RUSD Community,
Now that the School Board election results are official, we wanted to formally welcome
back Sherry Wangenheim and Afsaneh Zolfaghari. We would also like to welcome our
newly elected School Board member, Shelby Pasarell Tsai. Shelby is a parent in the
RUSD district. Her daughter Charlotte is in Ms. McKay's fifth grade class at Bel Aire,
and her older daughter Ella started in Reed as a kindergartener in 2013 and just
graduated from Del Mar this past spring. She has volunteered to support the district
in many forms -- from running the Foundation for Reed Schools family giving campaign
to chairing the Auction to being a room parent. Shelby also is VP of Operations and
Business Development for Costa Isabela Partners, a real estate development company
and previously was a Senior Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati practicing
commercial and intellectual property litigation for 20 years. Shelby also has served
on the board of the YMCA of SF since 2017, working to improve educational and
enrichment opportunities for underprivileged children in the Bay Area. We appreciate
her dedication to students and her willingness to donate her time to continue to do
great things for the students of RUSD.
Congratulations to Sherry, Afsaneh, and Shelby. These three join Jacqueline Jaffee and
Liz Webb to form an incredible RUSD School Board.