Rigoberto Caloca-Rivas, OFM, Ph.D.

1. Father Rigo’s diverse career includes being a professor, pastor, strategic planner, administrator and community organizer; he begun his graduate studies at the GTU in Berkeley and pursued his doctoral studies, in Social and Political Science. His topics of research interest are racial identity development; enhancing diversity and cultural pluralism in education; issues of power, privilege and politics in academia; theoretical models of inculturation; migration patterns; and the relationship between faith and health.  Father Rigo is both a distinguished community member and a visionary for creatively addressing community issues in an integrated manner. His work has targeted the changing of community structures to combat inequities, building relationships between sectors in society, while recognizing the very concrete needs experienced by some categories of persons—among them the monolingual and disadvantaged Mexican and Central Americans who are recent immigrants working as day laborers, offering their physical labor to the local economy. Fr. Rigo’s own broad background (anthropology, philosophy, multicultural ministries in the church, and direct social service work) leads him to see innovative ways forward and stir others from complacency and rigidity. He has a keen sense of anticipating policy trends and how to take advantage of windows of opportunity.
   

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3. Personal Quote:
   "We live in a multicultural society requiring church and community leadership capable of serving and working with diversity. I am committed to develop, through the courses I teach, awareness, understanding, and the skills necessary for the students to function effectively in multicultural settings."
    

Randi R. Lee

1. Randi Lee is the owner of Early Bird Safety, which specializes in disaster readiness products and services. She also works as a part-time CFO in a family business, Supply Chain Strategies International. Randi began her professional career as an equity analyst with John S. Herold, Inc.
   

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3. Her prior experience includes leadership roles at e-Rewards, Inc. including VP of Business Development, Finance and Research. For five years, Randi was a strategy consultant to Fortune 100 companies at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. During and following her time there she also worked a variety of pro bono projects with The Dallas Opera, a nonprofit organization. Randi received her MBA at Columbia Business School and her B.A. at Duke University. She and her husband are parents of two BPC children.

Robert Price

1. Robert M. Price is Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. A native of Brooklyn, New York, in 1963 he undertook his graduate work in political science at UC Berkeley, where he received both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. He joined the Berkeley faculty in the Department of Political Science in 1970, and served as Department Chair from 1996 through 2001.
   

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3. His research and teaching interests include comparative politics and African affairs, with a special emphasis on the politics of contemporary South Africa.   His books include Society and Bureaucracy in Contemporary Ghana (University of California Press), The Apartheid Regime: Political Power and Racial Domination (Institute of International Studies), and The Apartheid State in Crisis (Oxford University Press).   He has three sons, all of whom attended BPC. His two grandchildren are currently BPC students.
   

Jackiel W. Joseph

1. Jack is the parent of a BPC upper school graduate and current lower school student.  He is a Biotech Consultant managing drug development projects for small biotech companies. Jack received his BS from Stanford and his PhD (Biochemistry) from Harvard.  Jack has special interests in science and math education.
   

Linda Mehren

1. Linda and her husband, Roger, are parents of a BPC alum, who is now attending college in Southern California. Linda was and continues to be an extensive volunteer at BPC and her son’s High School, which included many years as a room parent. She has been a Board member and has led the BPC parent volunteer Development Committee since 2004.
   

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3. Linda has spent her personal and professional career in education. She holds a B.A. in English and Teacher’s Credential from California State University, Hayward. She was a junior high teacher  and has worked in fundraising for Ecole Bilingue and Girls, Inc. She currently works as a tutor at Diablo Valley College.
   

Mike Riera, Ph.D.

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   Mike is the Head of School at Redwood Day School. Mike has worked in schools since 1980 as a counselor, teacher, and administrator. He is a best-selling author or co-author of five books, an award-winning columnist, and a national speaker on issues of children, adolescents, families, and parenting. Mike is also the Family and Adolescent Counselor for the CBS Saturday Early Show and a frequent guest on Oprah and NPR Radio. Most recently he was the Dean of Students at Marin Academy, and before that the Counselor at University High School.
   

Eric Sullivan - Chairman

1. Eric Sullivan is Principal and Chief Strategic Officer of PCG Equity, a commercial real estate and private equity fund. Mr. Sullivan is also President of Quantum Technology, a private venture capital fund focused on early stage technology companies. 
   

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3. Over the past decade Mr. Sullivan has been an investment banker and investor in a variety of entrepreneurial enterprises. His specialty is leveraged buyouts of undervalued companies and assets. With Intercontinental Pacific Group, Mr. Sullivan managed approximately $10 billion in acquisitions, including companies involved in technology, media, finance, leasing, commercial real estate, energy and industrial companies. With the InvestTec companies, he formed several venture capital funds that provided early stage venture financing to a number of successful technology companies. Mr. Sullivan is a member of the Urban Land Institute. In addition, he sits on the Board of Directors of several technology companies. He is also a part-time Professor of Capital Markets and Corporate Finance in the MBA program at Mills College. Mr. Sullivan is the Commissioner of Pony league baseball in Piedmont, California.
   

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5. Mr. Sullivan received his graduate degree from Harvard in 1988 (J.D.).  He received his undergraduate degree from U.C. Berkeley in 1984 (B.S., highest honors). All three of Eric’s children have attended or are currently enrolled at BPC!

Lauren Padilla-Valverde, PA-C

1. Lauren Padilla-Valverde is a program officer with The California Endowment (TCE), the states’ largest foundation and the 11th largest in the nation.  She is part of an innovative 10-year statewide strategic initiative called Building Healthy Communities that will work with 14 select cities in California, including Richmond, East Salinas and East Oakland. The goal is to help transform these cities so that its community can enjoy lasting improvements in health.
   

1. Prior to her recent appointment, Ms. Padilla-Valverde was professor and program director of the Touro University-California Joint Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies/Master of Public Health program.
   

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3. Before joining Touro, she was senior analyst for the University of California Office of the President in Oakland and has extensive experience in strategic planning and development in non-profit community-based organizations.  She has also worked in the homeless health community and migrant health clinics in the Bay Area, San Diego and Texas.
   

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5. Ms. Padilla-Valverde is a graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Primary Care Associate Program and the University of California, San Diego.  She is bilingual (Spanish-English) and is a strong proponent of increasing educational opportunities for all Californians.  At BPC Lauren served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee in 2008.
   

Bonnie Roditti

1. During her nine years as a BPC parent Bonnie volunteered as a room parent, chair of Parents' Circle and a member of the Development Committee.  Bonnie works in Technical Support at Aldon, a software company that was owned by her family for many years.  During her time at Aldon, Bonnie has served in many capacities and learned about what is required to run an effective and caring organization.  Bonnie grew up in Berkeley and graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Economics.
   

Gary Wong

1. Gary Wong is the parent of two children who are currently attending the lower school of BPC. Gary has over 20 years of acquisitions and finance experience in the commercial real estate industry.  To date, he has completed well over $2 billion in transactions throughout the country for various insurance and pension fund advisory companies.  Gary has a BA from Claremont McKenna College.
   

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