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Julia Beers, After School Program
Coordinator and Instructor top^ Julia is an experienced youth worker,
with a passion for inspiring children to grow academically, creatively
and socially. She strives to make her classroom a supportive and
interactive place where children enjoy being. She believes that
developing community and enthusiasm in the classroom is key to instilling
a love of learning in her students. Rosa Castrejón, Director
of Programs top^ Rosa Castrejón brings MLC her over ten years of experience working in the nonprofit sector and a background in educational psychology. Through out those years she has been working in the Mission district mainly with the Latino population serving low-income families, homeless women, children, and youth. She believes that parents must create and take an active roll in their child’s learning process and sees education as a crucial tool for success in life. Jay Madonado, Site Coordinator top^ Isabel S. Nevarez, Bookkeeper-Administrative
Assistant top^ Isabel Nevarez is the Bookkeeper /
Administrative Assistant of Mission Learning Center since September
2005, and brings over 10 years of Bookkeeping and accounting experience
in California. She has a BA in accounting. Isabel has many years
of experience working with the community. Isabel has worked in many
of the activies in Saint Peter's Parish in San Francisco for about
14 years, and loves to work with the community. AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM STAFF OF MISSION LEARNING CENTER Centro del Pueblo (MLC) Leonard R. Flynn Elementary MISSION LEARNING CENTER BOARD OF
DIRECTORS top^ Jim Baldwin, President of the Board Jim Baldwin was born in San Francisco
and grew up in the Mission district. He attended Hawthorne Elementary,
now Cesar Chavez Elementary, Horace Mann Junior High School and
graduated from Lowell High School. Jim worked for Bank of America
in and around San Francisco for 24 years and is currently a Development
Associate for Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc., a non-profit
serving the under-insured, low income population of southern Alameda
County. He has had a lifetime of reading enjoyment both for information
and pleasure and cannot think of anything that can contribute to
a child's success more than reading. Mary Nelson, Vice Precident of the Board top^ Mary Nelson has a background in customer service, operations, finance, program management and strategic planning within high-tech, growth companies. She is currently the Director of Business Operations at mBlox, Inc., the world's largest mobile transaction network, and was previously Vice President of Customer Care at New Edge Networks, a subsidiary of EarthLink. She holds an MBA from Portland State University and a Bachelor's degree in Finance from University of Portland. Mary can often be found reading on an airplane as she pursues her love of travel. Larry Schmidlin, Treasurer of the Board top^ Larry Schmidlin has held a variety of management and technical positions in the software development industry over the last 17 years. He currently works at Wells Fargo managing the development of new mobile banking technologies. In addition to the financial industry, Larry has been involved with firewall security, portals, and enterprise asset management companies. Larry's love of books has prompted him to write 2 children's books. Veronica Samoulides, Immediate Past
President of the Board top^ A native Californian, Veronica has
been in San Francisco since 1992. She spent 5 years at Charles Schwab
and Company launching Schwab’s initial Business Development
efforts, developing consumer based marketing campaigns as well as
product marketing materials. After leaving Schwab in 1999, Veronica
ran her own successful marketing consulting company until joining
Health Net, Inc as Director of Marketing in 2001. At Health Net,
Veronica was responsible for launching the company’s first
consumer based web application. As VP of Marketing for Health Net,
Inc, Veronica oversaw and provided strategic marketing direction
for their behavioral health subsidiary, MHN. Currently, Veronica
is running the two South Beach businesses she owns with her husband
Greg. Michelle Kwait top^ Michelle Kwait
is the Vice President of Human Resources for Heald College in San
Francisco. She has a background in Human Resources management that
includes employee relations, recruitment, retention, payroll, benefits,
training and organizational development, oversight of practices
and procedures, compensation, conflict resolution, employment law
and performance management programs. During the past twelve years
she has been the Director of Human Resources for Stanford University,
Pacific Hotel Management, and Marriott International. She earned
a BS in Business Administration from Duquesne University. Alexis Ward top^ Alexis' varied background includes
staffing a U.S. Senator, consulting the Mexican federal government
on transparency issues, working in the high-tech industry, and coordinating
large grants for nonprofits and universities. She is currently a
Senior Project Manager at Barbary Coast Consulting, a local public
affairs consulting firm. Alexis is a native of the Bay Area and
resident of the Mission Dolores neighborhood. She holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley
and a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Chicago. In
addition to her involvement with Mission Learning Center, Alexis
serves on the Executive Board of the San Francisco Young Democrats.
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