President
Trustee Area 6
stephaniemanieri@gmail.com

A graduate of Santa Rosa City Schools; attended Lawrence Cook Middle School and Elsie Allen High School. BS in Public Health and Biology, Dominican University of California; MS in Health Policy and Law, University of California, San Francisco.

Employment: Executive Director of Latino Service Providers. Bilingual Crisis Counselor and Advocate for trauma-affected populations in Sonoma County. Previously worked for the California HOPE Project, the Family Justice Center of Sonoma County, and Verity- Sonoma County's Rape, Crisis, and Trauma Center. Currently serves as President of the Elsie Allen High School Music Boosters Club.

Special Interests: Health policy, ethnic studies, education equity, closing the achievement gap, English Language Learner curriculum, A-G standards. 

First Elected: 2018
Term Expires: 2026

Vice President
Trustee Area 4
omedina@srcs.k12.ca.us

A graduate of Santa Rosa City Schools; attended Lawrence Cook Junior High and Elsie Allen High Schools. Received A.S. in Liberal Studies from Santa Rosa Junior College before transferring to Sonoma State University, where he studied History as well as Chicanx and Latinx Studies.

Special Interests: Ethnic Studies, STEM, Technology, state and federal legislative affairs, increasing parent engagement, and increasing number of bilingual and bicultural educators.

First Elected: 2018
Term Expires: 2026

Director
Trustee Area 3
adelacruz@srcs.k12.ca.us

Educated in California and Massachusetts public schools until high school, graduate of Thayer Academy (Braintree, MA). BA in History from Yale University; JD from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Employment: Director of the Sonoma County Office of Equity

Special Interests: Community engagement and equity, ethnic studies curriculum, public administration and policy, valuing students for non-traditional assets, language-immersive educational models.

First Appointed: 2019
Term Expires: 2024

Director
Trustee Area 1
efloresderas@srcs.k12.ca.us

Resident of Sonoma County since 1992, and in Santa Rosa for the last 20+ years. Born and raised in El Salvador, Ever immigrated as a teenager to San Francisco, where he graduated from Mission High School. BA in Latin American Literature, and Master’s Degree in Counseling with a Pupil Personnel Services Credential both from Sonoma State University.

Employment: Healdsburg Unified School District, School Counselor at Healdsburg High School, and Migrant Education, SRJC Adelante summer program director.

Ever began his career in public education in 1996 as a classified worker serving migrant students at Santa Rosa Junior College. In 2000 began a career with Healdsburg Unified School District as a professional elementary school counselor. He later transitioned to a counseling position to Healdsburg Jr. High and in 2008 assumed his current position as counselor at Healdsburg High School. In these roles, Ever has served hundreds of students and families at all educational levels. In 2017 and 2020 Ever was recognized by the California Association of Future Farmers of America as the California State Star Counselor.

Special Interests: Making Santa Rosa City Schools a destination district for our region’s most qualified educators and classified staff; prioritizing the classroom in every decision we make; real equity to ensure the success of every Santa Rosa student; ethnic studies; dual immersion language programs; agricultural program; and education in the visual and performing arts.

First Elected: 2020
Term Expires: 2024

Director
Trustee Area 2
rmcnally@srcs.k12.ca.us

Educated in California public schools, BA in Literature from University of California Santa Barbara, MA in Education from University of California Davis.

Employment: English Language Arts and English Language Development teacher in Windsor Unified School District.

Special Interests: Supporting and celebrating multilingual students, culturally relevant curriculum, and social emotional learning.

First Elected: 2022
Term Expires: 2026

Director
Trustee Area 5
edsheff5@gmail.com​

Representative to the Sonoma County Committee on School District Organization.

Parent of two young boys entering Santa Rosa City Schools. BA in History and Social Studies from Western Washington University; Masters in Public Administration from Sonoma State University.

Employment: Government and Community Relations Coordinator for Sutter Health, former legislative staff for Federal and State elected officials.

Special Interests: Policy, legislation, public administration, and community engagement that impacts undeserved populations.
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First Elected: 2016
Term Expires: 2024

Student Board Member

Born and raised in Santa Rosa, California. Attended Albert F. Biella Elementary, Piner-Olivet Charter School, and am currently a senior at Piner High School.

Special Interests: Basketball, extracurricular activities (President of the California Scholarship Federation Club at Piner), a passionate STEM fanatic (Piner STEM Prospect as a Junior), and advocate for lifelong learning.

Future Plans: Attend a four-year university! Major is undecided.