Dan Beckerman
Treasurer
Dan Beckerman serves as Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer for AEG, one of the world's leading presenters of
sports and entertainment programming. In this capacity, his
responsibilities include overseeing the day-to-day operations for
AEG and fiscal planning for its subsidiaries including STAPLES
Center, The Home Depot Center, the Toyota Sports Center, the Los
Angeles Kings (NHL), both of the company's MLS franchises (while
serving as a member of the league's Board of Governors), two minor
league hockey franchises, international holdings including hockey
and soccer franchises operated in Europe and AEG LIVE, the firm's
"live" entertainment division. Beckerman received his MBA in
Finance from the Anderson School at UCLA. In 1992, he
graduated with honors from UCLA with a Bachelors Degree in
Economics.
Daphne Bishop
Daphne Bishop is an attorney and a member of African-American
Attorneys in Downtown Firms (Business Law Section of the Langston
Bar Association) and Black Women Lawyers. She has been awarded a
Wiley Manuel Law Foundation Award for extensive pro bono work with
the Alliance for Children's Rights and California Women's Law
Center.
Julie Fabrocini, Ed.D., Executive Director CHIME Charter
Schools
Ms. Fabrocini has been responsible for administration and
oversight of the CHIME Charter Elementary School as its founding
principal for the past six years. With over 20 years of
experience in education, including teaching in elementary and
secondary schools, she successfully led CHIME through its first
charter evaluation and renewal process. Additionally, Ms.
Fabrocini is a part time faculty member in the Michael D. Eisner
College of Education at California State University, Northridge in
teacher preparation. She is also a member of the Board of
Directors for CAL-TASH and serves as an Advisory Board member for
the Los Angeles Times Literacy Center.
Suzanne Madison Goldstein, Co-Founder,
Attorney
Vice President
Suzanne is a former business litigator and Corporate Counsel for
The Sports Club Company. Suzanne established a collaborative
classroom with a co-teaching model in a private preschool,
consisting of a general education teacher a behavior support aide,
a special education teacher, and speech and occupational therapy
clinicians.
Victoria Graf, Ph.D., Professor of Education, at Loyola
Marymount University, School of Education
The focus of Dr. Graf's work is on research and professional
development of special educators to meet the needs of a
multicultural society. Over the last 30 years, Dr. Graf has
published numerous scholarly articles, including recently,
Education for all: Critical Issues in the Education of Children
and Youth with Disabilities (2008); and Building
Communities through School Success Teams (2008). Dr.
Graf is active in the community of schools in Westchester, and is
dedicated to improving student outcomes.
Irene Oliver, Ed.D., Chair, Elementary and Secondary
Education Department, Loyola Marymount University, School of
Education
Dr. Oliver is the Director of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Program at LMU and has access to all programs and
professors in the School of Education. Dr. Oliver's areas of
focus are best practices for teachers, differentiated instruction
and literacy. She has published and presented numerous papers
on early literacy and empowering teachers through technology.
Dr. Oliver is a long time resident of Westchester and is active in
all the local schools.
Matthew Swanlund, Esq.
President
Matthew Swanlund is a real estate, entertainment and
media attorney in the Los Angeles office of McGuireWoods LLP.
He is a current member of the Board of Directors for California
Lawyers for the Arts, and is a former Arts Commissioner for the
City of Santa Monica. He received his BA in English with
honors from UCLA, and his JD from Loyola Law School. He is
also a published children's book author and lives in the
Westchester community with his family.
Paul Villarreal
Paul Villarreal is a CPA, a current member of the DEG
(Digital Entertainment Group - a consortium of Entertainment Studio
representatives working together to establish uniform reporting
guidelines across Digital Entertainment) and a former member of the
Hispanic Society of CPA's. Paul is a Consultant for DLC, a
professional services firm that provides accounting and finance
human capital on a project basis. Paul has spent the last 3 years
at Warner Bros. with prior engagements at The Walt Disney Co.,
Paramount Studios, DreamWorks and Universal. Prior to his
consulting work with DLC, he held positions at Mutual Film Company,
The Walt Disney Company and United Cinemas
International.
Michelle Windmueller, Ph.D., Principal, Selma Avenue
Elementary School; Adjunct Professor, Loyola Marymount University,
School of Education
Dr. Windmueller is an adjunct professor in the areas of reading,
learning disabilities, assessment, instruction, and technology at
LMU and Mount St. Mary's College. Dr. Windmueller completed
her Ph.D. in Education at the USC in 2004 where her dissertation
entitled "Early Reading Predictors of Literacy Achievement for
English Learners: A Longitudinal Study from First Through Third
Grade" won the Dissertation Award of Merit. Dr. Windmueller
taught for twenty-eight years in the urban public schools of East
Los Angeles. She is beginning her 34th year as an educator this
year.