Advisory Council

Meet our co-chairs: Carl Guardino and Eric Schlosser

The Advisory Council represents key stakeholders who provide direction, access to valuable resources, knowledge, experience, and credibility. The council includes teachers, school district leaders, health professionals, PTA, business and community-based organization representatives.

Linda Aceves
Assistant Superintendent
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Catherine Albin, M.D.
Chief of Pediatrics
Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara County
Dolores Alvarado
Director, Community Health Promotion Division
Santa Clara County Public Health Dept.
Walter Bortz, M.D.
Senior Advisor
Healthy Silicon Valley
Bonnie Broderick
Program Manager, Nutrition and Wellness
Santa Clara County Public Health Dept.
Leona Butler
CEO
Santa Clara Family Health Plan
Dennis Cima
Vice President of Education & Public Policy
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Pat Dando
President/CEO
San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce
Pattie DeMellopine
Chief of Staff for County Supervisor Kniss
Santa Clara County
Martin Fenstersheib, M.D., M.P.H.
Acting Director and Health Officer
Santa Clara County Public Health Dept.
Marjorie Freedman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Food Science Dept.
San Jose State University
Mary Hoshiko
Vice President of Program and Community Development
YMCA of Santa Clara Valley
Don Iglesias
Superintendent
San Jose Unified School District
Beryl Israel
Vice President, Account Services
3marketeers Advertising
Liz Kniss
County Supervisor
Santa Clara County
Linda Lenoir
District Nurse
Palo Alto Unified School District
Dan McClure
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Generations Community Wellness Centers
Ashlee Oh
Community Benefit & Community Health Manager
Kaiser Permanente
John Poch
Executive Director
Greater San Jose After-School All-Stars
Candace Roney
Executive Director, Community Partnerships
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Gary Rummelhoff
Member
Santa Clara County Board of Education
Amor Santiago, D.P.M., M.P.H.
Director
Healthy Silicon Valley
Olivia Soza-Mendiola
CEO
Mexican American Community Services Agency
Pam Von Wiegand
Executive Vice President
YMCA of Santa Clara Valley
Andrea Wheeler
fit for learning Chair
6th District PTA
Joe Fimiani
Interim County Superintendent of Schools
Santa Clara County Office of Education

New ffl Coordinator
Michelle Mount, formerly a K-6 principal in the Cupertino Union School District, has taken on the role of ffl coordinator.
Recognition for ffl Campaign
Both the state and national school public relations associations have honored the campaign to promote ffl.
ffl Supporters Honored
School leaders and supporters of the SCCOE’s fit for learning program were honored at a first-annual “Recognition Event” at San Jose’s Tech Museum.
Program Awards - Read about recognition and honors that have come to ffl.
A Classroom and Its Pledge - To see how a group of students in San Jose worked to become fit for learning, watch this video.
Starting a Revolution - K.R. Smith teacher Peter Pham, whose class was the subject of the video, describes how fit for learning changed how he teaches—and how he lives.
 
Get the Guide
Need a copy of the fit for learning Resource Guide? You can download it here.
District Wellness Policies - View the policies that local districts have implemented to foster student wellness.