Cleo Eulau Center

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• Derald Blackmore

Derald Blackmore
Derald is a retired educator who was a teacher and principal in the Redwood City School District for 37 years. He has been affiliated with the Redwood City Pride and Beautification organization, Redwood City Kiwanis and the Redwood City Education Foundation. As an educator, he is interested in organizations that support student learning and achievement.

Russell Brunson
Russell Brunson is a manager at a non-profit that provides dispute resolution services to communities throughout San Mateo County. He received his B.A. from Columbia University and his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law with a focus on alternative dispute resolution and family law. Russell has implemented conflict resolution programs in organizations throughout the United States, but has been particularly interested in implementing programs in K-16 schools and youth-serving organizations using both traditional training-based and nontraditional distance learning and arts-based techniques. He received his B.A. from Columbia University and his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law with a focus on alternative dispute resolution and family law.

Jane Bryan-Jones
Jane is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She received her BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and her MA from Santa Clara University. Her first career was as a high school English and Theater Arts teacher in Newton Massachusetts. She worked at the Children’s Health Council in Palo Alto for several years before going into private practice. She is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
As a former teacher she recognizes the powerful potential teachers have to influence their students. CEC’s mission to offer support to teachers, giving them the tools and strategies to connect with at risk students, thus promoting their resilience to “bounce back from adversity,” is in alignment with her belief about what students need to succeed. She is both excited and proud to be a board member of an organization that is so passionate about its mission and doing such excellent work.

Kate Gormley
Kate has more than 25 years experience in every aspect of human resource management. Her work has a particular focus on start-up companies. Kate holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from San Francisco State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from UCSD. She is a member and speaker for several human resource societies as well as a member of the CEC Board of Directors.

Susan Levenberg
Susan is an attorney for Santa Clara County first 5. She earned a B.A. at the State University of New York at Albany and a J.D. at the State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law. She is affiliated with the New York State Bar and the Appeals Bureau of the New York City Legal Aid Society. She is a member of the California State Bar and Santa Clara County Counsel. She is also a VISTA attorney for San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance. She has been impressed with the two programs the Cleo Eulau Center has. She feels that providing support to teachers and school administrators is a wonderful approach.

Jennifer Lezin
Jennifer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She received a B.A. from the University of California and an M.A. from Smith College, School for Social Work. She is affiliated with the Society for Clinical Social Work. She has volunteered for the Obama Presidential Campaign. Since the start of her career, she had a close association with Cleo Eulau. She feels a strong commitment to children at risk and has a desire for a connection with people who share a similar sense of commitment.

Grainger Marburg
Grainger Marburg has over 20 years of combined experience in education, management consulting, philanthropy, and non-profit management. Highlights of his past experience include a two-year teaching assignment in Micronesia as a Peace Corps Volunteer, managing a comprehensive neighborhood improvement initiative in east San Jose with the former Community Foundation Silicon Valley, and successfully turning around a local nonprofit. Social justice and equity issues have strongly informed Grainger’s employment choices.
Grainger’s international upbringing (England, the Philippines, and the US) and his Peace Corps assignment in Micronesia have shaped his fervent appreciation for different cultures and people. This appreciation has led to enhanced sensibilities and competencies in creative problem-solving, analysis, and communication, all skills he desperately needs to be the husband and father he aspires to be with his wife and two sons. Grainger has a B.A. from Hampshire College and an Ed.M. from Harvard University.

Jan Oldenburg
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Myrna Klee Robinson
Myrna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Divorce Mediator. She received a B.A. degree from Vassar College in 1969 and an M.S.W. at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1974. Myrna is a past board member of the Menlo Park Atherton Education Foundation. She is a member of the California Society for Clinical Social Work. She was a volunteer board member of the Sanville Institute for 10 years. Cleo was one of her first mentors. Throughout Cleo’s life, Myrna valued her wise insights, her deep commitment to their profession and its values, as well as her wonderfully dry sense of humor. It is a great honor to Myrna to carry on Cleo’s legacy through her work on the Board of Trustees.

Chet Villalba
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