
Advisory Board
2023–2024 Advisory Board

Marty Alvarado
Vice President, Postsecondary Education and Training
Jobs for the Future

Christopher Cabaldon
Advisory Board Chair
Commissioner, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
Partner, Capitol Impact

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

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

Laura Hope
Associate Superintendent of Instruction and Institutional Effectiveness
Chaffey College

Eduardo M. Ochoa
President Emeritus, CSU Monterey Bay
Former Assistant Secretary of Education

Candace Marie Thille
Associate Professor, Stanford University
Member,
ETS Board of Trustees
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