Trustees
Overview
Members of the Sequoia Union High School District Board of Trustees are elected by the general population. Board members are elected to four year terms. Student Trustees serve a one-year term.
| Position | Name (click name to send email) | Trustee Area | Term End Date |
| Board President | Richard Ginn | C | 2024 |
| Board Vice President/Clerk | Shawneece Stevenson | E | 2024 |
| Board Member | Amy Koo | A | 2026 |
| Board Member | Carrie Du Bois | B | 2024 |
| Board Member | Sathvik Nori | D | 2026 |
| Student Board Members | Samantha Rodriguez-Velasquez Avantika Swaminathan |
N/A | 2023 |
The public may email all board members via board@seq.org
Carrie Du Bois
MEMBER
First joined board: December, 2011
Current term ends: December, 2024
Contact Information
Address: 480 James Ave., Redwood City CA 94064
Phone: 650.766.9069
Email: carrie.dubois@ggsir.com
Committees
California School Boards Association.San Mateo County School Boards Association
California Foster Youth Advisory Task Force
BRSSD/Sequoia 2x2
Ravenswood 2x2
Ravenswood 2x2x2
Redwood City Together
MTSS Task Force
Sustainability
Wellness Advisory
Biography
Carrie Du Bois has served as a school board trustee since 2005, when she was elected to the San Carlos Elementary School District board. In 2011, she ran for and won a seat on the Sequoia Union High School District board to advocate for high-risk youth, blend communities and continue her work to improve outcomes for ALL students.
Her passion for education issues comes from 12 years of advocacy for foster youth, her two decades of involvement with the Rosalie Rendu Center of East Palo Alto, and many other community projects related to children and youth. More recently, Carrie has helped to stimulate community conversations about mental health and trauma that affect student learning.
She serves as a delegate to the California School Boards Association (CSBA) and is a past president of the San Mateo County School Boards Association. She believes her work for county and state associations allows for her own continuous learning about the complex issues related to public education. Carrie is proud of her work chairing major educational conferences on topics such as mental health, social emotional learning and vulnerable children. She was also honored to chair the CSBA Annual Education Conference in 2017, which brought together 6,000 educational leaders statewide.
Carrie was the San Carlos Citizen of the year in 2005 for her community work and fundraising efforts for public schools. She is real estate agent in San Carlos and the mother of three boys who all attended public schools. Her youngest son is a freshman at Carlmont High School.
Richard Ginn
BOARD PRESIDENT
First joined board: December, 2020
Current term ends: December, 2024
Contact Information
Address: 480 James Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94062
Address: 480 James Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94062
Email: rginn@seq.org
Committees:
Benefits
Benefits
Board Policy
Redwood City 2x2x2
Redwood City Together
Biography
Rich Ginn served two terms (2010-2018) on the governing board of the Las Lomitas Elementary
School District.
School District.
Rich was born and raised in West Covina, CA by parents who both worked in the
Hacienda La Puente School District. His mom taught several different elementary
school grades and his dad was the school psychologist. Rich has one sister who works
as a physical therapist, mainly with senior citizens, in San Bernadino County.
Rich attended the local public schools K-12, then moved to the Bay Area to attend
Stanford. At Stanford, he pursued a co-term program and earned an undergraduate
degree in Quantitative Economics and a Masters in Engineering.
After Stanford, Rich joined Decision Focus, a consulting firm in Mountain View, CA that
specialized in developing algorithms for recurring decision situations and implementing
those algorithms in custom software developed for the firm’s clients.
Next, Rich was recruited to be the first full-time employee of a new Philips Electronics
division that built the first app store. The idea was to have the first-mover advantage in
the soon-to-be huge market for Windows CE applications. Unfortunately, Windows CE
devices never achieved wide-spread adoption.
From 1998-2000 Rich pursued an MBA at UCLA with a focus on finance and
accounting. In 1999, he served as an intern at Costella Kirsch
(www.costellakirsch.com), a Menlo Park based finance company founded in 1986 which
provides structured debt capital to start-up companies. Rich continued to work part-time
for the firm during his second year of business school then joined full-time in June 2000.
He became Managing Director and CFO of the firm a few years later and continues in
that role today.
Rich lives in Menlo Park, CA with his wife, two kids, and a very cute labradoodle. He
enjoys outdoor activities, especially running and biking.
LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-ginn-74039/
Amy Koo
Member
First joined board: December, 2022
Current term ends: December, 2026
Contact Information
Address: 480 James Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062
Email: akoo@seq.org
Committees
BRSSD/Sequoia 2x2
Budget
County Committee on School District Organization (CCSDO)
District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)
Redwood City 2x2x2
Wellness Advisory Committee
Biography
Amy Koo was elected to the Sequoia Union High School District Board in 2022 and previously served on the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District Board from 2013 to 2022. Amy lives in Redwood Shores with her husband and two sons who attend public schools. She believes that every child can be successful if we can tap into each child's strengths and passions and provide appropriate support. Her current priorities are to improve the district's communication, engagement, and collaboration with stakeholders, ensure efficient operations, and recruit and retain great teachers from diverse backgrounds.
Amy is a board member with the Asian Pacific Islander School Board Members Association (APISBMA), was previously the Director at Large, Asian Pacific Islander for the California School Boards Association (CSBA), and a past co-chair of the San Mateo County School Board Association Kent Awards. Amy works as an Associate Director of Hepatitis B Marketing at Gilead Sciences, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Foster City and previously held positions in Managed Markets Analytics and Trade Operations. She served for three years on the leadership team of the Women at Gilead employee resource group which supports the career growth of women. She has a passion for ensuring that everyone reaches their full potential through a safe, inclusive, and collaborative environment.
Amy is a 4th generation San Franciscan who holds a BS degree from MIT and MBA/MS degrees from Stanford. In her spare time, she enjoys singing/music, volleyball, traveling, and cheering for the SF Giants and 49ers.
Sathvik Nori
Member
First joined board: December, 2022
Current term ends: December, 2026
Contact Information
Address: 480 James Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062
Email: snori@seq.org
Committees
Benefits
Budget
Menlo Park 2x2
Menlo Park 2x2x2
Sustainability
Workforce Housing
Biography
Sathvik is a product of San Mateo County public schools. Sathvik lived across the bay in Fremont until he was 12, when his family moved to the Mid-Peninsula. Sathvik graduated from Hillview Middle School and attended Menlo-Atherton High School, graduating in the class of 2021. While at M-A, Sathvik played Basketball, until two meniscus surgeries forced him to prematurely retire and pursue other activities like Debate and Journalism. During his Senior year, Sathvik served as the student trustee of the district in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, where he saw first hand the importance of having a school board accountable to the needs of our diverse community. As a recent graduate, Sathvik wants to continue to center the student experience and perspective in all decisions taken by the board to ensure that everyone has as great of an experience in SUHSD as he did. Sathvik is also a commissioner on the San Mateo County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission where he serves as a public watchdog for incarcerated youth in the county. Sathvik currently attends Stanford University. In his free time he loves to read, spend time with friends, travel, and try new food around the Bay Area.
Shawneece Stevenson
VICE PRESIDENT/CLERK
First joined the board: December, 2020
Current term ends: December, 2024
Contact Information
Address: 480 James Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062
Phone: 650.241.9674
Email: smstevenson@seq.org
Committees
Board Policy
Equity & Diversity Council
District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)
Menlo Park 2x2
Menlo Park 2x2x2
Ravenswood 2x2
Ravenswood 2x2x2
MTSS Task Force
Workforce Housing
Biography
Shawneece was elected to the Board of Trustee November 2020. She is a proud parent of three Ravenswood School District graduates, two of whom currently attend Menlo-Atherton and a graduate of Menlo Atherton High School. Over the years, she has taken an active role in the district, including serving on the Menlo-Atherton Foundation Board and working closely with Black Student Union clubs at Menlo-Atherton and Sequoia High Schools helping students use their voice for advocacy.
Shawneece holds a Masters in Social Worker Administration from the University of Cincinnati. She currently works at a local private innovative school focused on health and education integration. She leads the resource and referral strategy to support families with their personal life goals and consult with our parent wellness coaching team. Shawneece has had a variety of organizational and family service experience children, families, and communities. She has managed early intervention services serving young children and families with special needs through the local Early Start Program. And, Shawneece is also a resident of East Palo Alto.
