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Grimmway Schools
Edible Schoolyard Kern County

© 2018 Grimm Family Education Foundation

Understanding Charter Schools
& Their Impact
Bring Home the Edible Schoolyard

The Grimm Family Education Foundation is

a non-profit organization based in Bakersfield, California.

Working with students, teachers and parents, the Foundation supports initiatives to improve education and community wellness in Kern County.

 

Our story

In 2011, the Grimm Family Education Foundation was founded, with the goal of identifying and implementing opportunities to improve student achievement, wellness and opportunity in Kern County.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VISION

 

To expand education and wellness across Kern County so that all will thrive and be successful in school and in life and to promote and support the Grimmway Schools' mission to offer a choice in educational opportunities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MISSION


 Helping make vibrant communities in Kern County with our charter schools and Edible Schoolyard programs by closing the achievement gap, improving the health of students and families, and creating economic growth in the communities that we serve. By being fiscally responsible and innovative, we will broaden community impact through our programs, partnerships, research, fund development, and community outreach.

 

 

 

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Our team

Foundation Staff

Barbara Grimm Marshall

Founder and CEO

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Dylan Wilson

Edible Schoolyard
Program Manager

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RJ Valentino

President

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John Vidaurreta

Edible Schoolyard
Garden Programs Manager

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Evelyn Steed

Office Manager

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Sara Sullivan

Grant Writer

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Rick Phillips

Fiscal Manager

Tech Manager & Support

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Hannah Bucher

Kitchen Programs Manager

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Raj Cheshire
Operations + Community Coordinator

Board of Directors

Barbara Grimm Marshall

Chairman of the Board
Founding President & CEO
Grimm Family Education Foundation

Sean McNally
Board Member

Chief Executive Officer

KBA Engineering

Barry L. Goldner

Board Member
Partner

Klein DeNatale Goldner

Jim Camp

Board Member

President

S.A. Camp Pump Company

Catie Grimm Gardiner
Board Member

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Advisory Council

David Franz
Education Partnership Director

City of Shafter

Patty Poire

Corporate and Public Affairs Grimmway

Keith Gardiner
President

Pacific Ag. Management

Sonya Christian
President

Bakersfield College

Mirna Sawyer
Professor

Cal State Northridge

Tricia Bland
LEAN Consulting

Sue Benham
Vice President

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation

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Nellie Duran
Professor

Cal State Northridge

Melissa Merida
Project Coordinator

Community Development Tejon Ranch

Kiyoshi Tomono
Vice President of Partnership

Adventist Health Bakersfield

Joe Colombo 
Vice President of Sales

Colombo Construction

Collaborators

MacKenzie Communications

mackenziesf.com

Panama Buena Vista Union
School District

pbvusd.k12.ca.us

Young, Minney & Corr, LLP

mycharterlaw.com

The Napa Group

napagroup.com

Kern County Superintendent
Of Schools

kern.org

 
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