Senior Management

As a teacher in the U.S. and China in the late 1980s, Bill came to recognize the extraordinary influence that parents have over their children's education. Then, as an Internet entrepreneur in the 1990s, he recognized the extraordinary potential of the Internet as a communications medium to engage and support parents. He founded GreatSchools in 1998 to tap the power of this new medium to help parents be more effectively involved in their children's education. An avid school volunteer, Bill is a member of the California P-16 Council and serves as secretary of the Parent Association Council at Chinese American International School and a volunteer at Miraloma Elementary School. He has also served as a director of the San Francisco Education Fund and as treasurer for two San Francisco school financing measures and a school board campaign. Bill holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Yale University and is a graduate of the San Francisco Coro Fellows Program. As the former president of the Scientific Society at Phillips Exeter Academy, Bill loves hearing about his two daughters' elementary school science experiments.

Dana and Paula are a job-sharing duo with a seven-year history of running the day-to-day operations of Bay Area companies like Zoomerang.com and Portera Systems Inc. Before joining together, Dana held positions at Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting. Paula worked for Cambridge Technology Partners and consulted with the MBA Enterprise Corps in Krakow, Poland. Dana earned her BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her MS in environmental engineering and science from Stanford University, and her MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. Paula holds a BA in political science from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Columbia University. She's still grateful to her English teacher at Rochester High School for teaching her how to construct a solid persuasive argument — lately it's come in handy when negotiating with her two children.

With 20 years of software development and 10 years of management under his belt, David most recently worked at Adobe Systems as Director of Web Services. David graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in computer science. In his final year there, he designed a computer system to help children learn to read which was commissioned by a local elementary school. David credits his years at the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for exposing him to a wide range of musical, practical and sporting experiences, and for his deep-seated dislike of cricket.

Clare guides the strategic development of GreatSchools and our growing community of involved parents. Previously, Clare was the director of content development for Nickelodeon's Family and Kids Division, where she helped launch ParentsConnect and manage GoCityKids, which she cofounded. She was the founding editor in chief of BabyCenter.com and served as the editor of Disney Publishing's FamilyFun magazine. After graduating from Smith College with a BA in English, Clare worked in publishing at Health magazine, Time-Warner Inc. and McGraw-Hill. She'll never miss a recital by either of her two sons after having been one of 24 (or so) flautists in the Bronxville High School band.

Lilly was one of the first recruits of Teach for America, where she taught second grade in Oakland, California. Lilly earned her BA in political science and economics from Wellesley College and her MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School. She led the financial metrics and evaluation efforts at the Stupski Foundation, a private philanthropic institution dedicated to improving urban public schools nationwide, and later became the finance director of an online subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. She has also held finance positions at PriceWaterhouse, Oracle, and AT&T. Lilly attended Mills High School in Millbrae, California, where she earned the coveted "top car washer" title for the National Honor Society fundraiser.

Before joining GreatSchools, Lisa led successful sales and BD teams at Ziff Davis, Zip2, GoCityKids, and Homestead Technologies. She graduated from University of California Berkeley with a BA in environmental science. Lisa founded the PTA at her son's and daughter's preschool and now leads the communication and fundraising committees at San Francisco Friends Schools. As a varsity song girl at Lowell High School — one of the oldest public high schools west of the Mississippi — Lisa won the school's TV20 dance party.

Jaime has worked at the intersection of media and social change for over a decade, with his experience spanning the corporate, nonprofit and government sectors. Prior to GreatSchools, he co-developed MTV's socially oriented marketing campaigns, including the Emmy Award-winning Choose or Lose and Fight for Your Rights initiatives. As the partner of a consulting firm, he advised organizations such as CNN and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on program and marketing strategies. During the Clinton Administration, Jaime held appointments at the White House and the Departments of Treasury and Commerce. He graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in political science and earned his MBA from Columbia University. Jaime liked to pretend he was a big shot Hollywood film producer while working on extracurricular film projects at Coronado High School.

Molly brings to GreatSchools over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit, for-profit and higher education sectors, with a focus on improving college access for minority and low-income students. Previously, she was the national director of outreach and alliances at the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the associate director of Stanford University's Center for Latin American Studies. She graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in international studies and earned a PhD in Latin American Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. Her diverse experience began at a tiny international school in Brazil. During high school she played the lead role in several of the city's English-speaking community theatre productions.