Board of Directors

Gary K. Hart, Chair
Former State Senator
and Secretary of Education
State of California

Mark Baldassare
President and CEO
Public Policy Institute of California

Ruben Barrales
President and CEO
GROW Elect

María Blanco
Vice President, Civic Engagement
California Community Foundation

Brigitte Bren
Attorney

Walter B. Hewlett
Chair, Board of Directors
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Donna Lucas
Chief Executive Officer
Lucas Public Affairs

Mas Masumoto
Author and Farmer

Steven A. Merksamer
Senior Partner
Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross & Leoni, LLP

Kim Polese
Chairman
ClearStreet, Inc.

Thomas C. Sutton
Retired Chairman & CEO
Pacific Life Insurance Company

Directors Emeriti

William K. Coblentz*
David A. Coulter
Edward K. Hamilton
Roger W. Heyns*
David W. Lyon*
Cheryl White Mason*
Arjay Miller*
Ki Suh Park
A. Alan Post*
Constance L. Rice
Cynthia A. Telles*
Raymond L. Watson*
Carol Whiteside
Harold M. Williams*

* Founding board member