welcome new board members Dorothy, Edward, Sean & MARNIE!
DOROTHY LAZARD
Dorothy Lazard is the former head librarian of the Oakland History Center (OHC), a research unit of the Oakland Public Library which serves (unofficially) as the city’s archives. During her twelve years at the OHC, Dorothy provided the community with quality reference service, interesting exhibits and public lectures, and blogs highlighting the history of Oakland and the East Bay. In this position she worked with students of all levels, college professors, novelists, real estate developers, filmmakers, artists, and genealogists. Before working at the Oakland Public Library, she managed two small campus libraries at UC Berkeley where she received her Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies in 1983. She also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College (Baltimore, MD).
Now retired, she has turned her attention to writing full-time. She writes regularly for the Oakland Heritage Alliance News. Her upcoming memoir, “What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World,” about growing up in San Francisco and Oakland in the 1960s and 1970s, will be published by Heyday Books in May 2023.
EDWARD HANNEMAN
Edward discovered the joy of after-school when his sixth grade teacher invited him to listen to music after class. Forty years later, while listening to the Oakland Youth Chorus, he was inspired and got involved. He served as OYC’s Board Secretary, and a year later, joined the East Bay Agency for Children's Board. Edward authored a successful Oakland Fund for Children and Youth grant proposal to bring music education back into Oakland Schools.
His OFCY involvement had a profound impact, which led Edward to seven years as a member of its Planning and Oversight Committee, in which he was active in all aspects of the commission's grant making. His advocacy for a school-based after-school initiative eventually resulted in its implementation.
Edward was a founding member of the Oakland Community After-Schools Alliance, serving as Chair for eight years. OCASA and its member organizations worked with the City to reauthorize OFCY, and mounted a successful electoral campaign to double OFCY funding. Edward served as the campaign treasurer.
A native New Yorker, Edward moved to California fifty years ago, and worked in the informations systems sector, designing, implementing, and managing complex computer-based business systems. He and his wife Anne have lived in Oakland since 1985. They swim four days a week and yearly attend about fifty music, opera, and dance performances.
SEAN MCCLUNG
Sean McClung is Head of School Success at XQ Institute, an organization dedicated to rethinking the high school experience. Early in his career he fell in love with the Oakland community of students and families he met while operating an after-school tutoring program and went on to become a substitute teacher in Oakland Unified. Many years later, after founding an international preschool in Beijing and teaching in New York and Denver, Sean returned to Oakland Unified as a New Leaders resident and served as principal of MetWest, a long-standing school partner of Chapter 510.
Sean grew up in San Jose. He earned a B.A. in English and Religion from Boston University, and his Ed.M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He lives in Oakland with his wife and son. On weekends you might find him running in Redwood Regional Park or visiting OMCA.
Marnie Webb
Marnie Webb has spent her career working with communities around the world to develop technology solutions that help them achieve their desired impact. Influenced by human centered design principles and methodologies from social work and international development, For more than 30 years, Marnie has been putting teams and solutions together that can create big impact.Marnie is the Chief Community Impact Officer for TechSoup and serves as the CEO of Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup. In addition to Chapter 510, she serves on the board of Safe Place International, a non-profit dedicated to the needs of LGBTQI refugees worldwide.
