Board Chair Esther Wojcicki
Esther Wojcicki has taught Journalism and English at Palo Alto High School for the past 25 years, where she has been the driving force behind the development of its award-winning journalism program — now the largest in the nation.
She has been recognized with multiple awards, including the 1990 Northern California Journalism teacher of the year, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing 2002 California Teacher of the Year, and the 2009 Columbia University Scholastic Press Association Gold Key Award.
Esther has also served on the University of California Office of the President Curriculum Committee, where she helped revise the beginning and advanced journalism curriculum for the state of California. In 2005–2006, she worked as the Google educational consultant and helped design the Google Teacher Outreach program, which includes the Google Educators website, as well as the Google Teacher Academy.
She is a consultant for Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Esther also serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Creative Commons, and is a strong advocate of Open Education Resources and Creative Commons licensing.
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Neal Baer
Neal Baer is the Executive Producer of the CBS television series A Gifted Man. Previously, he was Executive Producer of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and ER, both on NBC. He has received many honors for his work in television, including the Shine Award, the Prism Award, the Media Access Award and five Emmy nominations.
Neal graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his internship in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles. His primary medical interests are in adolescent health. He has written extensively about health issues for Scholastic Magazine, covering such topics as teen pregnancy, AIDS, drug and alcohol abuse and nutrition. He has also taught elementary school in Colorado and worked as a research associate at USC Medical School, where he focused on drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
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B.J. Fogg, PhD
BJ Fogg directs the Persuasive Tech Lab at Stanford, where he teaches behavior design. A psychologist and innovator, he devotes at least half of his time to industry projects. His work empowers people to think clearly about the psychology of persuasion and then to convert those insights into real-world outcomes.
BJ has created a new model of human behavior change, which guides research and design in the real world. He is the author of Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do, a book that explains how computers can motivate and influence people. Fortune Magazine has selected Fogg as a ‘New Guru You Should Know.’
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Bobbi L. Kamil
Bobbi L. Kamil holds a doctorate in Instructional Technology from Syracuse University. She has served as a consultant to Ovation, The Arts Network, InterVU, Archipelago, Lightspan Partnerships and the Kyle Foundation, among others.
Bobbi was also the Founding Executive Director of Cable in the Classroom, a non-profit community service effort of both cable companies and cable programmers. Prior to that, Bobbi served as Special Assistant for Academic Utilization to The Annenberg/CPB Project in Washington, DC. The goal of this project was to develop telecommunications technologies to enhance the quality and availability of higher education.
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Joshua Kaufman • Venable Attorneys at Law
Joshua Kaufman is a partner at Venable LLP and chair of their Copyright and Licensing Group. He has a national litigation and transactional practice concentrating on media, entertainment, copyright, trademark, trade secrets, art, internet and e-commerce law. He has successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, has several appellate court cases and dozens of U.S. District court cases. He is a frequent public speaker and published author. He has co-authored four books and has over 200 articles on related IP topics. He is also an Adjunct Professor at American University Law School.
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William Kelly • Independent Consultant
William Kelly is the founder of Learning.com and is currently acting as an independent consultant to early-stage companies in the education and health care industries. Bill has been recognized as a leading innovator in the educational technology industry as well as a leading advocate for education in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. Bill served on the Software & Information Industry Association Education Division board, and has spoken at several events.
He has also been recognized by his local business community, including being named to “40 under 40” by the Portland Business Journal. Bill is on the board of the Portland Schools Foundation, and has served on several ad hoc committees and task forces for Portland Public Schools.
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Andrew Klaber • Paulson & Company / Orphans Against AIDS
Andrew Klaber is the president and founder of Orphans Against AIDS, an international non-profit organization that annually provides more than 600 children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS with academic support, basic health care, and nutrition. He is also an investment professional at Paulson & Company, a multi-strategy hedge fund in New York.
Andrew was invited to the White House to receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award, served with the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Orphaned and Vulnerable Children, and — at 26 years old — presented Orphans Against AIDS at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Andrew is a graduate of Yale College, Oxford University (Marshall Scholar), and Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. He lives in New York City.
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Sandra H. Welch • President, Welch & Associates
Sandra Welch has provided consulting services to public television stations, non-profit educational organizations and media production companies since 1998. Her services include strategic planning, education market assessment, public and private fundraising and business planning related to digital learning systems.
Since 2004, she has also been a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation, where she manages the informal science education media portfolio.
Prior to starting her consulting practice, Sandra was Executive Vice President, Learning Services at PBS (1991-1998), where she oversaw the Adult Learning Service, PBS LiteracyLink, PBS Mathline and PBS Ready to Learn. Prior to joining PBS, she spent 20 years at KET, the Kentucky Network, where her accomplishments included developing the national GED ON TV model for adult learners, and Star Channels, a statewide distance learning service. She has served on the boards of Cable in the Classroom, the U.S. Distance Learning Association, and Literacy Volunteers of America, among others. She currently serves on the Board of the Oklahoma State University Telecommunications Center.
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