- About the º£½ÇÂÛ̳ School of Education
- Leadership
- Board of Councilors
Board of Councilors
The º£½ÇÂÛ̳ Board of Councilors provides strategic advice, support and assistance to ensure º£½ÇÂÛ̳’s role as a model education research and training institution for the 21st century. Board members help implement strategies to secure major gifts for the school’s priorities and act as advocates for the school’s mission to prepare leaders to achieve educational equity through practice, research and policy.
Meet Our Councilors

Mary James
Chair, Philanthropist, Executive Board Member, Prime Group, Los Angeles

Darin Brawly, EdD ’17
Superintendent, Compton Unified School District

Margaret (Maggie) Chidester, EdD ’95
Law Offices of Margaret A. Chidester & Associates

Gary Crisp
President, CEO and Founder of Crisp Imaging

Carol Fox, MS ’62
USC Trustee, Teacher Education Lecturer, Former President, USC Alumni Association Board of Governors

Frank London Gettridge EdD ’18
President & CEO, The Philanthropic Collaborative for Education

Elana Glasenberg, EdD ’21
Educational Consultant, U21 Education Foundation

Lynn Jacobson
Advisory Board Teach for America, Los Angeles

Patrick Liew, EdD ’15
Executive Chairman, GEX Global Group

Michael Lizárraga
President & CEO, TELACU and TELACU Industries, President, TELACU Education Foundation

Noor Menai
President and CEO, CTBC Bank

Pedro A. Noguera
Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean, º£½ÇÂÛ̳ School of Education

Artineh Samkian
Rossier Faculty Council Chair Associate Professor of Clinical Education, º£½ÇÂÛ̳ School of Education

Wesley Smith, EdD ’05
DSAG Chair Superintendent, Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Dean’s Superintendents Advisory Group Chair

Sheree T. Speakman
Founder and President, Talent First, PBC