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Board of Directors
Director – Finance & Administration: Al Russell
Al helped develop PAFE from its beginning in 1984, chairing the exploration committee that recommended creation of the Foundation to the school district. He served as President for 2.5 years and chair or co-chair of the Grant Allocation Program since the inception of PAFE. Al has held a wide variety of PTA positions and been the school site council chair at two schools. He was President, Vice President and Treasurer of the Palo Alto High Music Boosters Program for four years, and the recipient of the Sally Siegel Award for service to the School District in 1994.
Al has also served on and chaired site disposition and re-use committees. For two years, he led the District's Long Range Planning Committee to evaluate the entire district program and make long-term recommendations for the operation and improvement of the district. He spent the last 8 years on the School District's Planning Review Committee for the Building For Excellence Program, with an effective budget currently of almost $200,000,000. Al is also the current president of the Gold Star Awards Committee at Palo Alto High School that awards college scholarships to students of academic merit and serious financial need.
Al has three children, who have attended Pre-School Family, El Carmelo, Ohlone, Jordan, JLS, and Palo Alto High School. His first grandchild is at Ohlone. He is a practicing tax attorney with over 30 years of experience, and a graduate of Stanford University and the Law School at the University of San Francisco.
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