Our Board of Directors includes leaders from education, philanthropy, business, nonprofit and government sectors. The Board provides leadership for all aspects of the non-profit organization and oversight of the Learning Works Charter School. Board members offer a wide variety of skills and talents to the organization and contribute to helping us move forward in many different ways.

• Dave Banis is a retired public school educator who is currently an Independent Education Management Consultant. Before retiring he held multiple leadership positions in a variety of school districts in capacities supported by his expertise in school finance, oversight and instruction.
• Dominick Correy is the District Representative for Senator Anthony Portantino, California Senate and originally joined Learning Works as one of our original Chasers.
• Dr. Eddie Newman supported Learning Works Charter School when it first opened as its principal and previously served as the Director of High School Programs at PUSD. She serves on numerous boards for local agencies dedicated to education, counseling and mental health and in Leadership Pasadena.
• Kathy Lesley is a former public school teacher and administrator who retired as Assistant General Manager of School Achievement Services for America’s Choice, Inc. She has also served as Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Support Services in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
• Lauren O’Neill is a progressive public school educator in the Pasadena area for the past 23 years and is currently Odyssey Charter School’s Executive Director over the past nine years having joined the school as one of the founding teachers.
• Fabian Debora has been the Executive Director of the Homeboy Art Academy since 2018, and his work has been showcased in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US and internationally, including Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Brooklyn, and throughout Latin America. Fabian has also served as a counselor and the Director of Substance Abuse Services & Programming as well as a mentor at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles for more than a decade.
• Nicole Jacquemin is Engagement Manager at AT&T, where she is responsible for all aspects related to custom solutions for technology enablement, including sales, developing solutions, contracts, vendor management, project oversight, implementation, support and billing.
• Ty Gaffney is a retired educator who has devoted his life to the education, development and well being of all students. He recently served as an Adjunct Faculty/Student Teacher Coordinator for the University of Southern California, was Principal of Sierra Madre School and served for many years as a teacher in PUSD.