David has started three companies over his career, including a 24 year-old San Francisco non-profit, a connected health company now part of Bestbuy and today has his own brand, strategy and product consulting company whose clients have included Amazon, Visa, Best Buy, P&G, Howard Schultz, and IDEO. Early in his career, David was a Product Manager at Apple, Inc.
Kristin and David are parents to Alexandra (8th grade) who has attended Star for over 4 years. Like many, before Star, they were on a journey with Alex across 6 schools to find a place that enabled her to have a stable and nurturing environment, balanced with an academic program that met her unique challenges and needs. David serves on the board to support the staff and teachers of Star as they work tirelessly every day to provide for our rising students.
Dr. Stormy Miller is the Director of Student Accessibility and Psychological Services (SAS) at the College of Marin (COM). She earned her Doctorate of Education with a concentration in Postsecondary Education/Community College Leadership from San Diego State University and has a Bachelor's and Master's in Social Work from The University of Alabama. Prior to assuming her role at COM, Stormy worked in Disability Support Programs and Services at the San Diego Community College District and has more than 13 years experience in the field of disability in the community college and non-profit setting. She serves as a California Community College Chancellor’s Office Regional Coordinator of Disability Support Programs and Services, and is a member of the California Association of Postsecondary Education and Disability (CAPED) and American Association of University Women (AAUW). Stormy is the Past Board President and current Board Vice President for Star Academy. Stormy is a huge Alabama fan (roll tide!), foodie at heart, and loves to travel as much as possible.
Ashleigh is currently the Controller for Summit Engineering in Santa Rosa. She earned her MBA from UC Davis in 2019 while working for Sonoma Raceway. She is very excited to be stepping into the Treasurer role this year and becoming more involved with the school.
In her free time, she pursues her hobbies are reading and hiking.
Barry Mohn owns and operates Speak and Write, a corporate-training company providing workshops in communication skills. As a consultant, he leads programs in business and technical writing, presentation skills, and meeting facilitation for his clients in high-tech, financial services, bio-tech, and more. He has traveled the world delivering programs and trained with over 100 Fortune 500 companies.
Barry’s daughter, Ila, is currently an 8th grader at Star Academy. After a long road seeking the right fit for her schooling, Ila began at Star in 6th grade. She immediately connected with her teachers and classmates, and her growth and attitude in school soared. She feels understood and at home at Star. Barry is honored to serve on the Board and does so with gratitude for all the school provides.
Rajashree leads product development at Quizlet, the leading consumer learning platform with the mission to help people learn and make students everywhere unstoppable. Prior to Quizlet, she has held key engineering leadership roles at Intuit, PayPal, Synopsys and Intel. Rajashree is known for building purpose-driven engineering teams with customer-first thinking and an inclusive culture to deliver innovative products at scale.
Rajashree is passionate about the power of education to transform lives and is delighted to support the mission of understanding differences and expanding opportunities for students with special learning needs.
Bruce brings to Star a background is technology and product management. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and an MBA From UCLA. He began my career designing computer chips in Silicon Valley. For the past twenty years, he has worked in the money management industry creating software tools to help manage risk.
He was born in San Francisco, grew up in Berkeley, and currently lives in Orinda with his family and two cats. His son is in the 12th grade at Star, and our daughter is in Boston pursuing a career in audio journalism.
He spends as much time as possible on the water sailing. He also enjoys hiking, skiing, baking, cooking, and performing magic!
With a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from UC Davis, and an extensive background in marketing, Anna knew she would be a great fit for the Star Board. She is knowledgeable and passionate about her work, and brings that expertise to her work with Star.
A native of Marin, she is a Marketing Manager for a local publisher, and spends time enjoying all the Bay Area has to offer.
AbbyYimhas served as Executive Director of the nonprofit disability services provider, Integrated Community Services, since August 2015.Abbyalso currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee of Service Providers to the Golden Gate Regional Center and Chair of their Legislative Committee, along with being a board member at STAR Academy and an Advisory Board Member to Disability Rights Advocates.
Abbyhas a passion for connecting the sectors in her advocacy and disability justice work, drawing from her experience working in investment banking, anti-poverty and gender equity.
Abbyis currently working on diversity and inclusion projects with companies across the Bay Area to promote hiring people with disabilities in career-oriented work while building out social enterprise opportunities at ICS through their garden program and cafe.
Abbyis a Marin native, received her degree in Disability Studies and English from UC Berkeley and currently lives in Berkeley within walking distance to her favorite cafes and bookstores.
