Torrance Education Foundation
Board of Directors and Staff
Executive Committee
Martha Deutsch, President
Trustee, Torrance Unified School District
Board of Education (2012-2018)
Past President, 33rd District, California PTA
Christina Chin Flores, Treasurer
Vice President, Operations
Financial Finesse
Teresa Furey, 1st Vice President
Commissioner, TUSD Personnel Commission
Torrance Unified School District
Katie Pandolfo, Secretary
General Manager
Dignity Health Sports Park / LA Galaxy
Emi Munekata Morimoto, O.D., 2nd Vice President
Doctor of Optometry
Community Leader
Members
Donna Belitz
Independent Education Management
Professional
Robin Taub Comer
Realtor
The Real Estate Group
Mary Hoffman, M.Ed.
Special Education Teacher (ret.)
Torrance Unified School District
Reanna Kiymoura
Retail Service Manager
kinecta
Susan S. Gibson, Ph.D.
Educator, College Professor
Nazy Haghani
Manager, Report Analyst
Murad, LLC
Patrice Lefevre
President/ Owner
Bookkeeping 4 You
Asam Sheikh
Senior Financial Analyst
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
Carolyn Snyder
Community Leader
Co-Chair, Torrance Memorial Hospital
Festival of Trees
Liaison – Torrance Board of Education
James Han, President
Torrance Unified School District
Staff
Denise Mandel
Business Manager
DeniseM@TEF4Kids.org
Jessica Tinajero
Administrator Assistant
Admin@TEF4Kids.org
2021-2022 Advisory Board
Kim Edwards
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Steve Fechner
Surf Management Inc.
Pat Furey
Mayor of Torrance
Barbara Graham
Torrance Refining Company
Rob Katherman
Water Replenishment District
Sherry Kramer
Continental Development
Ted Lieu
U.S. Representative
Al Muratsuchi
California Assemblymember
Andrea Sala
El Camino College
Robert Van Lingen
The Van Lingen Group
Joe Ward
Little Company of Mary