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.
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.
Foundation Staff
Barbara Grimm Marshall
Founder and CEO
RJ Valentino
President
Evelyn Steed
Office Manager
Kelly Atkinson
Edible Schoolyard
Executive Director
Rick Phillips
Fiscal Manager
Tech Manager & Support
John Vidaurreta
Edible Schoolyard
Garden Programs Manager
Raj Cheshire
Edible Schoolyard
Operations Coordinator + Mobile Kitchen Classroom Teacher
Sara Sullivan
Grant Writer
Hannah Bucher
Kitchen Programs Manager
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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
Collaborators
MacKenzie Communications
Panama Buena Vista Union
School District
Young, Minney & Corr, LLP
The Napa Group
Kern County Superintendent
Of Schools
