Our Board of Directors

The Education for Change Board of Directors will serve as the governing body for our entire organization, to include all school sites within the Education for Change family. All school sites will also form school site Leadership Councils which will advise the EFC Board on matters specific to each individual school. The EFC Board will use these local site Councils as valuable sources of input, feedback, and guidance as they make decision on behalf of our entire organization in line with our mission, core values, and strategy.

Desten Broach, President of the Board
Destin Broach, a founding board member, is a group product manager at Sun Microsystems. He is responsible for the complete life cycle and business success of several Sun software products. Prior to joining Sun, he held similar positions at America Online, Netscape Communications, and Intuit, Inc. As an aide to US Senator David Pryor, Mr. Broach focused on education. He graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with a B.A. in economics and earned an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Joanne Weiss, Vice President of the Board
Joanne Weiss is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at NewSchools Venture Fund, where she oversees the organization's operations, as well as investment strategy and management assistance for many of NewSchools' ventures nationally and on the West Coast. As part of this work, she serves on the boards. Prior to joining NewSchools Venture Fund, Joanne was CEO of Claria Corporation, an e-services recruiting firm that helped emerging-growth companies build their teams quickly and well. Before her tenure at Claria, Joanne spent twenty years in the design, development, and marketing of technology-based products and services for education. She was Senior Vice President of Product Development at Pensare, an e-learning company that created business innovation programs for the Fortune 500 market. Prior to Pensare, Joanne was co-founder, interim CEO, and Vice President of Products and Technologies at Academic Systems, a company that helps hundreds of thousands of college students prepare for college-level work in mathematics and English.

Jonathan Garfinkel
Jonathan Garfinkel is a Vice President at Texas Pacific Group, a private investment fund with $15 billion under management. Prior to joining Texas Pacific Group, he worked as a financial analyst at Newbridge Latin America and at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Garfinkel has also worked at NewSchools Venture Fund. He received a BA in Economics, an MA in Education, and an MBA all from Stanford University.

Harold Jones
Harold P. Jones is the Deputy Director of External Affairs for the Port of Oakland. Prior to his appointment, he served as Manager of Government Affairs for the Port. Mr. Jones is responsible for direction and coordination of the Port's government and community relations activities, all media and public relations. Mr. Jones has more than 25 years of experience in the local, state and federal legislative areas. He was employed as a senior consultant for the California State Legislature and later served as the Executive Director of two major Governor-appointed regulatory licensing boards for the State. For five years, Mr. Jones was also the owner/director of a private postsecondary vocational school. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government and Urban Affairs from Windsor University in Los Angeles and has also attended California State University at Sacramento for postgraduate studies.