Meet the Board

First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 1994
Current Term Ends: December 2026
Subcommittee Assignments: Board Policy Subcommittee; YMCA Partnership Subcommittee (Chair)
Experience: former Executive Director of the Coastside Collaborative for Children, Youth, and Families; volunteer tutor and creative writing teacher, San Mateo County Court and Community Schools; school, classroom, and library volunteer; Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission; part of Coastside’s Big Lift Collaborative; worked in non-profit management; former volunteer in classrooms, in school libraries, with PTAs, and with parent groups

Email:  salvaro@smcoe.org

First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 1989
Current Term Ends: December 2026
Subcommittee Assignments:  Gateway Subcommittee; Interdistrict Attendance Appeal Subcommittee (Chair); Workforce Housing Subcommittee (Chair); SMCOE LCAP Representative
Experience: Past-President, California County Boards of Education; Past-President, San Mateo County School Boards Association; Member, Charter School Task Force; Board Representative, SELPA Policy Board; California County Boards of Education Conference Planning Committee member working to ensure important issues facing county offices and school districts are addressed through sessions at the annual conference

Email:  bgerard@smcoe.org

First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2014
Current Term Ends: December 2026
Subcommittee Assignments: Board Policy Subcommittee; Legislative Subcommittee; Superintendent’s Salary Subcommittee
Experience: educator and community leader in the fight for greater access to education, housing, healthcare, and economic and environmental justice; founding Board member of the REACH Coalition; appointed to the San Mateo County COVID-19 Equity Recovery Group to ensure the most marginalized and disproportionately impacted in the community are prioritized in all response, recovery, and rebuilding efforts; Past-President of the San Mateo County School Boards Association; member of the Stanford Graduate School of Education Inclusion Council

Email:  hcamachojr@smcoe.org

First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2020
Current Term Ends: December 2024
Subcommittee Assignments: Board Policy Subcommittee (Chair); Gateway Subcommittee (Chair); Interdistrict Attendance Appeal Subcommittee; Legislative Subcommittee (Chair); Superintendent's Salary Subcommittee (Chair); Workforce Housing Subcommittee; San Mateo County School Boards Association Area Representative
Experience: former member of the San Mateo-Foster City School District Board of Trustees; former SMCOE Personnel Commissioner; sits on the San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities chairing the Youth and Family Committee and serving as Commissioner Liaison to the San Mateo County Mental Health and Recovery Services Commission, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission, and Arts Commission; former kindergarten and first grade teacher; has practiced law for over 20 years

Email:  cbonini@smcoe.org

First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2004
Current Term Ends: December 2024
Subcommittee Assignments:  YMCA Partnership Subcommittee; Big Lift Representative; Coalition for Safe Schools and Communities Representative
Experience: former elementary and middle school assistant principal and principal, district program facilitator, mentor teacher, elementary and middle school teacher, and university instructor; former Trustee and Board President, Burlingame School District; former Burlingame Library Foundation Vice-President; former Peace Corps Volunteer training teachers in physical education and English as a second language; former volunteer fundraiser

Email:  jcannon@smcoe.org

First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2000
Current Term Ends: December 2024
Subcommittee Assignments: Superintendent’s Salary Subcommittee; County Committee on School District Organization Representative
Experience: President of Children Now; lecturer in UC Berkeley’s Political Science Department; founding CEO of EdVoice; former California State Assembly member; Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee and Co-Chair of the Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education; former member of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors; founder of San Mateo County’s Youth Commission; former attorney in private practice

Email:  tlempert@smcoe.org

First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2023
Current Term Ends: December 2024
Subcommittee Assignments: Gateway Subcommittee; Interdistrict Attendance Appeal Subcommittee; Legislative Subcommittee; Workforce Housing Subcommittee; YMCA Partnership Subcommittee; Representative to the Special Education Local Plan Area
Experience: former Program Coordinator for Community Based Learning, K-8 teacher, Democratic Delegate to represent North Fair Oaks, and fellow with the New Leaders Council of Silicon Valley; over 15 years of experience in after-school programs predominantly serving low-income Latinx families; currently serving as Programs Manager for the St. Francis Center of Redwood City and in the Leadership Program with the Chamber of San Mateo County; pursuing doctorate degree in Educational Leadership

Email: htorres@smcoe.org