
Board of Directors
Board Chair
Dr. Jennifer Walters
Superintendent of Escondido Union School District
Escondido, CA
Board Secretary
Gary Kline
Attorney, Quarels and Brady Law Firm
Chicago, IL
Board Treasure
Sarah Linsley
Attorney, Quarles and Brady Law Firm
Chicago, IL
Member
Brenda Jones, retired
Former Assistant Superintendent Education Services
Volunteer/Consultant
Denton Texas Schools and District
Member
Steve Briggs
Steve Briggs received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and spent the first half of his career in industry, most recently as Sr. Vice President for Corporate Research at Diversa. Previously he was President of Torrey Mesa Research Institute and before that he was Director at Pioneer/DuPont for several research areas including genomics. Briggs has been Co-editor of The Plant Cell; he serves on the Scientific Advisory Board, Keystone Symposia and the Board of Advisors, Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University; he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

