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



