Board of Trustees.

Victoria chairs GATE Academy's Board of Trustees and believes the school's inquiry-based model sets a national standard. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in molecular biochemistry and biophysics, and earned her JD from Harvard University. She clerked in Washington D.C. for the United States Tax Court and began her legal career assisting emerging technology companies with financing, mergers, acquisitions, and stock option plans. She served as managing partner of a Marin County law firm until retiring from active practice. She served on the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood of Marin, was selected for a statewide court/community planning initiative, and was twice named the Marin County Legal Aid Society's volunteer of the year. She chaired the Site Council for a local public elementary school, led the Mill Valley Planning Commission, founded a community organization rebuilding Mill Valley's steps and lanes system (securing $1M in funding), and served as treasurer for a county supervisor campaign. She was named Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year. Her son is a 2013 GATE graduate and PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, and her daughter is a summa cum laude UC Berkeley graduate.

A veteran educator with 24+ years of teaching experience, Doug Wick began teaching at age 18 for an SAT review service. He served as a graduate teaching assistant at Duke University and as science department chair at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. Currently, he teaches physics and engineering at Branson and co-directs the Branson Science Symposium. He holds undergraduate degrees in music and physics from Princeton and UT Austin, plus master's degrees in education and physics from UT and Duke. His professional interests include robotics with arduinos and digital manufacturing. His two daughters are GATE Academy graduates.

Xander works in People Development at Boeing in Seattle, WA. A beneficiary of accelerated and independent education himself, he brings a current student perspective to the board. He understands that meeting cognitive and social/emotional needs of academically gifted children requires peer grouping, acceleration, and inquiry-based learning. His experience spans leading entrepreneurship initiatives in Seattle public schools, teaching English in Japan, serving as a parliamentary assistant in Dublin, STEM program design at the Seattle Zoo, and UCLA on-campus housing leadership. He graduated from UCLA's Honors College with the highest departmental honors.

Steve Nielsen is a registered patent attorney specializing in mechanical, electrical engineering, optics, and medical device patents. He manages Nielsen Patents, a boutique patent prosecution firm in Marin. A UC Berkeley Boalt Hall graduate, he chaired the Marin County Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section and authored continuing legal education videos on patent prosecution, ethics, and bias elimination. A former GATE parent, he chaired the school's first finance committee and helped oversee technology upgrades. He holds a BS in Computer Science. His twin daughters now attend UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz.

Michael studied Biochemistry in Bayreuth, Germany, and earned his PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany. Following postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School, he established his own laboratory at UC Berkeley in 2006. He is currently a Professor and Head of the Division for Molecular Therapeutics and holds the Dr. K. Peter Hirth Chair in Cancer Biology at UC Berkeley. He is also an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Two of his children have attended GATE Academy.

Jill serves as an Administrative Law Judge for the San Francisco Rent Board, presiding over arbitrations and mediating rent control disputes. Her legal career began with international law interests, including work as an Associate Editor on the Michigan Journal of International Law and clerking for the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights in New York and the Free Legal Assistance Group in Manila, Philippines. She litigated employment cases at Farella Braun & Martel and served as Court Counsel to the Palau Supreme Court. For many years, she was a Deputy City Attorney in San Francisco, advising on labor and employment issues and drafting innovative minimum wage, sick leave, and health care laws. She holds a business administration degree from Michigan State University and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School. She has a daughter attending GATE.

Ashley is a tech entrepreneur and parent of two GATE students with a background in psychology and law. She focuses on ethical, inclusive design and healthy digital development. She has founded several award-winning technology companies acquired by Google, Pinterest, and others, including one of the most downloaded Apple Watch tools. Currently, she is developing an AI voice assistant rooted in human-centered design. Her experience spans product development, antitrust policy, and tech ethics. She played a key role in successful antitrust efforts affecting App Store policy and contributed to Senate subcommittees on big tech accountability. She is committed to protecting children's attention and development from adult-oriented digital practices and supports GATE's mission to foster critical thinking and healthy digital boundaries.