Susan Alvaro
Trustee Area: 1
First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 1994
Current Term Ends: December 2022
Committee Assignments: YMCA Partnership Subcommittee (Chair); Big Lift Representative
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
Chelsea Bonini
Trustee Area: 4
First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2020
Current Term Ends: December 2024
Committee Assignments: Legislative Subcommittee (Chair); San Mateo County School Boards Association Area Representative; Special Education Local Plan 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
Hector Camacho, Jr.
Trustee Area: 3
First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2014
Current Term Ends: December 2022
Committee Assignments: Interdistrict Attendance Appeal Subcommittee (Chair); Legislative Subcommittee; Superintendent’s Salary Subcommittee; YMCA Partnership 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; President of the San Mateo County School Boards Association and member of the Stanford Graduate School of Education Inclusion Council
Email: hcamachojr@smcoe.org
James Cannon
Trustee Area: 5
First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2004
Current Term Ends: December 2024
Committee Assignments: YMCA Partnership Subcommittee; 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
Beverly Gerard
Trustee Area: 2
First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 1989
Current Term Ends: December 2022
Committee Assignments: Interdistrict Attendance Appeal Subcommittee; Superintendent's Salary 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
Ted Lempert
Trustee Area: 6
First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2000
Current Term Ends: December 2024
Committee 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
Joe Ross
Trustee Area: 7
First Year of SMCOE Board Service: 2012
Current Term Ends: December 2024
Committee Assignments: Interdistrict Attendance Appeal Subcommittee; Legislative Subcommittee
Experience: President-elect of California County Boards of Education; University President of the Reach Institute of School Leadership University, serving as part of the leadership team and overseeing academic and administrative matters; former San Mateo County Deputy District Attorney; general counsel and operating executive at several early-stage technology companies and a venture capital studio; former US Navy Active Duty Intelligence Officer
Email: jross@smcoe.org
