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
Camilla Seferian, Treasurer
Commissioner, Torrance Library Commission
Past President, Torrance Council of PTAs
Brian Sunshine, Vice President
Assistant to the City Manager (ret.)
City of Torrance
Emi Munekata Morimoto, O.D., Secretary
Doctor of Optometry
Community Leader
Members
Donna Belitz
Independent Education Management
Professional
Robin Taub Comer
Realtor
The Real Estate Group
Christina Chin Flores
Vice President, Operations
Financial Finesse
Teresa Furey
Commissioner, TUSD Personnel Commission
Torrance Unified School District
Susan S. Gibson, Ph.D.
Educator, College Professor
Nazy Haghani
Manager, Report Analyst
Murad, LLC
Mary Hoffman, M.Ed.
Special Education Teacher (ret.)
Torrance Unified School District
Patrice Lefevre
President/ Owner
Bookkeeping 4 You
Katie Pandolfo
General Manager
Dignity Health Sports Park / LA Galaxy
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
Betty Lieu, President
Torrance Unified School District
Staff
Shireen Ossanlo
Executive Director
ShireenO@TEF4Kids.org
Denise Mandel
Business Administrator
DeniseM@TEF4Kids.org
Cynthia Palacio Rios
Executive Assistant
Admin@TEF4Kids.org
2020-2021 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
Torrance Education Foundation
20695 S. Western Ave., Suite 141
Torrance, CA 90501
(310) 320-7232
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