Board Member since 2020

Hannah Yuen grew up in Toronto, Canada and earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston College and her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Hannah practiced law at Farella Braun & Martel in San Francisco prior to moving in-house at Genentech, Inc. where she has worked for the last 20 years. In her current role as Associate General Counsel, Litigation, Hannah oversees and develops creative and comprehensive legal strategies for high stakes matters, including government investigations and complex commercial disputes. Hannah serves on the board of the Yuen Family Foundation, a non-profit organization serving the needs of teachers in public schools. Hannah and her husband Paul have a blended family with three adult children, and three younger children who are recent graduates of JTD.

Lindsay Rachelefsky Weinstock is a 1991 graduate of The John Thomas Dye School. She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and received her BA from Columbia College in New York. After graduating from college, Lindsay lived in Washington, DC, where she served as the Finance Director on numerous House and Senate Campaigns. She then moved back to Los Angeles and has spent a number of years working in political and nonprofit fundraising. In 2009, she created her own political and nonprofit development company, working to help organizations increase and achieve their fundraising potential, build and achieve long term strategic plans, and develop and refine their Boards. In addition, Lindsay oversees the philanthropic giving for a number of family foundations in Los Angeles. Lindsay is married to a fellow JTD alumnus, Daniel Weinstock '90, who she met in carpool during her first week of kindergarten at JTD. Together, they have two daughters.

Craig Vaughan grew up in New York and Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin. He received his MBA from The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Craig is the Founder and Managing Partner of Vaughan Capital Advisors, a media and technology M&A advisory and private equity firm. He also sits on the board of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, a non-profit organization that offers a comprehensive dance curriculum to students ages four and up. He and his wife, Ella, have one child.

Board Member since 2021

Tracy Ward earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and her MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Tracy is Managing Partner of Schwartz Capital Group, a private investment firm and family office. Its platforms include Strand Equity, a growth equity fund focused on emerging and dynamic consumer brands, Schwartz Capital Real Estate and OppFi, a fintech company that Tracy co-founded. Tracy serves on the boards of City Year Los Angeles and A Better Chicago, education nonprofit organizations dedicated to student and school success. She and her husband Justin have two children.

Kristin Checchi Chandna '92 grew up in Los Angeles and attended The John Thomas Dye School and Harvard-Westlake School. She received her BA in American Studies from Stanford University and her MBA from Harvard Business School. Kristin began her career in retail in the buying office at Polo Ralph Lauren and corporate strategy at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Kristin transitioned to non-profit work and currently focuses on education. She was the Regional Chair of the San Francisco Bay Area women’s Alumnae Circles program for Harvard Business School. She also served on the Board of Trustees at Lone Mountain Children’s Center, a long-standing San Francisco preschool, and Cathedral School for Boys, a K-8 independent school. Kristin and her husband Rishi have four children.

Jennifer Kwon Chou grew up in Philadelphia and earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Jennifer has 20 years of experience in finance and strategy and is currently Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer at The Gores Group, a Los Angeles-based investment firm. In her role, Jennifer leads firm strategy and the development of new products and strategic partnerships. Previously she worked at Sterling Partners and Lehman Brothers and started her career at The Vanguard Group. Jennifer previously served on the board of The Boys and Girls Clubs of Venice and continues to serve on a number of corporate boards. She and her husband Greg have three children.

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Ruth Furst originally came to The John Thomas Dye School as a parent in 1983, before joining the Upper School Faculty in 1987. Prior to becoming part of the JTD family, she taught at Marlborough School and Oakwood School. Ruth spent her undergraduate years at UCLA and Yale, then earned her Ed.M. at Boston University and taught in a school in Reading, Massachusetts. Ruth feels most fortunate to have taught math at JTD for over 28 years before retiring in June 2015. Ruth and her husband George live in Encino, and are the parents of two JTD alumnae.

Seema Jain is the Senior Director of Innovation at Salesforce, where she leads business strategy and customer-centric design for enterprise companies. With over 20 years of experience spanning consulting, technology, marketing, sales, and operations, Seema has a proven track record of driving digital transformation through a deep understanding of user needs and business impact. Prior to Salesforce, she was the VP of Professional Services at Mural and an Associate Partner at IBM following its acquisition of Bluewolf, where she founded and led Experience Strategy & Design. Her career began in the commercial insurance sector, where she underwrote property and casualty insurance.
  
Beyond her professional pursuits, Seema serves as a Board Member at the Independent School Alliance and is an active supporter of the American India Foundation. Seema and her husband, Saurabh, are the parents of two children.

Dan Levin earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in history from Stanford University before traveling East to attend Yale Law School. After graduating, he clerked for United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and for Judge William Fletcher on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Dan was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, before becoming a litigation partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, where his practice focuses on crisis response, complex litigation, and appeals. In addition to practicing law, Dan has taught advanced appellate advocacy at USC Gould School of Law. He is a board member of the Federal Bar Association of Los Angeles and the Yale Law School Alumni Fund. Dan and his wife Alison Mackenzie have two children.

Nnamdi Lowrie received his BA from Howard University and an MBA in Marketing and International Business from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Nnamdi, a Senior Principal at Deloitte Consulting, is an accomplished Management Consultant with over 25 years of finance and accounting experiences in both industry and consulting. He leads Deloitte's Global Finance Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring practice. Nnamdi also serves as COO of Deloitte's Finance Strategy practice and is a Member of the Deloitte US Board Council. Nnamdi serves on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Chapter of Make-A-Wish and has also assisted in the organization of the LA Special Olympics. Nnamdi has two daughters.

Dr. Stephanie Smooke Praw grew up in Los Angeles and attended The John Thomas Dye School and Harvard-Westlake School. She earned a BA in History of Art at Yale University and a master’s degree is History of Art at the University of London. She obtained her medical degree from UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Following residency in internal medicine, Stephanie served as Chief Resident for the Department of Internal Medicine at UCLA before completing a fellowship in endocrinology at UCLA. Today, Dr. Praw is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital and David Geffen School of Medicine with a focus on treating patients with thyroid disease and thyroid cancer. In addition to working with patients, teaching and performing clinical research, Dr. Praw serves as the Program Director for the Combined UCLA and VA Endocrinology Fellowship Program. In this capacity, she oversees trainee education, and is responsible for curriculum development, feedback, and evaluation. Stephanie and her husband Doug have two daughters.

Board Member since 2017

Dr. Nanci Rascoff received her bachelor's degree in Government from Harvard University before attending UCLA where she received a Master's in Public Health, focusing on pediatric health insurance accessibility. After working at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Nanci attended medical school at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She completed her general pediatrics residency and her rheumatology fellowship training at Seattle Children's Hospital. She was also an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology at the University of Washington School of Medicine while on staff at Seattle Children's. Nanci is a pediatric rheumatologist, specializing in juvenile arthritis, lupus, and other autoimmune diseases. Her research focus was on the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound and its role in the diagnosis and management of childhood arthritis. Prior to moving back to Los Angeles in 2016, Nanci served on the Board of Trustees of Seattle Country Day School and was a member of Seattle Children's Hospital Credentialing and Professional Standards Committee. Nanci is married to a JTD alumnus, Spencer '87, and they have three children.

Dan Ross is a Portfolio Manager at Post Advisory Group, a Los Angeles-based asset management firm specializing in sub-investment grade fixed income. He started his finance career as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, before spending nearly a decade working as a private equity investor for TPG Capital and Evercore Capital Partners. Dan also worked as the CFO for alliantgroup, an Evercore portfolio company that provides tax consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses. Dan grew up in Los Angeles and attended the Mirman School and Harvard-Westlake School. He graduated with a dual degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business. Dan and his husband Joe Settineri have two children.

Board Member since 2024

Laura Ross currently serves as the Head of School at Harvard-Westlake, where prior to 2023, she worked as Associate Head of School, as well as Upper School Head. Prior to coming to Harvard-Westlake in 2017, Laura was the Upper School Head at Greenhill School in Dallas, Texas, and held numerous other roles in education, including but not limited to college counselor, a college admissions officer, and trustee at both Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT and the Magellan International School in Austin, TX. Laura holds a BA in Religion from Wesleyan University and a Master’s degree from Stanford University in Higher Education and Student Affairs.

Board Member since 2024

Gabe Waterman grew up in Los Angeles and attended Harvard-Westlake School before matriculating to Washington University in Saint Louis where he earned his BA in Political Science. He then returned to California to attend medical school and business school at USC's Keck School of Medicine and Marshall School of Business. Following his residency in Internal Medicine at Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, Gabe completed the CareMore-Gehr Fellowship in health services research. Today, Gabe is a practicing internist and is the Vice President of Primary Care at SCAN Health Plan where he leads their care delivery system serving residents of senior living communities. Gabe and his wife Rachel have three daughters.

Adam Weiss was born and raised in Boston. He earned his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from Columbia Law School. After graduating from law school, he clerked for Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York. He began his legal career at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, before following his wife, Caitlin Hartigan ’97, out west to Los Angeles. Adam currently is a litigation partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, where his practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts across the country. In addition, among other things, he serves on the Board of Directors of Teach Democracy and as a leader of the American Bar Association’s Judicial Intern Opportunity Program in Los Angeles. Adam and Caitlin have two daughters.