List of 9 members.

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  Chanelle A Bell 

  2006

  Bio

  Chanelle Bell (JMSG Alum '06) is a dynamic and fierce advocate for educational equity. Her exuberant personality enables her to make meaningful relationships across lines of difference. Chanelle is the Vice President, External Affairs at Teach For America Greater Chicago-Northwest Indiana. Her team leads three distinct functions: Community Partnerships, Public Funding & Policy, and Marketing & Communications to ensure that Teach For America can continue to recruit and develop culturally responsive and dedicated leaders in education. She is a 2014 Teach For America alumna and was profiled by the organization for her innovative classroom culture and high results in an article titled, "How a Theatre Major Found Her Role of a Lifetime in the Classroom." Her passion to end educational inequity began when at 20 she became the Assistant Editor of The Post News Group, the largest Black published newspaper in Northern California. Her articles highlighted Black Excellence and analyzed the education landscape in Oakland.
  
  Chanelle’s education journey led her to move from New York, where she completed a B.A. in Theatre at Fordham University to the South Side of Chicago. While completing her M.S. in Education at Dominican University, Chanelle was able to teach preschool in the same neighborhood that she attended preschool. Her work in civic engagement manifested when she was able to empower and provide resources for the parents of her students as the Manager of Government and Community Affairs at Noble Network of Charter Schools, the largest high school charter school network in the city of Chicago. Chanelle’s work in the South Side communities of Chicago has been featured in The Chicago Citizen, The Chicago Defender, The Chicago Tribune, and WBBN.
  
  In 2018 Chanelle was selected to join the inaugural Obama Foundation Community Leadership Cohort where she has launched an organization called Positively Melanin, which provides community workshops designed to equip Black youth with the necessary guidance to navigate their success and an online space that highlights Black excellence in various industries in efforts to empower and inform their career aspirations. Positively Melanin was featured in an NPR segment titled, “In Chicago, The Obamas’ Civic Engagement Programs Are In Action”. Chanelle hosted the 2nd ever Obama Foundation Summit that was streamed worldwide to thousands of people. This past November, Chanelle spoke at the TEDxNaperville convening about how she uses her theatre training to reclaim her power everyday. She is also an alumna of the Surge Institute, which educates, empowers, and energizes educational leaders of color who will create transformative change in the communities that they serve. In addition to her work in the education field, Chanelle is a published writer and actress. She uses those mediums to produce art that highlights inequity and charges the audience to take action against injustices.
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  Ms. Dwyla Jourdan 

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  Dwyla, a Bay Area native, is married and a proud Mom of two. Her daughter, Amira, is a JMSG alumna from the Class of 2017. Dwyla feels passionately about supporting the empowering environment that an all-girls education provides, as she herself attended an all-girls school during her adolescent years. Dwyla possesses a B.A. in American Studies, with a minor in Rhetoric and Communications, from UC Davis and an M.A. in English from Cal State East Bay (CSUEB). Additionally, she has been an administrative support and project management professional, in various campus departments at CSUEB, since 2011. Dwyla has handled key executive support for several Cabinet members, as well as for the Office of the President. Her background includes specializations in writing, editing, coordinating diversity & inclusion programs & initiatives, orchestrating grant work to improve and enhance the experiences of Transfer students at CSUEB, and assisting with the implementation of the university’s strategic commitments. Also, Dwyla stays engaged with the campus community through her work with the African Ancestry Faculty & Staff Association (AAFSA) and through direct mentorship of CSUEB’s students. Moreover, she has always been engaged in actively supporting her own children’s educational journeys, from preschool to now college, and this includes serving in various capacities at the schools they have attended. She feels privileged to join the JMSG Board of Trustees to continue championing and elevating the excellence of this wonderful school that nurtured her daughter and encouraged her to blossom to her fullest potential.
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  Zoe T Leonard Monrad 

  2007

  Bio

  Zoe (JMSG Alum '07) graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Macalester College with a BA in Economics, International Development, and Human Rights. Her work has always been rooted in economic opportunity and financial inclusion. She is currently a Partner Success Manager with the Mission Asset Fund, a nonprofit organization offering zero-percent interest credit-building loans. In her role, she supports MAF’s vibrant nationwide network of nonprofit Lending Circle providers. Prior to joining MAF, she worked in Minnesota’s Twin Cities as a Volunteer and Recruitment Coordinator at Rise and a Financial Manager at Prepare + Prosper’s VITA clinics. This commitment also led to roles in the Bay Area with La Cocina and the International Rescue Committee and internationally with the Asante Africa Foundation. 
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  Stephanie Mendelsohn 

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  Stephanie is a proud parent of JMSG ‘14 and ‘17 alums. She is Associate General Counsel and Senior Director of Records and eDiscovery at Genentech in South San Francisco where she focuses on law and technology. Her teams are responsible for Genentech's information management program and for Roche’s global eDiscovery program. Within Genentech’s Legal Department, Stephanie is a member of the Corporate Law Leadership team. Prior to joining Genentech, Stephanie was a litigation partner at a global law firm where she focused on the defense of product liability actions involving pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers.  She graduated with a BA with honors from the University of Michigan and a JD from The George Washington University Law School.
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  Stephanie Rafanelli 

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  Stephanie Rafanelli, PhD is an educational consultant and research associate. Her research interests include adolescent girls’ participation in extracurricular science, connecting research with practice, and teacher learning. She has more than 20 years of educational experience in formal and informal settings, including as a classroom science teacher and an independent-school administrator. She founded and ran summer and after-school programs focused on nurturing science interest, creative thinking, and leadership (including Sally Ride Science Camp for Girls and Menlo Summer Explorations). In addition, Stephanie helped develop and launch the Center for Childhood Creativity, an institution focused on linking research on creative thinking, learning, and educational practice. Stephanie has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Science Education from Stanford University.
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  Rebecca Silbert 

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  Rebecca Silbert is a Senior Fellow at the Opportunity Institute in Berkeley and the Director of Corrections to College, an independent statewide initiative to increase high-quality higher education for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Californians. Corrections to College is co-directed by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center. Previously, Rebecca was the Executive Director of the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at UC Berkeley School of Law. Prior to her five years at the Warren Institute, Rebecca tried cases for nine years as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Northern District of California. She earlier worked as an associate at the law firm of Keker, VanNest, & Peters LLP in San Francisco as well as with the Harvard Project on Schooling and Children. Rebecca has a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA from UC Berkeley. Rebecca's daughter Eliana graduated in JMSG Class of 2017 and Sarah graduated in the Class of 2021.
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  Elizabeth Tung 

  Bio

  Liz is the Head of Shopper Marketing for Clorox, overseeing the Specialty Division of brands, which include Kingsford, Glad, Brita, Hidden Valley Ranch, and Fresh Step. In her role, she leads the development of digital and in-store marketing plans that drive people to choose to buy these brands over the competition. Liz has been in the Consumer Packaged Goods space for the majority of her career. Before her 10 years at Clorox, she served in multiple brand management roles at Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo. She knows a thing or two about how cat litter, salty snacks, and laundry detergent are made, marketed, and end up in stores! 
  
  

  Liz has an MBA from UT Austin – McCombs School of Business, and a BA from the University of Virginia. Liz is married to Chris, and they have two daughters – Maya (JMSG 2021) and Lucy (JMSG 2025). They live in Berkeley and can often be found swimming in the pool or in the Bay, or skiing in Tahoe.
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  Amy Urban 

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  Amy is mom to daughters Abbie, JMSG Class of 2018, and Violet  graduated in the Class of 2021. She grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in International Relations and Political Science.  After moving to the Bay Area, Amy earned her California Teaching Credential at JFK University in Orinda. She briefly taught in public schools in Alameda and Berkeley before teaching second grade at Camelot School in Castro Valley, where she also acted as Interim Head of School. She was President of the Montessori Family School Parents’ Association in El Cerrito from April 2008-June 2011 and enjoyed volunteering in the classrooms while her daughters were students there.  Amy served as a trustee on the Board of Directors at Montessori Family School from January 2010-June 2015, and as Board Chair from July 2015-June 2018. Amy lives in Berkeley with her husband, Ian, daughters, Abbie and Violet, and her dog, Suki. 
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  Trinity N Wilson 

  2008

  Bio

  Trinity Wilson (JMSG Alum '08) is a Bay Area native from Oakland, CA. She is the Assistant Program Director for Boost@BerkeleyHaas, a 4-year high school college readiness program, at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Trinity leads all recruiting efforts, manages school partnerships, creates community engagement opportunities, and prioritizes the evolving needs of students.
  
  Prior to her time at UC Berkeley she worked at UCLA’s Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Office supporting the Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff. In her role she managed the UCLA Global Citizens Fellowship, enhanced departmental relationships, supported the Student Fee Advisory Committee, organized university campus events, and connected students with the UCLA Student Affairs Leadership team. She also worked at the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s Center for Media, Entertainment, & Sports supporting the Executive and Faculty Directors, leading and managing UCLA Summer Sessions and Summer Discovery, as well as managing events. She also brought in the first HBCU cohort of students for the Center’s Howard University Initiative.
  
  Trinity earned an MBA & MA in Educational Leadership from Mills College. She also has a bachelor's degree from UCLA in Sociology, a minor in Gender Studies, and was a track and field scholarship student-athlete.