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Board of Trustees - Biographies

cinder-2-sWarren Williams, President, is the retired Assistant Superintendent of Information and Technology Services for the Grossmont Union High School District in La Mesa California. He served as Educational Technology Coordinator, Adult School Principal, Dean of Students and teacher. His responsibilities included development, implementation, and comprehensive management of technology and data-management infrastructures as well as their implications with respect to the instructional program.

Warren serves as President of the Board of Directors for the California Educational Technology Professionals Association, He has written numerous articles regarding the utilization of technology in the educational environment and presented at state and national conferences. He has been selected to serve on County and State committees that address assessment and technology issues. Warren pioneered work on Internet and Intranet development and has consulted with districts throughout the country on educational and information technology implementations.

Frank Parra, Vice President, is a City Councilman of National City and San Diego Medical Services/Rural Metro San Diego Operations Manager. He is the President of the Hispanic Community of National City and Christmas in July and a member of Mercy Outreach, National City Lions Club, the Boys & Girls Clubs of National City, and serves on the Advisory Board for the Hispanic MAAD. A National City native, Frank is married and has one daughter. Since 2003, Mr. Parra, past president, assists in development and fund raising.

Michael Corrigan, Esq., Vice President, is the principal of his own law firm Corrigan Law. He participates in development, fund raising and special events.

John Stubbs, Corresponding Secretary, is the Music Director/Conductor for the CBC. A professional musician, he holds a Bachelors degree in Violin Performance from Southern Illinois University and a Masters degree in Violin Performance from the University of Arizona. Formerly a member of the Memphis Symphony, and Tucson Symphony, Mr. Stubbs is currently a member of San Diego Symphony and performs with the San Diego Opera and the Mainly Mozart Festival.

Sheila Ferguson-Webb, Membership Secretary Graduated with a B.Comm (Hons) from Queens University, Canada and obtained her Chartered Accountancy designation.  Sheila worked for KPMG Chartered Accountants for nine years and left the firm to join a client, The Ondaatje Corporation in Toronto and lived in Sri Lanka for three years overseeing their investment, stock brokerage and tea trading operations.  Upon a corporate reorganization she and her husband relocated to La Jolla where she worked in various capacities with the newly formed company in the Finance area and retired as Vice President, Finance & Treasurer in 2001.  Since retirement Sheila has volunteered extensively in a fundraising and financial capacity at St James by the Sea Episcopal Church, Bird Rock Elementary School and CBC where she is the Membership Chair.giselle-bsc1775-s

Sanjeev K. Dhand is senior counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP. A member of the firm's Electronics Practice, Mr. Dhand focuses on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, as well as litigation support. Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Dhand practiced with a major intellectual property firm in San Diego, is the former vice president of Intellectual Property for Kintera, Inc., and was a law clerk at Foley's Washington, D.C. office. During law school, Mr. Dhand interned for Circuit Judge Randall Rader at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Before law school, Mr. Dhand was an aerospace engineer in the defense industry.  Mr. Dhand graduated from the University of Illinois (B.S., 1988) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2000), where he served as notes and comments editor of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy and president of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association. Mr. Dhand is admitted to practice in California and before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Kevin Galligan is a Marketing Consultant and President of RSVP Publications, Inc. He joined the board during 2005-06. Kevin graduated from Old Dominion University in Virginia with a degree in Physics.  He moved to San Diego in 1992 and has owned and developed several small businesses.  He assists California Ballet with finance and marketing.

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Flora Jennings-Small - is the founding President of the CB Association (1968). A native of California, she is noted as San Diego’s first ballerina, having danced for the Charles Lindberg Festival and the Hotel del Coronado in the ‘30s. She has served on all committees and currently volunteers on the membership committee, and is a long-time major donor.

Jim Levinson - James Levinson is a Managing Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's State and Local Tax Practice in San Diego with over 23 years of experience in the field. Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, he served as an advisor to the elected member of the State Board of Equalization representing the 3rd District.  He is a Certified Public Accountant in California and is frequent speaker at numerous state tax forums. Board member, Kumeyaay Foundation (through 2004-2008).

Leslie Levinson serves as EVP, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Pierce Education Properties, a firm exclusively dedicated to real estate investment and development serving educational institutions and communities. Prior to joining the firm, Leslie was CFO for the $200 million San Diego State University Foundation, the California State University system’s largest auxiliary organization. Leslie was the 2005 president of the CSU’s system wide Auxiliary Organization Association, an organization comprised of representatives of all 87 auxiliaries. Leslie, a certified public accountant, was a supervising senior accountant at KPMG. Leslie is chair of the Associated Students of SDSU Audit Committee as their designated financial expert.

William H. Murray is a familiar figure in the San Diego dance community, and is a former ballet dancer.  Bill has performed several times in character roles for California Ballet.  Bill built a career in the high-tech industry, and was in a charge of a $30 million worldwide division.  He holds a bachelor of arts in Psychology and Anthropology from University of California at Santa Barbara. In addition to finance, he serves on the development committee.  Bill is highly active in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, and has two grown daughters that studied ballet at California Ballet.

giselle_bsc156-sJennifer M. Piscopo is co-chair of IvyHour, a young professionals’ association in San Diego.  Since 2005, she has organized unique events that have introduced over 300 IvyHour members to theater, opera, dance, and music in San Diego.  She is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.  She researches gender policy in Latin America and the United States.  She has danced classical ballet for fun since the age of 2.

Evelyn Steppe retired from a career in education having worked in both the private and public sector. She received her BA from San Diego State University and ECE and CA Teaching Credential. She volunteers with the San Diego Police and various women’s groups as well as CBA’s Membership and Fundraising Committees. Evelyn is a key proponent for promoting CBC within the African/American Community and she enjoys singing with the Martin L. King Community Choir.

Maxim C. W. Webb – Having received his BSC from London University in England, Mr. Webb is currently the CFO for PICO Holdings, Inc., a public corporation in San Diego. He is a member of  St. James by the Sea and currently serves on the Board of Episcopal Community Services . He enjoys music, the opera, travel and sports. He and his wife and their two daughters reside in La Jolla, California.