Advisory Board

Learning Lab has greatly benefited from the service of its Advisory Board members, higher education experts, and innovators who have provided strategic guidance to Learning Lab staff since its inception. The Advisory Board members contribute critical insight and expertise to inform important organizational activities such as the development of new grant opportunities, strategic planning, and programmatic direction.

2023–2024 Advisory Board

Marty Alvarado

Vice President, Postsecondary Education and Training
Jobs for the Future

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Christopher Cabaldon

Advisory Board Chair

Commissioner, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
Partner, Capitol Impact

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Michael Dennin

Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning,
Dean of Undergraduate Education & Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
UC Irvine

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Jeff Gold

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Success, California State University Office of the Chancellor

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Laura Hope

Associate Superintendent of Instruction and Institutional Effectiveness
Chaffey College

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Eduardo M. Ochoa

President Emeritus, CSU Monterey Bay
Former Assistant Secretary of Education

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Candace Marie Thille

Associate Professor, Stanford University
Member,
ETS Board of Trustees

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Advisory Board Emeriti

Lande Ajose

Managing Director & Chief of Staff, Waverley Street Foundation

Estela Bensimon

Univeristy Professor Emerita,
University of
Southern California &
Founder,
Bensimon & Associates

Jonathan Brack

Program Manager,
Fund for Shared Insight

Sonya Christian

Chancellor,
California Community Colleges

Sandra Fried

Vice President of the Success Center for California Community Colleges, Foundation for California Community Colleges

Carlos Gutierrez

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Emeritus & Founding Director of Minority Opportunities & Research Programs,
Cal State LA

Stephen Michael Kosslyn

Founder,
Active Learning Sciences Inc.
Professor Emeritus, Harvard University Department of Psychology

Kathy Kubo

Math Instructor,
College of the Canyons

John Matsui

Assistant Dean,
Biological Sciences & Director, Biology Scholars Program,
UC Berkeley

James T. Minor

Chancellor,
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Eloy Ortiz Oakley

President/CEO,
College Futures Foundation

Bror Saxberg

Founder,
LearningForge LLC

Wayne Skipper

Founder &
Chief Executive Officer,
Concentric Sky &
Co-Founder, Light At Play

Kimberly Tanner

Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education,
National Science Foundation

Carl Wieman

Professor of Physics & Graduate School of Education,
Stanford University