Board of Trustees

2011-2012 Board of Trustees

Officers of the Board of Trustees:

Sandie Shoemaker – B.S. Mathematics, University of Chicago. Owner/Manager of Salamandre Wine Cellars, Ms. Shoemaker currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees. She has been on the Board since 2001 and served as co-chair from 2003-2010. She is a parent of a Kirby alumna, Class of 2005.

Matt Shelton – B.S. Business Administration, concentration in Marketing, Fresno State. Mr. Shelton is presently Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees. He is the Owner and Managing Broker of J.R. Parrish Commercial Real Estate and Monterey Bay Property Management. He was on the Board of the Museum of Art and History for ten years and served two consecutive terms as its president. Mr. Shelton joined the Board in 2009 and has a son at Kirby in the Class of 2013. His daughter graduated from Kirby in 2004.

Trustees:

Jim Brock – B.A. Economics, Claremont McKenna College, J.D., University of Chicago. Jim founded and operates PrivacyChoice, which delivers tools to make online privacy easier for consumers and publishers. Previously, Jim worked in executive roles in technology companies and investment firms, and practiced law in Silicon Valley. Jim is an alumni parent of a daughter, Class of 2010, and two daughters, Class of 2014.

Alissa Klar – BSEE, Princeton University. Ms. Klar was a Manufacturing Engineering Manager for many years and now works in Sales Operations for Seagate Technology. She has been a volunteer at Kirby since 2001 and held the position of Parent Association President for two of those years. Ms. Klar is an alumni parent of two daughters, class of 2005 and 2008, and has a daughter at Kirby in the class of 2015.

Hollis deLancey – M.F.A. in Video, Photography & Printmaking, University of British Columbia. She is a co-founder of GBK and has been a volunteer at the School since 1994. Her daughter is a Kirby alumna, Class of 2004. Ms. deLancey is also Board President and member of Spring Mountain Zen Center and Alcatraz Editions.

Bill Jump – B.S. in Economics, U.S. Air Force Academy, M.B.A., University of Colorado. Mr. Jump is a Certified Public Accountant who has worked in higher education, management consulting, public accounting, and served in the U.S. Air Force. He is the controller and assistant treasurer of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation.

Bob Kaswen – Mr. Kaswen attended San Jose State University from 1965 to 1971 and majored in Aeronautics. He is the CEO of FOX Racing Shocks in Watsonville, CA which employs a team of approximately 600 in their Watsonville and Santee, California facilities. He joined the Kirby Board in 2010 and is an alumni parent of a son in the class of 2008.

Carl Koppel – B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Strathclyde University. Mr. Koppel has been a member of the GBK Board since 1999. He is the CEO of Extraview Corporation, a Santa Cruz software company, and has been involved in the software industry for 30 years. He is the parent of an alumna, Class of 2008.

David K. Trager – M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, B.S., Biological Sciences with Honors, Stanford University. Dr. Trager is a pediatrician and managing partner with RAMBLC Pediatric Medical Group in Los Gatos. He is a current board member of RPMG Property Management, LLC, and a past board member of the San Jose Medical Group. He joined the Kirby Board in 2011 and is a parent of a son in the class of 2014.

William L. Richter – J.D., NYU School of Law, M.A. in Russian Studies, Harvard University, B.A. in Russian, Yale College. Mr. Richter has served on the Board of Trustees since 1998 and as Co-Chair from 2003-2010. Mr. Richter is a corporate lawyer with a private practice in downtown Santa Cruz and parent of a Kirby alumna, Class of 2005. His involvement in the community includes serving as President of the Board of Directors of Shakespeare Santa Cruz and “pro bono” counsel for the Santa Cruz Design and Innovation Center.

Dorothy Wise – B.S. in Computer Science, Princeton University. Ms. Wise was an Engineering Manager and VP of Engineering for many years and now owns the Glenwood Equestrian Center in Scotts Valley. She has a daughter, alumna, Class of 2007 and a son, Class of 2009.