Board and Leadership
The San Domenico School Board of Trustees is the guardian of the School’s mission. It is the Board’s responsibility to ensure that the mission is relevant and vital to the community it serves, and to monitor the success of the School in fulfilling its mission.
The Board focuses on three areas critical to the success of San Domenico:
- It selects, evaluates, and supports the Head of School, to whom it delegates authority to manage the School.
- It develops broad institutional policies that guide the Head in running the School.
- It is accountable for the financial well-being of the school.
The Board does not intervene in the daily affairs of the School, such as curriculum development and hiring, evaluating, or firing of faculty and staff. Concerns about those areas should be brought to school administrators.
Parents, guardians, faculty, and staff can stay informed about the work of the Board of Trustees by reading communications, talking to the Head of School, and attending Family Association meetings.
San Domenico’s Board of Trustees currently organizes itself into the following committees:
- Advancement Committee
- Audit Committee
- Committee on Trustees
- Executive Committee
- Finance Committee
- Investment Committee
- Master Planning & Facilities
- Mission Enhancement Committee
Board of Trustees 2023-2024
Liz Revenko ’87, Board Chair
Education: B.A. Biology, Economics minor, Wellesley College; M.B.A., San Diego State University; M.A. Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Profession: Wealth Manager, Ensemble Capital Management
Interests/Activities: Hiking, reading, cooking, watching bears get fat, spending time with family, ongoing learning
Angela Bauman MS’95
Education: BS Construction Management, Cal Poly SLO
Profession: Vice President and Project Manager of Bauman Landscape and Construction Inc., President/ Owner of City Sitework Inc., Member of United Contractors and American Concrete Institute
Interests/ Hobbies: Family Gatherings, Biking, Boating, Fishing
Sr. Cyndie Cammack, O.P.
Education: BS in Nursing-Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA; MS in Nursing-Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
Profession: Clinical Informatics Education Specialist, Hospice By the Bay, Larkspur CA; Dominican Sister of San Rafael
Interests: ongoing learning, making a difference in the lives of others, family, community and friends. Photography, art, music, reading, game playing and nature especially sky and ocean.
Karl Hoagland, Secretary
Education: Brown University, B.A. with Honors in Organizational Behavior & Management and Business Economics; Chartered Financial Analyst.
Professional: Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Longview Investment Management, LLC; Publisher, UltraRunning Magazine. Formerly an Investment Banker with Goldman Sachs and Montgomery Securities; Founder and CEO Larkspur Hotels & Restaurants. Trustee and Treasurer of the Western States Endurance Run, a California non-profit that conducts the Western States 100 trail race (2013–2023).
Interests: Many sports and outdoor activities; time with family and friends, farming, travel, cooking.
Gavin Holles
Education: Louisiana State University, BADM - Finance, American Graduate School of International Business (Thunderbird), MBA
Professional: Managing Director, Corporate & Investment Banking, Technology, Media & Telecom Group, Wells Fargo
Interests: Spending time with family, outdoor sports and pursuits including biking, swimming, and running.
Melodie Holden Holley
Education: BS Civil & Environmental Engineering - UC Irvine; MS Engineering-Economic Systems - Stanford University; MPH - UC Berkeley
Professional: Co-owner of Love Ally Gear, a retail & media organization supporting allies to celebrate diversity. Formerly an IBM management consultant. Founder and CEO of a nonprofit improving women's health in Africa and South Asia.
Interests: genealogy, African American history, hiking, remodeling, pottery, words, spreadsheets, and tea.
Sister Carla Kovack, O.P., Mission Holding, Ex Officio
Education: BA, History, Dominican University of CA; Masters in Spirituality, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Profession: Has been an educator spanning elementary through college teaching and administration. Currently, she serves as the Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael.
Interests/Activities: Committed to earth kinship, enjoys gardening and walking our sacred paths. Advocate for those on the margins, especially the homeless. Serves on the Board of Homeward Bound of Marin.
Cliff Mishalko
Education: Michigan State University, BA in Advertising, Wayne State University, MBA in Finance
Profession: Program Director, Oracle Corporation
Interests/Activities: Hockey, Golf, UNC Women's Basketball and Chelsea Football. Data Science, Analytics and Machine Learning.
Suzy Spaulding Orza MS’04
Education: UC Law SF (formerly UC Hastings College of the Law), Juris Doctor; UC Berkely, Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology, Minor in International Human Rights
Profession: Litigation Attorney, Shartsis Friese LLP, San Francisco, CA
Interests: Time with family and friends, cooking, music, reading, travel, good television/movies, and going for walks in nature.
Sandy Pfaff
Education: BA, Urban Studies, Connecticut College
Profession: Corporate Communications and Public Relations
Interests and Activities: Spending time with family and friends; traveling, biking, running and playing tennis at SD
Laura Revenko ’85
Education: BA Business Economics, UC Santa Barbara; MS Human Resources Management & Organizational Behavior, Golden Gate University; Ed.D. Organizational Leadership University San Francisco
Profession: translating global business strategy into diverse people solutions and enabling organizations and leadership teams to thrive in periods of high growth and change. Positions include Vice President Human Resources for Hasbro, Warner Discovery, Universal Pictures, Chief People Officer for Zynga and Open X and currently Sr Director People Partner Lead, Google Cloud
Interests: hiking, travel, skiing, road biking, choir, reading, botanical gardens, being outdoors in nature.
Greg Rivers, Treasurer
Education: BA, Finance, University of Southern California; MBA, Anderson Graduate School of Management - UCLA
Profession: Founder and Managing Partner, Steelhead Advisors - M&A advisory
Interests/Activities: Family travel, dog time, golf, tennis, skiing, hiking, fishing and researching just about anything.
Annie Endozo Roth ’98,
Education: B.A. in Physics, UC Berkeley
Profession: Wealth Planning and Investments (working with Baker Street Advisors LLC, a multi-family office in San Francisco)
Interests/Activities: Backpacking and hiking; Cello; Entrepreneur – Co-Founder of Mesa Beach, Inc., an early stage technology start up; Financial Literacy & Education for Women – Project Worth; American Heart Association – Young Professionals Board Founding Member; San Domenico
Robyn Rutledge
Education: B. Commerce (Hon), Queen’s University, Canada; MBA, Arjay Miller Scholar, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Profession: Investor, Operator, Advisor – disruptive businesses in the Consumer sector. CEO of SBG Growth.
Interests/Activities: Consumer behavior, regeneration, Peloton, snuggling, personalized medicine, baking, life-long learning.
Ed Schaffer
Education: University of Pennsylvania, B.A. in International Relations; Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBA
Professional: Veteran Chief Financial Officer in private equity and venture backed enterprises with an emphasis on transformational - even, distressed - situations. Currently working as CFO in a turnaround for a large PE group's portfolio company
Interests: Live in Mill Valley with my wife, our daughter and two German Shepherds. Currently a volunteer for the German Shepherd Rescue of NorCal, an officer of the Financial Executives International, Silicon Valley Chapter, and former treasurer (2016-22) for Brandeis Day School of San Francisco. Avid off road cyclist, enjoy reading on certain legal and business topics, as well as spending quality time with family and friends.
Jose Seara
Education: M.S. in Naval Engineering, Polytechnic University Madrid, Spain
Profession: Founder and CEO of DeNexus Inc.
Interests/Activities: Family lover, Skiing, Sailing, Mountain biking. Outdoors in general
David M. Sohn, Vice Chair
Education: B.A. in political science, Amherst College; J.D., Stanford Law School; M.Sc., London School of Economics.
Profession: Lawyer with focus on telecommunications, Internet, and copyright law and policy, mostly in non-profit sector and legislative branch.
Activities/Interests: Hiking, travel, basketball, all kinds of family time. Investment Committee Member.
Alexandra Wheeler ’78
Education: Brown University - BA, History
Profession: Vice President & Chief Advancement Officer at The Juilliard School. Former roles include Deputy Director & Chief Advancement Officer at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2007-18) and Director of Major Gifts at Cambridge in America.
Interests: Tennis, hiking, being in nature, all performing arts, travel, time with family and friends and 3 dogs.
Interim Head of School
Michael J. McGill, M.Ed.
Mike McGill brings to San Domenico 37 years of experience as a teacher, division head, and head of school. He holds a BA in English from Santa Clara University and a master’s in education from Harvard University with a focus on administration, planning and social policy. Most recently, Mike has served as interim head of school at Sequoyah School in Pasadena, California, where he led initiatives to address compensation issues, ensure greater curricular and cultural cohesion across the three divisions of the school, successfully guide the school’s CAIS re-accreditation process, and update and professionalize the governance structures and processes of the school.
Mike McGill grew up in San Francisco as the oldest of four siblings. He and his wife, Ellen, have been married for 37 years and have three grown children. The McGill family also includes Cora, an eight-year-old golden retriever mix rescue from Iran, and Remy, a two-year-old standard poodle.
Mike was attracted by San Domenico's commitment to helping each student find meaning and purpose in their education, and to inspiring them to apply their academic knowledge to the challenges of our times. Throughout his career, he has led many efforts to make schools more equitable and sustainable. Having spent more than half his career in settings with international boarding departments, he looks forward to returning to one whose population comes from all over the world.
