Rigorous and creative thinking in a healthy and
caring community.
New Heights Charter School Board Member Directory 2010
Kelli-Ann Agner (PhD in progress, Claremont Graduate University, M.S. in Education, Mount St. Mary’s College) is currently an Assistant Professor of Education at Mount St. Mary’s College as well as the Fieldwork Coordinator, & TPA Coordinator. Formerly, Ms. Agner was a teacher and an Assistant Principal in Los Angeles. Her academic focus is studying students at risk. Ms. Agner is the New Heights Charter School Board Secretary.
Dr. Ninez Ponce (BS, UC Berkeley; MPP, Harvard University; PhD, UCLA) is an Associate Professor at UCLA’s Department of Health Services, a community activist, and a parent. Trained in health economics, Dr. Ponce’s research focuses on understanding macroeconomic effects on health and health care access among low-SES neighborhoods and ethnic minorities. Dr. Ponce was Co-Principal Investigator of the California Health Interview Survey. Dr. Ponce is the New Heights Charter School Board President
Peter Schoenfeld (BA, UCLA; BS, UCLA; JD, Columbia University School of Law) was on the development team and served as Principal for Cornerstone Prep School, a K-8 charter school in Los Angeles. Mr. Schoenfeld was President of Universal Studios New Media Group. Prior, Mr. Schoenfeld was Executive Vice President and Group Strategic Director of Universal Studios Television & Networks Group. Prior to Universal Studios, Mr. Schoenfeld served as senior counsel for Twentieth Century Fox in Los Angeles and was a corporate lawyer at Shearman & Sterling (New York) and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (Los Angeles). Mr. Schoenfeld is currently active in the Pacific Counsel on International Policy and the Los Angeles Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Schoenfeld is the New Heights Charter School Financial Officer.
Board Advisors (and former Governing Board members)
Dr. Julie Feldman-Abe is a Professor at Mount St. Mary’s College an the Director of Elementary Education and the Center for Cultural Fluency.
Dr. Lucretia Peebles works in the Santa Clara County Office of Education and was formerly at a Professor at Loyola School of Education at Loyola Marymount University.
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