Board of Directors and Staff

Sharon Draggoo

(Past President) is a retired educator who, in a career spanning 1985 to 2015, taught in four elementary schools in the Livermore School District. The Pedrozzi Foundation is the perfect home for her continued interest in, and passion for, education.   Included in the values statements of the Pedrozzi Foundation are these:  “We believe that all students can succeed,” and “We believe that education leads to a more prosperous and productive populace.”  Sharon is eager to play a role in an organization that brings her values as a classroom teacher to the attention, and resulting support, of a whole community.

Kyle Johnson

Kyle Johnson currently serves as a fellow in the Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program, working for the State of California legislature. Kyle was a transfer student, starting his academic career at Las Positas College and finishing at UC Davis. While at both schools, he remained active in student government and engaged in higher education advocacy at the state and federal levels. As a past Pedrozzi Scholar, Kyle is thrilled to have the opportunity to give back to the foundation by bringing a new perspective to the Board of Directors and helping current and future students achieve their dreams.

Monica Moya (Ph.D.)

(President) is both a Group Leader for Bioengineering and Advanced Fabrication, Materials Engineering Division and a Research Engineer for the Center for Micro and Nanotechnology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Her passion and drive for promoting educational opportunities stems from her personal experience as a low-income first-generation college student. The knowledge, support, and resources she received from mentors and scholarship programs were critical to her higher education achievement. They provided her insights to experiences that her immigrant parents did not know and became part of the community that shaped her future. She strives to enrich her local community and actively seeks opportunities to empower students to achieve their goals.

Britney Ortiz

Britney Ortiz is a proud first-generation college graduate who received her BA in Political Science with a minor in Public Administration from San Jose State University. Her passion for public service stems from growing up low-income and being the first in her family to graduate high school and attain a college degree. She currently serves in the Legislature as a Legislative Assistant for Assemblymember Corey Jackson, working on a range of policy issues including K-12 and higher education. Throughout Britney’s early professional career, she has worked to uplift youth, serving on a board dedicated to supporting California State University (CSU) interns in the Legislature, working directly with students as a summer teacher, and volunteering as a tutor at Joe Mitchell while in high school. Britney is a past Pedrozzi Scholar and looks forward to serving on the Board of Directors and ensuring all Livermore students have the ability to succeed regardless of their background.

Lisette Rocha

Lisette Rocha is a first generation college graduate and former Pedrozzi Scholar. She currently works at Las Positas College as an Outreach Specialist and is happy to be back in her community supporting students as they achieve their higher education goals. She is passionate about the work the Mario Pedrozzi Foundation does and is thrilled to be able to support the foundation as a board member.

Frankie Tate

After a rewarding 30-year career teaching science in the Livermore School District at both the elementary and high school levels, Frankie Tate retired in 2016. Since then, she has enjoyed being a docent at Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Arnold where she is also an instructor in the California Naturalist Program. After seeing many of her students receive Pedrozzi Scholarships and upon learning of all the wonderful work the Foundation does, she is very happy to be part of the Board where she can continue to support the education of Livermore students.

John Williams

is a retired electrical engineer who spent more than 20 years as a disk drive engineer and hardware design manager.  He finished his career as a Consulting Engineer integrating advanced design verification tools into the design methodology at various Silicon Valley and Fortune 500 technology companies.  He was born, reared, and educated in the Richmond, California school system and completed his education at UC Berkeley. A lifetime member of the Cal Alumni Association, he is a regular supporter of their scholarship programs. After 30 years in San Jose, he moved with his family to Livermore in 2007. Currently, he is a member of the Advisory Board for the Quest Science Center. He believes, strongly, in the importance of all kinds of education.

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Executive Director

– Carolyn Siegfried