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mentored many students, residents, and junior faculty in
Catherine Walcott Catherine Walcott is WestEd’s
chief development officer. She is responsible for creating and implementing the agency’s comprehensive business development plan and
strategic initiatives, leading
their research endeavors at UCSF. Yvonne served on the San Francisco Day School (SFDS) Board for six years. She also serves on the Bay Area Women’s and Children’s Center
Advisory Board.
Yvonne and her husband Howard Chung live in San Francisco with their three daughters: Maddy ‘15, Lindsey, and Clara.
the development of major proposals, strengthening
relationships with funders,
and building new partnerships.
Cathryn Schember In addition to
Catherine previously directed
our new trustees,
WestEd’s Fast Response
we are thrilled to
Applied R&D Unit, which
introduce our new
provides evidence-based information and unbiased analyses
Board chair, Ms.
about current educational issues and trends to policymakers
Cathryn Schember.
and practitioners served by the Regional Educational Laboratory
We know that with
West (REL West) and nationally. Prior to joining WestEd, she
her at the helm,
was a senior policy advisor for the U.S. Department of Educa-
University is headed
tion, where she developed legislative proposals and policy
for great things.
guidelines related to school reform, particularly standards and assessment issues. Catherine is married with two children in
Cathryn Schember
elementary school and preschool. She is a board member of Flex Public Schools and the Russian Hill Preschool. She received a BA in Psychology from Stanford University and an MA in Public Policy from Harvard University.
serves as chair of the
UHS Board of Trustees, and co-chair of the UHS Head of School Search Committee. A native of California’s Central Valley, Cathryn earned her undergraduate
degree at Harvard University. Subsequently, she served
Yvonne Wu Dr. Yvonne Wu is a child
neurologist and epidemiologist
with expertise in newborn brain disorders. She is a professor of
Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of California, San
Francisco (UCSF). She received a BS from Yale University, MD
from Harvard Medical School,
and MPH in Epidemiology from UC Berkeley. After completing her Pediatrics and Neurology residencies at UCSF, she has
devoted her research efforts to
improving neurologic health in
babies. Yvonne’s clinical practice is within the Child Neurology Division at UCSF, where she served many years as the child
as administrator of both academic and alumni affairs at UCLA Medical School, Harvard Business School, and
Stanford Law School. Currently, Cathryn is the manager
of board relations and development at The Center for the Next Generation, a strategic communications nonprofit working to shape the national dialogue around two critical challenges facing America’s next generation:
improving lives for children and families and advancing a sustainable energy future. A nonpartisan organization, the Center generates original strategies that advance
these goals through research, policy development, and strategic communications.
Cathryn and her husband, Chris, have four children:
Michael ’06, Anna ’08, John ’12, and Kate ’15. Over the
past 20 years, Cathryn has been active in various nonprofit organizations and independent schools in San
Francisco Bay Area, including service as chair of The Hamlin School Board of Trustees.
neurology residency director. She serves on the editorial board of academic journals in the field of child neurology and chairs the Advisory Board of the Thrasher Research Fund. She has
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