University of Southern California

About Us

CEG Advisory Board


Fred Ali
President and Chief Exectutive Officer
Weingart Foundation
Los Angeles, CA

Carol Barkley
Director, Charter Schools Division
California Department of Education

Steve Barr
President and Chief Exectutive Officer
Green Dot Public Schools
Los Angeles, CA

M. Magdalena Carillo Mejia, Ph.D.
Former Superintendent
Montebello and Sacramento Unified
School Districts

Jackie Duvivier Castillo
Director of Business and Development Services
Partnerships to Uplift Communities Public Schools
Burbank, CA

Carl A. Cohn, Ed.D.
Clinical Professor
Urban School Leadership
Claremont Graduate University

José Cole-Gutiérrez
Executive Director
Charter Schools Division
Los Angeles Unified School District

David N. Plank, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Policy Analysis for California Education
Berkeley, CA

Darline P. Robles
Superintendent of Schools
Los Angeles County Office of Education

William E. B. Siart
President and Chief Exectutive Officer
Excellent Education Development, LLC
Santa Monica, CA

Peter Thorp
Independent Consultant

Lee Walcott
Managing Director (Retired)
Ahmanson Foundation
Los Angeles, CA

Jed Wallace
President & CEO
California Charter Schools Association

Johnathan Williams
California State Board of Education
Co-director, The Accelerated School
Los Angeles, CA