About Us
Board of Directors
President: Lois Garland
Lois Garland has been an active volunteer for PAUSD schools since she moved to Palo Alto with her family in 2002. She led PiE’s recent benchmarking study that compares PAUSD to several comparable school districts from across the nation. In addition, Lois has held multiple leadership positions at Addison Elementary School, including PTA Co-President, PiE representative and parent representative on Site Council.
Lois also serves on the National Committee for University Resources for the University of Virginia and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She also worked for several years as a management consultant for Booz, Allen & Hamilton.
Lois holds a BS in Computer Science and an ME in Systems Engineering, both from the University of Virginia. Lois has two children at Palo Alto High School and one at Addison Elementary School.
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