Advisors And Partners

John Laird
Former Member of California State Assembly, 27th District

Phil Wowak
Sheriff-Coroner, Santa Cruz County

Michael Watkins
Superintendent, County Office of Education of Santa Cruz County

Mary Lou Goeke
Executive Director, United Way of Santa Cruz County

Cathy Stefanki
Former Assistant Superintendent, Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD)

Catherine Hatch
Former Assistant Superintendent, Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD)

Cynthia Hawthorne
Board Member & Former Board President, Santa Cruz City Schools (SCCS)

Eileen Brown
Director of Student Services, Santa Cruz City Schools (SCCS)

Kim Turley
Former Board Trustee & Board President, Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD)

Allison Niday
Former Board Trustee & Vice President, Scotts Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) and a member of the California School Board Association

Gail Levine
Former Superintendent, Bonny Doon Elementary School District

Shane Hill, Ph.D
Educator on Transgender issues for Santa Cruz County Health Agencies

Hayden Stern
Santa Cruz High School Alumni and an Awardee of the 2008 Queer Youth Leadership Award

Carolyn Laub
Executive Director, GSA Network, San Francisco. A state-wide organization designed to "empowering youth activists to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools."

Kevin Gogin and Ilsa Bertolini
Coordinators, Sexual Minority Youth and School Health Programs, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD)