruth A. Person |
School Nurse, |
California School Nurses Organization |
Joseph Piazza |
Director, Student Welfare and Attendance |
Yuba City USD |
Diantha (DJ) Pittenger |
Assistant Superintendent |
San Luis Obispo COE |
Kathy Rabun |
Vice President, |
State Parent Teacher Association (PTA) |
Alejandra Ramirez |
University Student |
Youth |
Dan Sackheim |
Education Programs Consultant, |
CDE |
Ammar Saheli |
Director, Student Support Services |
San Lorenzo Unified School District |
Kurt Schultz |
Educational Program Consultant |
Napa Valley Unified School District |
Robert Schussel Ph.D |
Market Researcher, Retired |
Self |
Erin Simon |
Director of Student Support Services |
Long Beach Unified School District |
Earl DeMont Smith |
Coordinator, |
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools |
| Lauren Sneed |
Foster Youth Services Educational Liaison/Counselor |
San Mateo COE/Human Services Agency |
Brad Strong |
Senior Director |
Children Now |
Nancy Sullivan |
Chief Operations Officer |
California School Information Services/Fiscal |