As a resident of Southeast Seattle and former principal and teacher, Bree believes deeply in working with families and communities to create schools that will realize their hopes and dreams for students. Most recently, Bree served as the Director of

Dawn Lepore is the former CEO and Chairman of the Board of drugstore.com, inc., a leading online retailer of health, beauty, and wellness products, which she led from 2004 until the successful sale to Walgreens in 2011. During her tenure, Dawn

Kevin Chase is the superintendent of the Yakima-based Educational Service District 105, which assists in the programs of 25 public school districts and 23 private and tribal schools in South Central Washington. Kevin was raised in Sunnyside, where he

Omar is an attorney at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt P.C. where his practice focuses mainly on advising social impact ventures and advising clients engaged in domestic and international corporate transactions. His passion for education was instilled in

Born and raised in Yakima, WA, Michael is the proud son of Mexican Immigrant parents and has a passion for serving his home state and Latinx comunidad. Professionally, Michael is currently an Associate Partner for Promise54--a research and consulting

Jacqueline Downey is an Instructional Leadership Executive Director of secondary schools in Highline Public Schools. In this role, she supervises principals and oversees implementation of instructional initiatives at the secondary level. Previously

Jennifer Guerrero Flood has been a lifelong advocate for educational equity and currently leads her own consulting practice working with foundations, districts, and non-profit organizations to increase their impact. Jennifer grew up in California’s

Prior to his current role, Trevor led in a large, multi-linguistic, urban district, adjacent to Seattle. His work there, supervising and developing principal leadership, helped realize the largest graduation rate increase in 10 years. In addition, his

Marguerite Kondracke has had a 40-year career working in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, with a focus on education, children and families. She has a special passion for addressing the needs of disadvantaged children. Marguerite most

Srilakshmi (Sri) Remala is a seasoned technology professional who is motivated to build and design products that fit the needs of students and teachers in the education sector. Her focus on raising education outcomes for underserved and minority

Zoë joined the Raikes Foundation in 2015 to lead its education strategy. Before joining the foundation, Zoë served as a resident at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation while completing her doctorate in education leadership from the Harvard Graduate

Priscilla Trevino is the Executive Director of Yakima Schools Foundation. She passionately believes in the importance of providing programs, support, and resources for all children regardless of socioeconomic standing, race, religion, ethnicity