Trained in special education advocacy by COPAA, Ms. Maehr has served as a special education advocate since 2018, helping more than 200 families across 50 school districts. She holds a B.S. in Biology from MIT. She formerly managed public relations for Agilent Technologies.

Currently at Asana Technologies, Mr. Richards serves as a parent representative. A 12-year tech veteran, he spent 5 years at Meta where he led Facebook’s non-profit and partner alliances group. He holds a B.A. in Accounting.

Ms. Gardanier is a Slingerland©-certified teacher of students with dyslexia at Livermore Valley Academy. Before becoming an educator, she was a founding employee of Macys.com LLC with responsibility for generating hundreds of millions of dollars in site sales.

Dr. Bylund is a licensed clinical and educational psychologist who has served students with disabilities for 15 years as a school psychologist and now Director of the Bylund Clinic, which provides independent psychoeducational evaluations and consulting.