Staff

Joe Ross joined Citizen Schools as Executive Director of California in 2010. Prior to joining Citizen Schools, Ross worked at Cisco Systems where he led corporate strategy and operations in Mexico for the Linksys and Flip Video brands. During his eight-year military career, Joe Ross served as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for the fleet component of the U.S. Southern Command and was responsible for leading security cooperation programs in Latin America. A Truman Scholar and a fellow of the Truman National Security Project, Ross holds a BA from Yale and a JD from Stanford Law School, where he was 59th President of the Stanford Law Review. Joe is also the parent of three children, ages 14, 9 and 7.