About MHF

Zac is a founding member of the foundation and currently serves as Chair. He brings 25 years experience consulting for major companies and currently specializes in the education, tech, and healthy food spaces. Zac is a graduate of the University of Maryland and MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He lives in the neighborhood.

Jodi joined the MHF in 2016 and currently serves as Vice Chair. She holds a degree from UC Santa Barbara. Both her children attended public schools and her son, Liam graduated from Mission High before heading to UC Santa Cruz. As a parent, Jodi experienced this school as a community that honored inclusivity and encouraged creative and independent thinking. Jodi is currently with Kaiser Permanente. In her spare time Jodi balances running road and trail races with chilling in her hammock in the backyard.

Steve is a founding member of the foundation and currently serves as Treasurer. He brings more than 20 years of experience in a range of executive positions in marketing, strategy, product management, and business development at some of the world’s most innovative technology, transportation, and entertainment companies. He is currently the Vice President of Marketing for AEye, a leader in robotic perception technologies for the self-driving automobile industry. Steve is long-term resident of the Mission district.

Kathy joined the MHF in 2018 and currently serves as Secretary of the Board. Her background is in Computer Engineering, she studied Mathematics at UC Santa Barbara. Kathy was a member of the Mission PTSA board for six years while her children attended Mission High. She has volunteered in various Math classrooms at Mission for the past two years and is glad to be able to help Mission High in any way she can.

Judy has been committed to Mission High School for nearly 20 years since founding the Athletic Scholars Advancement Program (ASAP) program in 2004. Her dedication helped build the college access and persistence program into a thriving organization at the school where students are empowered to believe that college is possible and accessible to them. In 2020, the program merged with Mission Graduates, and is now able to serve all Mission High students, including non-athletic team members. At that time, Judy joined the board of the MHF in order to offer broad support to the school she cares for so deeply. Judy is a proud product of SFUSD K-12 schools and a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder. While working in property management, she also shares her passion for helping empower underserved youth as a leadership council member of the San Francisco Education Fund and is actively involved in increasing college access for underserved youth through Jewish Family and Children’s Services and Hebrew Free Loan.

Jenn joined the MHF Board in 2020. She brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing, communications, and fundraising roles. She spent 15 years focused on marketing, communications, and public relations in the financial services industry, and currently works in institutional advancement in education. She earned a bachelors degrees in Latin American Studies from Regis University and a masters from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Jenn is mother of two Mission High students.

Bevan brings more than 35 years of experience as a public servant, community advocate, and politician. In 1993, he began his SF City Hall career, including Director of Neighborhood Services for Mayor Willie Brown, and his election to the Board of Supervisors for two terms (2002-2011) representing District 8.
 
From 2012-2015, Bevan served as Director of HOPE for the City where he established the new Navigation Center model for assisting the homeless. In 2016, Bevan was elected to the BART Board of Directors where he represents the 9th District, which includes portions of San Francisco. Bevan lives with his partner Corey and, along with co-parent Rebecca, is the father of their son. 

Eric was the Principal of Mission High School for 11 years and is now the Director of Principal Leadership and Support for SFUSD high schools. During his 20 years at Mission High, he taught English, served as the English Department Chair, and Assistant Principal. He is a Bay Area native who earned his Bachelors Degree in English Literature and a Masters Degree in Education from the University of California at Los Angeles. He’s a graduate of the Stanford Principal’s Fellowship Program and received the 2013 Dream Catcher Award for his support of arts education. In 2014, Eric received Mayor Lee’s SF Principal of the Year award. In 2016, he received the Aim High Educator of the Year Award and was featured in the national book, “Mission High: One School, How Experts Tried To Fail It, And The Students And Teachers Who Made It Triumph.”