Oakland Enrolls is Now Part of Families in Action for Quality Education (FIA)!

Sandra Diaz is the Operations & Family Support Coordinator at Oakland Enrolls. Having lived in Mexico and attended school in Mexico for 5 years, she brings with her an in depth knowledge of the culture of the Hispanic community that we serve in Oakland as well as language skills and over 13 years of experience in direct marketing and Medical Interpreting, to provide families with over the phone support and outreach to create awareness of choice in Oakland’s public school system.

Prior to that, she worked as an International QA Specialist for several HI-Tech companies in the Silicon Valley. She has a BA degree in Business Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and is a California native.

Lucas Jackson is the Operations and School Support Director at Oakland Enrolls. He has over 15 years of experience in public education and has worked as a teacher, administrator, and district manager. His most recent work was in data and operations at KIPP Northern California Schools.

Lucas has been a teacher in elementary, middle, and high school grades and has taught in Albuquerque, NM, Milwaukee, WI, and throughout the East Bay. He also served as an education and youth services volunteer in the Peace Corps in Paraguay.

Lucas earned his MS in Statistics and Evaluation from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and his BS in Education from the University of New Mexico.

David lives in, works in, and is dedicated to his East Oakland Community. He’s a parent and former teacher who is deeply passionate about bringing high quality public education to all students. David is the current Principal at Leadership Public Schools in Oakland, CA. Leadership Public Schools is a public charter high school network that transforms educational outcomes for students that have been historically under-represented in college, empowering them for a range of college, career and community leadership options.

David is the former Executive Director at Oakland Charters, an advocacy organization for the city’s dynamic public charter school sector. Prior to that role, David was Head of School at Urban Montessori Charter School (UMCS), a nationally-recognized breakthrough model, based in Oakland. Before UMCS, David was with the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) as the Oakland Regional Director for two years. There, David spearheaded citywide advocacy for Oakland’s growing and controversial charter sector. From 2002-2012 David served as founding teacher then Principal at Oakland Unity High School, a high-performing charter school transforming lives for first-generation college students. His work in the public education landscape also includes several years as a team leader with the Charter Schools Development Center’s annual charter leader intensive boot camp program.

David’s served on multiple charter school and community boards, including Unity Schools, Community School for Creative Education, Oakland Families for Quality Schools, Enroll Oakland Charters, and GO Public Schools. David also co-chaired the Oakland Public Schools Equity Pledge enrollment working group. Prior to his career in public education, David worked in the private tech sector. A first generation college student, he earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California at San Diego, then a single subject teaching credential in social science from San Francisco State University. He obtained a Master’s in Educational Leadership from California State University East Bay in 2009.

Lisa Gibes de Gac is Oakland Enrolls’ former Executive Director and also serves on its Governance Board. She is an education strategist with over 15 years’ experience working to provide better and more equal educational opportunities to all kids.

Prior to joining Oakland Enrolls, she worked in education philanthropy managing a national portfolio of nonprofit grantees. Before that, she served in several roles throughout her tenure at 50CAN, a national education advocacy and policy nonprofit. As 50CAN’s Vice President of Strategy and External Relations, she managed organizational strategy, fundraising, and communications. She began her career in education as a third grade teacher in The School District of Philadelphia through Teach For America.

Lisa earned her Masters of Science in Education at the University of Pennsylvania and her BA in Journalism and English at Michigan State University.

Bio coming soon.

Luis Rodriguez is the Founder of Oakland Enrolls. After more than a decade of experience in management and technology consulting, Luis transitioned from the private to the public sector through the Broad Residency in Urban Education program. Prior to joining Oakland Enrolls, Luis was a partner at The Learning Accelerator, a non-profit focused on accelerating the implementation of high-quality blended learning in public schools. 

Luis also served as the Director of the Office of Digital Learning for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, where he was responsible for improving digital literacy and capacity across the state. While at the state department, he also helped implement an educator effectiveness framework and served as a technology advisor on several Race to the Top initiatives. As a result of his efforts in Massachusetts, Luis was awarded the Manuel Carballo Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service. 

Luis has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, a Master of Science in Strategy from the University of Texas Dallas Jindal School of Management, and a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from The Broad Center.