826LA Board of Directors

  • Karen Van Kirk

    Board President
    Customer Experience & Operations

  • Sarah Rosenwald Varet

    Board Vice President
    Governance Committee Chair
    Attorney

  • Jaya Hathaway

    Board Treasurer
    Finance Committee Chair
    Recruiter, CPI

  • Cisca Brouwer

    Board Secretary
    Attorney/Writer

  • Ben Au

    Litigation Partner, Orrick

  • Scott Boxenbaum

    Comedian & Real Estate

  • Joe Ferencz

    CEO/Founder, GameFam

  • Scott A. Ginsburg

    Real Estate, Boulevard Partners

  • Susan Ko

    Clinical Psychology & Executive Leadership

  • Stacey Han Williams

    Senior Product Marketing Manager, Google

  • Matt Conway

    Senior Engineering Specialist, The Aerospace Corporation

  • Mack Jenkins

    Litigation Partner, Hecker Fink

  • Liane Katzenstein Ly

    Partner, Liane Ly Law

  • Dave Eggers

    Emeritus and 826 Founder

  • Holly Thomas

    Emeritus
    Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals
    Ninth Circuit

  • David Ullendorff

    Emeritus
    Co-Founder, Mathnasium

Associate Board

Ashlyn Anstee
Samantha Chiang
Melissa Clark
Dayna Cobarrubias
Louis Fisher
Sybil Grieb
Nicolette Harutunian

Elena Hurst
Brigid Kelly
Elizabeth Kuelbs
David Michelson
Jordan Rawlins
Nicolas Rossenblum
Wendy Xiao

Advisory Board

J.J. Abrams
Judd Apatow
Miguel Arteta
Mac Barnett
Steve Barr
Joshuah Bearman
Father Gregory Boyle, S.J.
Amy Brooks
Stefan Bucher
Kathleen Caliento
Monique Demery
Mark Flanagan

Ben Goldhirsh
Rebecca Goldman
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
DeAnna Gravillis
Terri Hernandez Rosales
Christine Jaroush
Spike Jonze
Miranda July
Catherine Keener
Keith Knight
Al Madrigal
R. Scott Mitchell

Lani Monos
B.J. Novak
Miwa Okumura
Amber Paasch
Jane Patterson
Keri Putnam
Sylvie Rabineau
Sonja Rasula
Will Reiser
Luis Rodriguez
Tara Roth
Brad Simpson

J. Ryan Stradal
Natalie Tran
Sarah Vowell
Sally Willcox
Julie Wiskirchen