Board of Trustees 2010-11

Dawn Cameron, Parent/President

Dawn has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since she was four years old, attending elementary school in Milpitas and high school in Fremont. She spent one year as an exchange student to The Netherlands during high school, where her host family sent her to a girls’ finishing school run by Catholic Nuns in a 300-year-old abbey. She has a Bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from San Jose State University and Masters of Public Administration degree from the University of San Francisco. Professionally, she has worked in the public sector for 25 years as a transportation and land use planner specializing in collaborative and strategic planning. Dawn has two daughters: her oldest daughter graduated from our school in 2006 and her youngest daughter is currently enrolled. Dawn has been on the Board since 2004, where her roles include serving as board president, facilitating the school’s strategic planning process, and serving on the Management Team.

Alan Eagle, Parent Board Member

Alan has 20+ years of experience in Silicon Valley start-ups in a variety of account management and product marketing roles. He is a Los Altos Hills native, attended Gunn High School, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science and mathematics from Dartmouth College. He also has an MBA from the Wharton School. Alan enjoys writing, coaching youth baseball and soccer, and traveling. He is an avid skier, biker, hiker and backpacker. His two children are students at our school.

Pierre Laurent, Parent/Vice President and Treasurer

Pierre was born and raised in France. He received a MS in Computer Science in France and a MBA from Kellogg, Northwestern University (Chicago). After studying in France and a brief work experience with a contractor for the European Space Agency, he joined a promising software startup which had just gone through its IPO in Washington state. After eight years at Microsoft and three years at Intel in various managerial and marketing capacities, he moved with his family to the Bay Area. Pierre and his wife Monica, a faculty member at WSP, have three children. Pierre has served on the board as Vice President and Treasurer and is a long-time member of the Strategic Planning Committee.

Dermot Nolan, Parent Board Member

Dermot was born in Dublin Ireland many moons ago. He graduated from National University of Ireland with BSc in Biochemistry and spent 17 years as an officer in the Irish Army. Married to Janet Dunwoody (WSP Faculty Chair and Games teacher), his three children Killian (currently at Harvard Law School), Melisa (2010 WSP Alumna) and Enya (11th Grade WSP) have been blessed with Waldorf education. Dermot and family left Ireland for Calgary Canada in 1993 and spent 7 years there before hitting the Bay Area in 2000. Dermot works in the computer industry specializing in Project and Portfolio Management. Dermot leads the Strategic Planning committee.

Sandy Olson, Parent Board Member

Sandy grew up in Westport, Connecticut and has lived in the Bay Area for 10 years. She graduated from Sacred Heart University with a Bachelor's degree in accounting and was a CPA with Ernest & Young, LLP for many years. In 2000 she retired to raise her twins, who are in second grade at our school. She co-chairs the Spring Gala fundraiser and has participated in other fundraisers along with other committee work at the school.

Martha Groves Perry, Parent Board Member

Martha began her term on the board in December 2009. During part of a nine-year residence in Germany, she served on the board of the Waldorf kindergarten in Nollingen, and both of her Germany-born children are currently enrolled at WSP. Born in Buffalo, NY, she has also lived in Indiana, Kentucky, Washington DC, Texas and Belgium. She holds a BA in Philosophy and English from Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a doctorate in US literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She currently teaches writing at DeAnza College, drives her two active children wherever they need to go, and can occasionally be spotted as a vocalist and cellist in venues around the San Francisco bay area.

Stephanie Rynas, School Board Member

Stephanie is a  graduate of the Rudolf Steiner College Teacher Training program. She has an MBA and several years of experience in corporate management, marketing and strategic planning. Her blend of Waldorf training and experience in the corporate world are a perfect match for helping our school move forward into an exciting future.

Allysun Sokolowski, Faculty Board Member

Allysun strives to find beauty in every day, loves to share a laugh, and holds her friends, young or old, close to her heart. Embarking on her journey as a Waldorf teacher at WSP has been her dream come true! Allysun started her work here in service of the graduating class of 2021, holding awe and wonder as her guides. She is the mother of one sweet, crazy girl and the wife of one amazingly loving man. Her life is wonderfully full: singing, playing the piano, telling stories, painting, sewing. Her commitment to anthroposophy is strong; she loves to eat delicious food and enjoys photography. The best way to know Allysun is by visiting her classroom and having a look around!

Hans Walser, Faculty Board Member

Hans was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania into a household of Waldorf teachers. His mother is a kindergarten teacher, his sister is a music teacher and his stepfather is a high school math teacher. He attended the Kimberton Waldorf School from nursery to 12th grade. Hans’ interest in early childhood education began when he did his high school senior project on children’s play. He attended Warren Wilson College for a year and a half, and then became a kindergarten assistant at Kona Pacific School in Hawaii. He came to California to begin kindergarten training at Rudolf Steiner College and graduated from the program. Hans brings his energy, idealism and more than three years of experience as a nursery/kindergarten assistant to our school.

Sandra Welch, Parent Board Member

Katharina Woodman, Secretary and Community-at-Large Board Member.

Katharina grew up on a farm in northern Germany as the youngest of four siblings, which greatly accounts for her down-to-earth, no-frills attitude. Before and during her studies of German, English, and Social History at Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, she lived and worked in different parts of the UK. Her work experience includes teaching German as a foreign language, desktop publishing and copy editing. Katharina experienced Waldorf education first hand through watching her four nephews attending K-13, and their parents co-founding a Waldorf school, while working as board members and teachers themselves. Her summers in Germany are filled with conversations on anthroposophy and management of a school. As a parent at WSP (her two children attended K-8 at WSP and continued their Waldorf education at SFWHS), Katharina filled many roles and served on the board for six years, being its secretary and member of the core group for five. She attended all Healthy Waldorf Schools conferences since their inception in 1996 and completed the Collaborative Leadership workshops with Torin Finser from Antioch College. Having retired from active paternal duties, Katharina enjoys pursuing anthroposophy classes, including eurythmy and singing, and study group. As a woman of leisure, she was able to re-join the board in the fall of 2006 as a community-at-large member.