About Us
Board of Directors
Vice President – Finance & Administration: Melinda Christopherson
Melinda grew up in Palo Alto and graduated from Paly. She and her husband, Mark returned to Palo Alto 11 years ago. They have four – three have graduated from Palo Alto schools and one is a sophomore at Paly. Currently, Melinda works for the California Family Foundation, which supports over 100 families in East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park in the areas of housing and education. In the education arena, the California Family Foundation operates a school: Beechwood is an independent Young Fives thru 8th grade school with 160 students. For the foundation, Melinda sits on the board and performs a wide variety of tasks including the bookkeeping, payroll, taxes, fundraising & grant writing, substitute teaching, and mentoring students and families. She has also worked for PAUSD as an instructional aide and substitute teacher.
For the past four years Melinda has served on the board that supports TEAM at Paly, where next year, including serving as a co-president. She has been PTA president at Walter Hays once, and twice at Jordan. She has run school scrip programs for many years. After six years, she just resigned as Secretary of the Palo Alto Little League Board of Directors. She has also served as president and treasurer of a couple preschool boards.
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