Board of Trustees
Overview
The Presentation School is a non-profit 501(c)3 educational institution governed by a Board of Trustees. The Presentation School Board of Trustees is composed of parent volunteers as well as alumni and/or other third-party volunteers. In accordance with its Bylaws, the Board is tasked with long-range and strategic planning including hiring and evaluating the Head of School, reviewing and implementing the school's mission, ensuring long-term financial sustainability, and developing and monitoring development and facilities activities. While the Board works side by side with the Head of School on many issues, the Board is required by its Bylaws and industry best practices to limit the scope of its involvement in school operations as set forth above.
Board of Trustees Committees
The Board of Trustees includes several Board Committees, composed of Board members as well as faculty, administration, and outside parent volunteers on select committees. These committees allow the Board to more effectively focus on various areas that are essential to Presentation’s success and sustainability.
Finance: Led by the Board Treasurer, the Finance Committee is responsible for regular review of The Presentation School’s financial results against budget, review of un-budgeted expenditures throughout the year, and recommendation of an annual financial budget to the Board for approval.
Advancement (Development) & Marketing: The Advancement and Marketing Committee assists the administration and Director of Advancement in annual fundraising efforts. It also assists the administration in school recruitment efforts.
Facilities & Safety: The Facilities Committee assists the Head of School and administration to maintain and improve the campus, and ensure compliance with safety protocols.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee (DEI) strives to embody each of the values of Love, Learn and Lead by cultivating a school culture that is welcoming and accessible to families of all backgrounds and more authentically reflects the wide range of experiences of our local community. The DEI Committee works with school leadership to create an inclusive culture of belonging, establish deeper connections with our community, and fundraise to support the Pathways Scholarship Program, thus creating opportunities for further advancement of The Presentation School mission.
Strategic Planning: The Strategic Planning Committee is responsible for creating, and updating the strategic vision and plan for The Presentation School, including review of the school’s mission from time to time. The Committee will be responsible for developing and ensuring success of a strategic plan for the school that highlights its core values and mission.
Current Board of Trustees
The current members of the Board of Trustees for The Presentation School are set forth below:
Jessica Cuneo, PhD (Board Chair)
Jessica is a licensed clinical psychologist and currently works as a field medical scientist at Alkermes, a biopharmaceutical company. She serves as a bridge between medical affairs/R&D and key experts who specialize in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and addiction. Her role provides scientific support by educating on company pipeline and clinical data and identifies treatment gaps for improving patient care to guide medical strategy/future research. Jessica received her PhD in clinical psychology and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UC San Diego Medical Center/VA Healthcare System. Prior to her current position, she was a clinician and researcher on faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD.
Although a California native, Jessica spent her late childhood growing up in a small ski town in Idaho where she discovered her affinity for the outdoors, adventurous lifestyle, and local community. Jessica’s husband, Joe, a fourth generation Sonoma native, introduced her to his hometown and, with the arrival of their first son, they relocated to Sonoma where they now raise their three children Charlie, Frankie, and Jonny, all students of TPS.
Matt Parker (Treasurer)
Matt Parker was raised in Huntsville, Texas. Matt received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Arts in Urban Planning from UCLA, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Stephen F. Austin University.
After business school, Matt decided that he wanted to pursue a career in the wine industry and began by dragging hoses and shoveling out fermentation tanks at Chalk Hill Estate Winery as a harvest intern in 2009. Matt is currently the CEO of Silverado Investment Management Company, a wine grape grower. Prior to Silverado, Matt served in the United States Marine Corps from 1995 to 2006 where he was a pilot.
Matt and his wife Melissa have called Sonoma home since 2010. Their daughter Eliza and son Rhett both attend The Presentation School. Matt enjoys spending time with family and friends, the occasional run, and smoking briskets.
Brad Corona (Finance/Strategic Plan)
Brad is a Managing Director at Vertical Venture Partners (VVP), a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in technology and healthcare companies. He has 17 years of investment, operating, and corporate advisory experience, including roles as an investment banker, entrepreneur, and early-stage investment professional. Prior to VVP, Brad worked with a multi-family office, leading the due diligence and execution of early and growth-stage investments across multiple industries. He began his career as an investment banker at Jefferies in the New York office, where he spent six years in the Financial Sponsors and Healthcare groups on capital raising, advisory, and M&A engagements.
Brad received his BA in Business Economics from Brown University and was captain of the varsity squash team. He lives in Sonoma with his wife Tanya and their two boys, Jackson and Miles who both attend TPS.
Katherine Linder, PhD (Governance/Strategic Plan)
Currently the parent of a 1st grader at The Presentation School and a three-year old, Katherine has 15 years of experience in philanthropy and strategy consulting through a career that included working at The Boston Foundation as a Senior Philanthropic Advisor for The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI). With a national client base, Katherine worked with foundations, families, and companies to help them increase the impact of their philanthropy and to help them become more innovative and strategic in their efforts to support sustained social impact. Her work included strategic planning, advising in best practices and governance, assessing models for instigating positive change, and facilitating the development and sustainability of foundations across multiple generations.
Prior to joining TPI, Katherine was a strategy consultant specializing in the media, technology and communications sectors. Based in London, she worked with organizations including the BBC, Arts Council England, Red Bee Media, AOL, and Disney. Katherine graduated summa cum laude in History from Princeton University, where she received the PynePrize, the highest general distinction Princeton confers on an undergraduate. Following Princeton, Katherine attended Cambridge University where she received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in History. While a graduate student, Katherine served on the General Board of Cambridge University.
Andrew Mariani (Marketing/Strategic Plan)
Andrew Mariani is the founder and vintner of Scribe Winery. He lives in Sonoma with his wife and two young daughters, the oldest of whom attends Presentation (with her little sister not far behind).
Matthew Mo (DEI)
Matt is a dedicated sustainability leader, combining his experience in corporate strategy, finance, and renewable energy. Currently he is an advisor to Fourier, a start-up focused on building modular, on-site Hydrogen production systems. Previously, he was the Head of Finance and Operations at Blueprint Power, a bp-owned start-up working to improve the energy efficiency and operations of commercial real estate. He was also a Senior Vice President and head of the Strategy department at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), an investment banker at Morgan Stanley advising clients in the natural resources sector, and a consultant at Marakon advising Fortune 100 firms on their long-term strategy. He earned a joint MBA/MS in Environment and Resources from Stanford University and BA from Amherst College.
Matt and his wife Margaret live in Sonoma and have two daughters, one current student and one upcoming student. He is excited to help advance the mission of the Presentation School, creating an inclusive, sustainable, and academically-rigorous community.
Ashish Patel (Facilities/Strategic Planning)
Ashish is the co-owner (along with his wife, Sia Patel) of Olea Hotel, a 15-room boutique hotel in Glen Ellen, CA. He attended Santa Clara University and graduated with a BS in Computer Engineering. Previous companies he has worked for include Oracle, Inc. and Salesforce.com.
He currently resides in Sonoma, CA with his wife Sia Patel and their children, Dylan and Reyna. He is also a board member of the Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau, Sonoma County Tourism, and a coach for local youth sports.
Ginger Rohlffs (Advancement)
Ginger Rohlffs was raised in Mountain View, California in the heart of Silicon Valley where she began her career in sales at Microsoft Corporation in 1994 and quickly found her passion for building strategic relationships. Ginger joined Amazon Web Services (AWS), a Seattle-based Cloud Computing Company as a Client Director in 2016 and is responsible for managing a global customer relationship with one of the most valuable companies in the world. She leads a team and focuses on business leadership, managing executive relationships, implementing strategy, and revenue growth. Ginger and her husband Derek moved to Sonoma in 2020 to be closer to Derek’s wine business. They have three sons Lars, Max, and Duke, who attends Presentation.
Scott Shapiro (Finance)
Scott Shapiro is a Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer of Poppy Bank, a commercial bank based in Santa Rosa, CA. He joined Poppy in 2015 and has been part of the growth of the Bank from $800 million to now over $4.25 billion in total assets. Mr. Shapiro has originated over $400 million in total transactions during that time and manages a portfolio over $450 million. He specializes in all types of commercial lending including: real estate acquisition/refinance/construction and commercial lending to businesses across a variety of industries. He has spent 20+ years in the commercial finance industry covering business lending, debt placement, and M&A advisory.
Scott was a graduate of Boston College with a BS in Finance and Information Systems while also interning with Fleet Bank (now BofA) during that time. He has previously served on the Board & Finance Committee of the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County as well as the Finance Committee of The Presentation School. He also a Board Member and Treasurer of a charitable foundation based in Sonoma County. Scott and his wife live in Sonoma, CA with their two sons who attend Presentation and in his free time, he enjoys playing golf and coaching his kids’ various sports teams.
Dana Sexton Vivier (Finance, Governance)
Growing up in Los Angeles, Dana knew early on that she wanted to live in a small town and provide a close community for her family. After Walla Walla (where she earned an undergraduate degree at Whitman College) proved a bit too small, business school at UC Davis led her to right-sized Sonoma where she and her husband, Stephane, have happily resided since 2006. They are proud parents of two children, Lucile and Armand, both Presentation School students. Dana has been in the wine business for nearly 20 years, mostly in an investment management capacity. She is currently CFO at Far Niente Wine Estates in Oakville, a private equity-owned luxury wine business comprised of six world-class brands, two beautiful wine estates and hundreds of top-quality vineyard acres in Napa and Sonoma. In addition to TPS, Dana spends her free time supporting her husband’s boutique wine business, serving on various industry committees, visiting her inlaws in Burgundy, and convincing her kids to teach her their ukelele songs.