PTA Council Officers and Chairpersons 2020 - 2021
Council Officers
President: Gabrielle Cohen
Leadership Chair: Claudia Seizer
Legislation Committee Chair: Casper Casparian
Summer Adventure Chair: John Jericiau
Executive Vice President: Cat Wray
ASB: TBD
1st Vice President Communications: Erin Inatsugu
2nd Vice President Organization: Katherine Caulfield Newall
Membership Chair: Area Kramarsky
Hospitality Chair: Lana Negrete
3rd Vice President Health & Safety: Nancy Wu
4th Vice President Education: Sabine Werk
Reflections Chair: April Fields
5th Vice President Community Concerns: Patti Braun
Recording Secretary: Leslie Tucker
Corresponding Secretary: Patti Zortman
Treasurer: Diana Oliver
Financial Secretary: Rebecca Terlizzi
Auditor: Alisa Stewart
Historian: Julie Pearl Slater
Parliamentarian: TBD
SMMUSD Superintendent: Dr. Ben Drati
Allied Organization Liaisons to Council
District English Learners Advisory Comittee (DELAC): Lupe Ibarra-Smith
Board of Education Liaison (Board President): Jon Kean
Board of Education Liaison (Board Vice President): Laurie Lieberman
Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers: Sarah Braff
Classified Employees (SEIU): Chris Mock
City of Malibu: Skylar Peak
City of Santa Monica: Julie Rusk
Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation: Linda Greenberg
Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation: Rachel Faulkner
League of Women Voters of Santa Monica: Barbara Inatsugu
Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS): Shari Davis
Santa Monica College: Louise Jaffe
Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Liaison: Gail Pinsker
Early Childhood Task Force: TBD
Council Support
President Emeritus: Claudia Seizer
Legislation Committee Consultant: Barbara Inatsugu
Council Officer Responsibilities
Communications (1st VP)
Communication Committee
Council Directory
Unit Directories
Procedure Books
State PTA Convention
Website & Social Media Updates
Organization (2nd VP)
Hospitality Oversight
Holiday Breakfast
Honorary Service Awards
Installation Brunch/HSA
Membership
Health and Safety (3rd VP)
Bike It Day
Child/Family Health & Welfare
Child Care
Disaster Preparedness
Nutrition
Nurse's Day Recognition
Red Ribbon Week (Substance Abuse Education)
Safe Routes to School
Education (4th VP)
Technology
GATE/Gifted Education
InterculturalLibrary/Literacy
Music Education
Reflections
Parent Education
Community Concerns (5th VP)
Dialogue on Race
Environmental Concerns
Student/Pedestrian Safety
Youth Violence Prevention