Co-Chair

A San Anselmo native, Meagan Keane is a product of the Ross Valley School District. She comes from a family of fine artists, thespians, dancers and musicians and spent a decade traveling the world as a documentary filmmaker before settling back in Marin to start a family. She has an undergraduate degree in World Arts and Cultures from UCLA and an MFA in Film Production from USC. Meagan works as the Director of Product Marketing leading business strategy for Adobe video creation, editing and motion design software. As part of her professional work she is constantly engaged in the professional creative community, hosting panels, interviewing creatives and public speaking on the future of creative innovation. Meagan has two kids attending Brookside and joined the YES Board in 2024. 

Co-Chair

Nisha Kadaba is a global impact leader working at the intersection of technology and social change. She currently serves as Director of Programs at Agog, where she’s championing immersive media and spatial technologies to imagine a better future for all. 

Previously, Nisha served as Director of Global Impact at PagerDuty and was a founding team member of PagerDuty.org, embedding social impact into the company’s core business. She previously led social impact and philanthropy at Playmob and held roles at Room to Read and the CAA Foundation, building partnerships across sectors to advance education, environmental sustainability, and equity.

Originally from the East Coast, Nisha has also lived in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and London before settling in Marin. She lives in San Anselmo with her husband and two children, who attend Hidden Valley Elementary. She joined the YES Board in 2025 and is passionate about ensuring every kid has access to the creative education that shapes how they see — and imagine — the world.

Treasurer

Amber Johnson is a finance and operations executive with more than 25 years of experience in financial strategy, risk management, and organizational leadership. Over the past decade, her work has focused on education finance and operations, following earlier leadership roles in the hospitality, social change, and technology sectors. She currently serves as Chief Financial & Operating Officer at Marin Country Day School, where she oversees finance, human resources, operations, and auxiliary programs.

Prior to joining Marin Country Day School, Amber was Director of Finance at The Branson School, where she developed extensive experience in independent school finance, budgeting, and Board governance. She previously held senior finance and accounting roles at Working Assets and Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants. She has also served on the Ross Valley School District Budget Advisory Committee, giving her a firsthand perspective on public school budgeting and the importance of thoughtful stewardship of limited resources.

Amber’s son attends Hidden Valley, and she is deeply committed to the community he is growing up in. She believes every student deserves access to a well-rounded education—including opportunities to discover and develop their interests in music, theater, and the arts—and that teachers and staff who share their talents with students should be supported and valued. She is excited to help ensure that these opportunities remain an integral part of the educational experience for every student in our community.

Secretary/Operations

Mallory is a California native with deep roots in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. She has called the Bay Area home for the past 20 years. Mallory lives in San Anselmo with her husband, a Kentfield native, and two children at Brookside.

Mallory is a social impact leader at the Atlassian Foundation, where she leads strategy around volunteering and giving for a global network of employees. Her passion is teaching and empowering employees to give back in their communities using their unique combination of resources: time, skills and funding. Prior to Atlassian, Mallory ran large-scale volunteer and fundraising programs at a homeless shelter and housing network in San Francisco. Mallory has a deep professional background in strategy, fundraising, volunteer and event management.

Mallory comes from a long line of creatives, musicians and thought leaders. Art and music has played a huge role in her education since her earliest memories. She picked up her first instrument, the classical bass, in 3rd grade and continued playing through High School. Art was another constant throughout her early life and ended up earning her BA in Studio Art, with a focus on painting and photography, from UCSB.

Marketing & Communications Chair

Born and raised on the East Coast, she and her family now call San Anselmo home.  She is a marketing consultant with a background in retail and brand strategy, having worked with leading companies in the retail and consumer goods industries. Throughout her career, Taylor has brought teams together to bring thoughtful, effective campaigns to life.  She enjoys connecting strategy with execution to drive meaningful results.

Taylor has two sons, and is a proud Hidden Valley Hawk. She is an active member of the RVSD community and is passionate about supporting programs that enrich students’ educational experience.  She is excited to contribute to the YES Foundation, helping ensure all students have access to meaningful art, music, and theater programs.

Business Partnership Chair

Lindsay was raised in San Anselmo, attended RVSD schools through high school, and returned to the community a decade ago to raise her own family. She attended UC Santa Barbara, where she studied Business Economics and Global Studies. Professionally, Lindsay has spent the past 16 years working in financial technology and sales leadership.

Having experienced Ross Valley schools herself and now as a parent, Lindsay joined the YES Board because she believes deeply in the role that parent and community involvement plays in creating an exceptional public school experience and in ensuring that arts and enrichment programs exist for all students. 

Lindsay lives in San Anselmo with her husband, two boys and their dog, and is a Brookside parent.

Strategic Events Chair

Erin is a California native who has called Marin County home since 2021. She is the parent of two Ross Valley School District students and is deeply passionate about the impact of art on the human experience.

Erin is Principal of Emery Studio, an interior design firm serving discerning clients around the Bay Area and beyond. She is a former tech marketing executive who spent nearly two decades building, scaling, and leading large teams at Salesforce, Asana, Autodesk, and others.

Erin earned her bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth and a master’s from Georgetown. She is delighted to be channeling her expertise for the benefit of the children and community of Ross Valley.tion goes here

Designer

Conor is an illustrator, art director, brand designer and father of two RVSD girls, back in San Anselmo where he grew up. 
With 18+ years of experience as a professional creative, Conor's had the opportunity to collaborate with a number of recognizable names (Google, Outside Lands, SF Chronicle, Popular Science, Okta) and plenty of unrecognizable ones. Keeping the arts in education is deeply important to him. He joined the board in 2022. Currently he's trying to learn how to whittle and is the in-house illustrator at Lyft.

Brookside Site Lead

An east coast native, Carolyn has lived in the Bay Area for over 25 years and in San Anselmo for 7.  Her professional background is in merchandising and buying across the retail industry, and is currently a retail consultant working with small start-up businesses.  Carolyn and her husband Brian have 2 daughters at Brookside Elementary School.  She has enjoyed volunteering as a room parent and with the parent club at Brookside for the past few years. Carolyn is excited to broaden her impact with the Yes Foundation as the Brookside site lead starting in 2025, and to further arts, music, and theater education in RVSD.  

Hidden Valley Site Lead

Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Heather grew up having a passion for dancing and singing and began studying with Carnegie Mellon University professors during her Senior Year of high school. She went on to attend Belmont University in Nashville, TN, where she earned a BA in Vocal Performance. She spent many years as a performer (even scoring a golden ticket to Hollywood on American Idol) in both Nashville and New York before ultimately settling in California.  

For the past 13 years, Heather has worked as a full-time fitness professional while maintaining a deep passion and commitment to the arts, music and theater programs in her community. 

She currently resides in San Anselmo with her family and is the proud mom of two children who attend Hidden Valley Elementary. She is thrilled to be joining the YES Board and looks forward to supporting and championing opportunities in the arts for years to come. 

Manor Site Lead

Megan was born and raised in Fairfax before moving to New York City where she met her husband . In 2019, they moved back to Fairfax to be closer to her mom after having their first child. Megan has a background in public relations, graphic design and scientific communication. She has a daughter in 2nd grade at Manor and a son who will be in TK in 2026. She and her family are passionate about the arts and excited to support their continued presence in RVSD schools.

Wade Thomas Site Lead

Anna and her family moved to San Anselmo in 2021 from SF, drawn by excellent public schools and strong community. Anna grew up in rural Minnesota and benefited from great arts programming - fully funded within the public education curriculum.  Anna's passion for music education was nurtured by her beloved grandmother who was a dedicated public school music teacher and by the exceptional K-12 arts educators who left a lasting impact on her life. 

Anna earned a BA in Economics from the University of Minnesota before moving to Hawaii for several years and then to the Bay Area. Prior to focusing on family life and community engagement, Anna's career was in fintech sales and operations. She is a passionate advocate for public schools and very involved with the Wade Thomas Parent Association. Anna and her husband have two children currently attending Wade Thomas and a third to follow. 

White Hill Site Lead

Erin was born and raised in San Francisco and San Rafael. She and her family have been happy and grateful members of the RVSD community since TK in 2018/19. They have lived in San Anselmo since February of 2001.

Erin has been working in public school classrooms for over 26 years and teaching since 2013. She currently teaches for MCOE in a TK/KSDC at Hidden Valley. And for this she considers herself the luckiest. 

Erin’s own boys have been immeasurably enriched by YES Foundation - they love art, music and are enthusiastic YES theatre participants. She believes deeply that art and music are fundamental to becoming a critical thinker and good human and understands that this is, sadly, not a given everywhere. 

Art Lead

A professional dance instructor and performer, Rose has worked through-out the bay area for the past 25 years. Specializing in Argentine Tango, she has taught and performed in Johannes Copes Festival in Buenos Aires, Berlin's QueerTango festival, San Francisco's ethnic dance festival and many others along the way. Rose was part of San Fransico's unified school district pilot program to bring ballroom dancing to public elementary schools.  Rose has three children at Wade Thomas Elementary. Rose joined YES in 2024.

Music Lead

Patricia has spent her life helping people discover and express their creativity through music, art, and education. A lifelong musician, she has performed professionally as a guitarist, vocalist, and drummer since her teenage years, from DIY punk venues to iconic stages such as The Fillmore.

Since moving to San Anselmo in 2021, Patricia has enjoyed putting down roots in the community as a single parent and proud Wade Thomas Elementary mom. She teaches private lessons in guitar, piano, drums, ukulele, and voice to children, teens, and adults, and believes music helps young people develop confidence, creativity, and a sense of community.

Teaching has been a constant throughout her career. She has mentored students of all ages in music and visual arts, including teaching computer animation at California College of the Arts, UCLA, and Academy of Art University.

Patricia has also built a 20-year career in visual effects and animation, creating visual stories for film at leading studios such as Industrial Light and Magic and Dreamworks Animation. She holds a Master’s degree in Animation from UCLA and is passionate about inspiring others to pursue creative careers while continuing to grow as artists themselves.

Theater Lead

Originally from Dallas, Megan moved to San Francisco in 2006 and began a career in communications for non-profits. Following the birth of her second child, she stepped back from full-time work and began taking on freelance communications projects and volunteering for anything and everything connected to her children’s schools. After moving to San Anselmo in early 2020, Megan took on a part-time role as an instructional aide at Wade Thomas for several years in addition to serving as president of the Wade Thomas Parents Association and volunteering around the school and in her children’s classrooms. 

Megan has two children who have flourished in Ross Valley schools thanks in no small part to the incredible arts education provided through YES. Her involvement with the YES Theatre Program began in her son’s fourth-grade year and has continued through 11 YES productions (and counting!). Megan has enjoyed working in numerous volunteer positions in these productions - from painting sets to delivering pizza to site producer - and is thrilled to further support the program as the Theatre Lead.

RVSD School Board

A California native and resident of Marin County since 2018, Anna has been an RVSD parent since her eldest started kindergarten at Wade Thomas in 2021. Since then, she has been deeply involved in the RVSD community including in the classroom, Wade Thomas Parent Association, district committees, and her most recent role as School Board Trustee. 

Outside of her roles as parent and trustee, Anna is a licensed occupational therapist specializing in neurologic rehabilitation. She has a passion for helping people break down barriers in order to participate in their most meaningful activities.

Anna is dedicated to ensuring every student in the Ross Valley School District has access to an excellent education in a safe, inclusive, and inspiring environment. 

Theater Program Manager

A California transplant, Anna and her family made Fairfax home in 2013. With two daughters attending RVSD schools, Anna joined the YES Board as the White Hill lead and has managed the YES Theater program for the past six years. Prior to herding theater cats, Anna’s career path was primarily entrepreneurial, having owned a couple of restaurants, a party planning business, and a retail store. Anna enjoys watching most sports, traveling, and hanging out with her family. Having raised an artist (now an interior designer) and a theater kid (studying film & television in college), she whole-heartedly believes in the importance of the arts in schools. 

Administrator / Control Person

Laura processes all donations and matching gifts, through individual giving, business donations, DAFs, and stock transfers. She manages the YES database, provides reports to the Board, and is responsible for banking and financial administration.

Laura earned a BA in English from the University of South Florida and spent the first couple decades of her career as a communications manager and administrator, mainly for nonprofits, before joining YES in 2017. She enjoys traveling, swimming, reading/listening to novels, spending time with family, and sewing. Laura has two daughters, her youngest now attending White Hill.