The Council of Champions brings together a diverse group of leaders to help make Citizen Schools more visible, engage more citizens in education and mobilize more volunteers to teach apprenticeships. This peer group of can-do connectors are vital to making Citizen Schools an effective and sustainable program that will have a big impact on California's youth. Members of the Champions Council are cheerleaders, fundraisers, and heroes.

Daniel E. Alberti, McDermott Will & Emery

Christy Chin, The Philanthropy Workshop West

Maria Drake, Nonprofit Consultant

Tarah S. Evans, Franklin & Catherine Johnson Foundation

Frank Ghali, Goldman Sachs

Neha Gupta, Google

Nader Mousavi, WilmerHale

Matthew Schreiber, Educational Promise Foundation

Julie Wesolek, Sequoia YMCA