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Board of Directors
Anita Addison Co-President Planning Director La Clinica de la Raza, Oakland Janet Keller Co-President Executive & Personal Coach Callback Communications John Ifcher Professor, Santa Clara University Parent Bruce Kariya Business Manager VT Griffin Services Jill Yegian Program Director, Health Insurance California Health Care Foundation Parent Liisa Hale or Claire Bainer BlueSkies Administration Co-Directors, BlueSkies for Children Yasuyo Abe Senior Researcher Berkeley Policy Associates Parent Gail Myers Teacher Hayward Unified School District Helen Campbell Head of School Grand Lake Montessori Hong-Sze Yu Lawyer Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Parent Douglas Park Project Manager Signature Properties Parent Khadija Fredericks Director Admissions Financial Aid and Marketing St. Paul’s Episcopal School Josh Miller Business Development Manager New Logic Research, Inc. Alumni Parent Audrey Young Senior Marketing Manager Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Parent |
Leadership Staff Co-Directors Claire Copenhagen Bainer and Liisa Hale Claire Bainer and Liisa Hale have been Co-Directors of BlueSkies since 1995. Claire holds an M.A. in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and has taught in pre-school classrooms and at the college level for 30 years. Her years of classroom experience strongly influence her adult teaching, as she has a clear understanding of classroom and family dynamics as well as academic theories that pertain to work with young children. In 2003 Claire was awarded a fellowship with Eureka Communities (now known as LeaderSpring), during which time she focused her study trip on learning and visiting programs where grass roots training programs like ours in ECE were being successfully implemented and influencing the early childhood community. Claire currently serves as the Vice President of the Alameda County Child Care Steering Council and is a member of the Early Childhood Mental Health Committee. Liisa holds a B.A. in Early Childhood Education, served as the Program Director for toddler programs at BlueSkies for several years prior to becoming Co-Director, and has taught in and managed Infant Toddler programs for over 25 years. She also served as a California State Director Mentor for three years and was a Mentor in the Every Director Counts project of Alameda County First Five, serving as a mentor and coach for directors in other schools through an intensive 18 month training cohort. Prior to her career in ECE, Liisa administered a college financial aid program, which makes her one of the few people with strong administrative experience leading an early childhood program. Abby Pletcher Associate Director Ameena Muhammed Hedco Infant Toddler Center Program Director Janice Haywood Ellen Sherwood Nursery School Program Director Ma Leong Director of Support Services Rhonda Ramiro Director of Development |
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