Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees at Drew have been behind many of the wonderful changes that this school has seen as it has evolved over the decades. Thanks to the experience they bring from a variety of backgrounds – and their willingness to give a significant amount of time, expertise, and generosity to Drew – this group has made a ready difference. Chaired by Steve Callow and including Sam Cuddeback, Head of School, this Board has plans for continuing its trajectory towards excellence. Joining Drew’s Board this year are current Drew parents, an alumni parent, a new faculty representative and a friend of the school.
Steve Callow, Board Chair
Steve Callow is the Founding partner and President of New Century Partners, an institutional money management firm founded in 1989. Steve holds an M.A. in English from SUNY Stony Brook, and an M.B.A. from University of California, Berkeley. He is currently in the Ph.D. program in Mythological Studies at the Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Steve joined the Drew School Board in 1992, serving as Chairman of the Finance Committee. He is currently in his second term as the Board Chair. Steve has two daughters, one of whom attended Drew, and a step-daughter at Catherine Delmar Burke School. Steve is married to Jan Diamond and they live in San Francisco.
Sam Cuddeback, Head of School
Sam joined the Board of Trustees six months before he began his Headship in 1991. He has seen Drew grow from 100 students to its current 250, all of whom are enjoying our beautiful new campus. Sam is currently on the Executive Committees of the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Bay Area Teachers Development Collaborative (BATDC). He is in his eighth year on Town School for Boys' Board of Trustees. He is active in his Dartmouth Class of 1971's activities. At Drew he teaches an English class, advises a tenth grade cohort, and attends as many games and performances as possible!
His wife Meg and he have two daughters, Sara and Tali, who attend Katherine Delmar Burke School. Sara is currently an applicant for Drew's Class of 2011. Sam enjoys writing in his journal, reading and discussing books with Drew School parents and guardians, among others. On the weekends he is training to become the next Lance Armstrong.
Paul Danielsen
This is Paul’s second year on the Board at Drew. He is currently working as the VP of Business Development at MMM Renewable Ventures, and is passionate about the promises of alternative energy sources. Paul and his wife Kirby Walker have one son at Drew currently; their other son attends Skidmore. Kirby has been on the Board of Trustees at Marin Country Day School for decades, and their extended family is very involved in independent school education. Paul Danielsen is on the Development Committee, and ad hoc Marketing and Communications Committee. He had a pivotal role, along with Norma Fogelberg, in launching Drew’s new website and other marketing initiatives.
Christine Elbel
Christine is in her third year on the Board of Trustees, and she chairs the Trustees Committee. This is the committee that develops the slate of new board members, structures monthly board meeting agendas, plans annual board retreats, and coordinates the annual review process of the Board and the Head of School. Christine is the parent of a Drew alumna who now attends the University of Puget Sound. Christine is the Executive Director of the Fleishhacker Foundation in San Francisco, and is also Secretary of the Board of Northern California Grantmakers. She previously was Board President of Presidio Hill School and also the Joe Goode Performance Group. She received a B.A. in Fine Arts and an M.S. in Education from Indiana University at Bloomington.
Elliot Evers
Elliot is a fifth-generation San Franciscan, and he briefly attended Drew in 1965. He holds degrees from UC Berkeley, Hastings College of the Law, and the University of Paris. In 1987, Elliot co-founded Media Venture Partners, a boutique media and telecom investment banking firm. Elliot has been active in fundraising and other activities at Marin Country Day School, University High School, Greenbelt Alliance and ZEUM. He is a passionate cyclist, surfer, skier and member of San Francisco's Dolphin Club. Elliot is married to Pascale Evers, and they have a son at Drew and also children attending UCB and Middlebury.
Elizabeth Y. A. Ferguson
Lyz Ferguson is Executive Vice President and Managing Director of four private equity funds, the Bay Area Family of Funds at The Bay Area Council. The funds are structured to deliver both market rates of return and significant social, economic and environmental returns to underserved Bay Area communities. She was previously an executive at Bank of America working in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Australia where her last position was Managing Director and Head of Marketing for Global Corporate and Investment Banking. In addition to Drew School, Lyz currently serves on the Boards of On Lok, Inc., the Alliance for Community Development, Summerbridge, the San Francisco Bay Area Advisory Board of U.S. Bank and is the Board President of the California-Asia Business Council. Lyz has a BA, summa cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. A native of San Francisco, Lyz briefly considered politics serving as a senate staff member for U.S. Senator Daniel Inoyue, Hawaii before becoming a banker. She is married to Sam Mills and they have a son who attends Drew.
Bonnie Fisher
Bonnie is a landscape architect and urban designer and a Principal with ROMA Design Group in San Francisco. Over the past twenty years, she has focused professional efforts on the urban revitalization of the San Francisco waterfront, downtown Santa Monica and a variety of projects throughout the US and around the world. Currently, she is the Landscape Principal for the design of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington DC. She attended UCLA, UC Berkeley and Harvard Graduate School of Design. In addition to the Drew Board, she currently serves on the Board of CUESA (Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture), the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for the new University of California at Merced and the jury for the Urban Land Institute Nichols Prize for Urban Visionaries. She is married to Boris Dramov, also a Principal at ROMA Design Group, and they have two daughters, one who attends Drew and one Drew graduate who is now an architectural student at USC.
Norma Fogelberg, P/GA President
Norma Fogelberg is the owner of Cross Roads Consulting, a collaboration of business consultants providing a range of planning and facilitation services to corporations and non profit organizations. With a passion for and expertise in Pacific Rim work, Norma frequently augments her free time by taking small groups of Zen practitioners to Japan to live and study at remote Buddhist temples and monasteries. She is also the Vice Chair of the San Francisco Zen Center Board.
As President of Drew’s Parent and Guardian Association, Norma is enjoying her time at Drew as much as her daughter (a current Drew student) is. Norma has also been working closely with Paul Danielsen to spearhead the Board’s Marketing and Communications Initiative during the past year and a half. She notes, “Our community is engaging and inspiring to parents and teens alike.” Norma is married to Dr. Earl Fogelberg.
Jim Hine
Jim and Martha Hine have a son at Drew, and daughter who graduated from Drew now attends Stanford University (Jim's alma mater). Martha was the vice president and president of the Drew Parent/Guardian association from 2002-2004. Jim was appointed to the Board in 2004. He heads the Drew 100 committee, focused on planning the next phase of growth for Drew. For their day jobs, Martha is a strategy consultant at Wells Fargo Bank, while Jim heads up Procurement and Business Contracts at the University of California, San Francisco. Jim likes to snowboard and fly fish.
David Lahar
David is the Chairman of the Board of Evans Analytical Group, the leading provider of surface microanalytical testing services, a founder and Director of Auriga Medical Products GmbH, a leading provider of osteosynthese implants in Germany, and a private investor. David and his wife Julie Westcott have two daughters – one a student at Drew the other at Presdio Hill School. David is currently also a member of the Board of the Aim High and has previously served on the Board of Presidio Hill School and as the President of the Board of Pacific Primary School. David is a graduate of Harvard College and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Lori McKenzie
A third generation native of San Francisco, Lori lives in the home her grandparents built in the Lake Street District with her husband Michael and their two children. Her son, a Drew graduate attends UC Berkeley and their daughter is a student at Drew. Lori, and then (many years later) her two children, attended of Presidio Hill School, and Lori was a member of the first freshman class at University High School the year it opened. Lori spent five years on the Board of Trustees for Presidio Hill School, where she served as treasurer. In that role, she worked on the school’s capital campaign to more than double PHS’s physical facility and managed several annual fund campaigns. Lori is a Field Vice President for Charles Schwab Retirement Plan Services and is responsible for business development in the 11 western states. Lori is a member of the Western Pension & Benefits Conference and The Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Lewis & Clark College. You can find Lori and her extended family almost every Sunday enjoying a dim sum lunch. It is a family tradition.
Mary Murphy
Mary Murphy currently has a son and daughter who both attend Drew. She is a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she practices land use law. She received her BA from Yale University, an Honours BA from Oxford University where she was a Rhodes Scholar and her JD from Harvard University. She was a member of the Presidio Trust Board of Directors for 8 years and sits on the Board of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
Jean-Paul Ouellette, Faculty Representative
Jean-Paul is the new faculty representative to the Board beginning in Fall 2006. This is Jean-Paul’s ninth year teaching at Drew, and he has chaired the Mathematics Department for 7 years. He says he has “gained an even greater appreciation of the macro and long-term visions of the school” from his experience on the Board of Trustees this year.
Jean-Paul holds a B.A. is biology and a B.A. in mathematics from SFSU. He currently teaches Math 3/Pre-Calculus and two Statistics sections. Last year he also taught an English seminar in the spring. Among his favorite times of the year is leading the DEALL trip to the desert with Science faculty Warren Long. This will be their sixth year bringing students to Joshua Tree for this hands-on and fun learning experience. His interests include the outdoors, reading (especially the classics and Great Books), yoga, and riding his motorcycle.
Jerome Sapiro, Jr.
Jerry Sapiro is sole proprietor of The Sapiro Law Firm. He handles a wide variety of business litigation cases; legal ethics matters; and estate planning, probate, and trust administration. He serves on the State Bar Commission for Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct. He served as Chair, State Bar Litigation Section (currently an advisor to that Section); member, State Bar Committee on Administration of Justice; Chair, San Francisco Bar Association Legal Ethics Committee; President, San Francisco Lawyers’ Club and St. Thomas More Society of San Francisco. Jerry graduated from the University of California (1963) and Hastings College of the Law (1966). He retired from the Army in 1998, after service in Vietnam, and has been active in veterans’ affairs in San Francisco. Jerry was Drew’s Board Chair from 1988 to 2002. He is a third generation San Franciscan, and two of his daughters graduated from Drew. Jerry’s grandfather led the San Francisco Municipal Band for decades.
Abby Sadin Schnair
Abby Sadin Schnair has served on the Board of Trustees for 10 years. She is currently Vice-Chair and Chair of the Buildings & Grounds committee. During this period of time, she was involved in building the current facility and started the Tech committee. Abby is an architectural and fine art photographer who has run her own business for 28 years and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design. Abby is involved in several other non profits as well, primarily A.C.T. and Greenbelt Alliance. She is married to architect Gene Schnair and they have two sons, one is a Drew alumnus who graduated from Colorado College and is currently teaching high school English in LA, and one son who is a senior at Drew.
Theo Schwabacher
Theo is a fourth generation San Franciscan. Her grandfather and father were both involved in the brokerage and investment banking business and sold their company, Schwabacher and Co. to Dean Witter in 1968. Theo was recently nominated for Barron's Top 100 Advisors in the United States. In her twenty five years in the investment business, she has been the municipal bond and Investment Consulting Services coordinator for Morgan Stanley. Theo focuses on comprehensive wealth care for affluent families, especially in the arena of foundations, endowments and non-profits.
Theo received her Bachelors degree at Occidental College with honors and has attended management courses at Wharton Business School and received the designation of Certified Wealth Strategist from the University of Chicago school of Business. She has served on many Boards that include the San Francisco Cancer Society, Red Cross, San Francisco Mental Health Association, Merola and the San Francisco Opera Board. Theo has been married to Michael Gallagher for 22 years and has three children—a daughter who attends Drew, a son at University of Colorado, Boulder, and a son at Town School. They have two dogs, a 10 year old black lab named Tigger, and a 2 year old Shiatsu named Bandit. Her interests include reading, skiing, running, and tennis.
Dale Scott
Dale, currently serving as Treasurer and Chair of the Drew Finance Committee, has been on the Drew Board since 2001. He is the president of Dale Scott & Company, a financial and political advisory consulting firm that represents public school districts and community college districts throughout the State of California. Married to Hayedeh Scott, he has three daughters, one who works for Boston University in Sydney, Australia, one who graduated from Drew and now attends University of Colorado-Boulder, and one who currently attends Drew. He also has two sons who attend Town School for Boys. Dale has a Masters Degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He is a halfway decent pianist and a much better bump skier.
Lee Seward
Lee Seward is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston, based in San Francisco. He is the Head of West Coast Institutional Equity Sales and West Coast Branch Manager. Mr. Seward joined the Firm in 1987 and has been active in Institutional Equity sales for the past 19 years. He lives in San Francisco and is married to Ruth Ann Seward. They have two children.
Lee serves on the Board of Directors of Drew School, the Finance Committee on the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, co-chairs the Annual Fund at Katherine Delmar Burke School with Ruth Ann, and is involved with the Omega Boys Club. He is also active coaching in the Viking Youth Soccer League and San Francisco Little League baseball. Mr. Seward graduated with an M.B.A from the Darden School of the University of Virginia, and has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Duke University.
Denis Shanagher
Denis is a partner in the law firm of Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP, and specializes in real estate related matters. He is a 1978 graduate of Stanford University and received his law degree from Hastings College of the Law in 1981. A San Francisco native, Denis has served on a number of community boards, and currently is President of San Francisco Little League and the Stanford Rugby Foundation. Denis and his wife, Julie, have a daughter at Catherine Delmar Burke School and a son at Town School. In his spare time, Denis enjoys training with Sam Cuddeback on long bike rides.
Jeff Ubben
Jeff is currently in his fourth year on the Board, and serves on both the Development Committee and the Finance Committee, in addition to the ad hoc Drew 100 capital project committee. His brilliant wife Laurie also served on Drew’s Board for two years before Jeff arrived. They are both Duke University graduates, but have little interest in basketball (kidding!). Jeff received his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern and is the Managing Partner of ValueAct Capital Partners, LP in San Francisco. Jeff and his family have lived in San Francisco since 1995 and got to know Drew through Sam Cuddeback and Meg Storey as their children all went to Burkes’ school. They have a daughter who attends Drew and who is an accomplished singer and musician and intends to pursue this passion after graduation. Jeff and Laurie have two other children attending other San Francisco schools.