BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Matthew Hulse, President, has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley. He has ten years teaching experience in East Bay high schools, including Kennedy High School ( Richmond), Far West ( Oakland), McClymonds ( Oakland), Contra Costa Alternative School (Orinda) and Sacred Heart ( Menlo Park). He has also taught at Ohlone College and Foothill College. He ran his own private tutoring business for 15 years and has worked as an educator and administrator for other for-profit tutoring companies. He also has 18 years of experience as an educator and social worker for church. He is the Executive Director for AspireEducation Project.

Aleka Calsoyas, Secretary Treasurer, has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in Mathematics and French and a PhD in French from U.C. Irvine. She has taught language and writing for seven years at the university level. She is the Director of Operations and Finance for Aspire Education Project and is in the full time MBA program at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business..

Nate Byerley has a B.A. in American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He has worked as a tutor and manager for a private tutoring agency in Berkeley and supervised a nonprofit after-school technology-education program. He is the founder of The Juice Peddler and on the board of Worldbike.

Amy Lieu has a BA from UC Berkeley and is an accountant at Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Deena McClain has a B.A. from San Diego State University and an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College and a J.D. from U.C. Davis. She holds a Secondary Teaching Credential and is General Council for the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority.

Nancy E. Mckee-Jolda has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and an M.A. in Education from San Francisco State University. She is a Reading and Learning Specialist and has a Secondary Teaching Credential. She is currently engaged in an M. Div. program in community development and social justice at the Pacific School of Religion.

Heidi Mickelsen has a B.A. in Psychology from U.C. San Diego and an M.A. in Educational Policy and Administration from Stanford University. She is a certified teacher and administrator. She has taught middle school and worked as a formative teacher in a charter school and in a regional educational laboratory. She has consulted in low-performing schools, served as a School Site Council member for her local elementary school and written papers on educational issues.

Rick Richetta has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Social Psychology from San Francisco State University and has worked as a counselor at the Jamestown Learning Center and Balboa High School in San Francisco and at the École Bilingue in Berkeley. He is a Realtor for Prudential California Realty.

Barbee Rubenstein has a B.A. from San Diego State University and holds a Secondary Teaching Credential. She is an active parent in her local school district.