OFFICERS 2006-2007
Seena D. Alenick-Clark, President
M.A. Education, San Francisco State University
B.A. Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
AAUW, Oakland-Piedmont Branch
AAUW, Hayward-Castro Valley Branch
League of Women Voters
Oakland Zoo Docent
A Better Way, Inc., Treasurer,
Chair - Fundraising Committee
ECIW Trustee since June 14, 2005

Jan Scott, Vice President
BS, Information Systems, 1984
School of Business, San Francisco State University
Owner, QB Software, Inc.;
ECIW Trustee since December 13, 2002
Board President June 1, 2004 – July 13, 2006

Tony Vigo, Secretary
B.A. English, Stanford University; M.A. English, UC Berkeley
Founder and Director Emeritus, UC Berkeley Extension English Language Program
Chair - Board Development Committee;
ECIW trustee since November 26, 2001

Nikki Harris, Treasurer
B.A., History, UCLA; graduate work in Accounting, Finance, Management and Business Communication
Retired banker
Program Vice-President, League of Women Voters, Oakland League
Vice-President, Education Fund, Bay Area League
Board Member, Moorestown School of Music
ECIW Trustee since June 14, 2005, Chair of Finance Committee

MEMBERS 2006-2007
Anna Falvo Castiaux
M.A., Renaissance History, Duquesne University
Director Emerita, Am. Language Prog., California State University, Hayward;
M.A., English, San Francisco State University;
M.A., French, University of Washington;
Chair- Personnel Committee
ECIW Trustee since June 24, 1991

Ana Ramirez
ECIW alumna
President ECIW Alumni Association
Public Safety Officer, Mills College
ECIW Trustee since November 20, 2003

Lupe Guiza
B.A., Ethnic Studies, minor Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
NFCC Accredited Certified Credit Counselor
Program Director, Neighborhood and Economic Development;
East Bay Local Development Corporation;
ECIW Trustee since September 19, 2002

*Marcy Jackson
M.A., Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley
Director, ECIW, 1988 to present;
Member, One-Stop Leadership Committee, Oakland Workforce Investment Board;
One of the Founding Mothers of ECIW, 1977

Brendan Leung
MPA, California State University, East Bay
M.A., Sociology, UCSF Medical Center
B.A., Sociology, San Francisco State University
Board Chair, East Bay Asian Local Development Corp.
Board Chair, East Bay Asian Local Development Corp.
Board Chair, Family Independence Initiative
Consultant: Annie E. Casey Foundation
ECIW Trustee since April 27, 2005

Mary-Ann Milford
Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Mills College
Professor of Asian Art History, Mills College
Carver Professor of Far Eastern Studies
Board Chair, East Bay Asian Local Development Corp.
Ph.D. 1984, University of CA, Berkeley
M.A. 1972, University of CA, Berkeley
B.A. 1970, University of CA, Berkeley
ECIW Trustee since November 10, 2005

Masaru Kurahashi
Masaru Kurahashi is the founder and president of ISA, one of the largest and oldest educational advising companies in Japan. Mr. Kurahashi is responsible for the successful launching of ECIW at its inception in 1977, sending the Center its first groups of students from Japan. ISA currently works with 600 to 800 high schools in Japan and 20,000 students per year (50% of whom are women). Mr. Kurahashi is also President and Chairman of the Japan Foundation for Intercultural Exchange (NPO), which was approved by the National Cabinet Ministry of Japan. ECIW Trustee (non-voting) since September 8, 2005

FOUNDERS
*Elizabeth Brady
M.A., Teaching English as a Second Language, San Francisco State University
Development Office, Golden Gate University

*JoAnne Elias
M.A., English Literature, Mills College
M.A., Teaching English as a Second Language, San Francisco State University;
Director, ECIW, 1983-1988;
Board of Trustees, St. George Homes, 1982-1986

*Anne Foreman
MA French and English
Founder - English Center for International Women
Founder - Getaways to Grow On

*Svarna Wendy Wilkens
Ph.D., California Institute of Integral Studies Psychologist;
M.Ed., Boston University

ADVISORY BOARD
Martha Lynch
M.A., Teaching English as a Second Language, San Francisco State University
Associate Director, ECIW, 1989-2001

Melinda M. Mendelson
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Life Secondary Teaching Credential, State of CA CASE
NSFRE (CFRE)
League of Women Voters
NWPC
Oakland Museum
Cal Performances
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
S.F. Ballet
SMOMA
Acting Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations University of California, Berkeley- School of Law

John J. Philips
Graduate work, Public Administration, University of Southern California
Graduate work, Gerontology, San Francisco State University
B.A., History, Lewis and Clark College
Director, Management and Budget, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
President, Board of Directors, California ABLE
Peace Corps Volunteer, 1968-1971
Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator for Congressional Relations, U.S. Dept of HUD (current)

Romeo Garcia
M.A., Education, Mills College
B.A., Theater Arts and Rhetoric, Occidental College
Executive Director - Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search
Mills CollegeWestern Association of Educational Opportunity
Personnel - Northern California Coordinator; Board of Directors 1991-1993;
National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations, 1989-present;
Bay Area Lung Association - Advisory Committee
Executive Director - Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search, Mills College, Oakland, CA.
ECIW Trustee since February 23, 1993
ECIW Board President from December 8, 1998 to June 1, 2004

Laura Sutherland
MBA Finance, JFK Univeristy
M.A., "Counceling psychology", JFK University
B.A., Psychology, San Francisco State University
ECIW Trustee June 12, 2000 – July 13, 2006

Svetlana Rishina
1998-1999 ECIW alumna
1993-1996 B.A. Design, Tashkent State College for the Arts, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1991-1996 LLB Jurisprudence, Tashkent State Institute of Law
Highest Honors, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2000-2003; LL.M. U.S. Legal
Studies, Honors, Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, CA
Member of the California Bar Association
ECIW Trustee June 12, 2000 – July 13, 2006