Our Team

Leaders & Innovators at Our Award-Winning San Francisco Schools

C5 Children’s School provides leadership in the fields of early care, learning, and development as an innovator in using and creating world-class best practices in working with children, their families, our staff, and the broad community. Learn more about the leaders and staff at our San Francisco schools.

C5 Board of Directors

  • Sarah Gawley – President
  • Jill Targonski – Vice President
  • David Zellhart – Secretary
  • Cathy Rivlin – Treasurer
  • Asako McGee – Ex Officio
  • Linda Delgado
  • Shanna Kim
  • Keiko Murayama
  • Yoko Takada
  • Elena Kim
  • Erica Maybaum

Administrative Team

Asako McGee

Executive Director /
Director of Operations

Jarrod Rondeau

Director of
Organizational Development

Lilian Del Mundo


Office Manager

Amanda Ingleby


SFPUC Site Supervisor

Josh Berkowitz

Permit Building Site Supervisor /
Head Teacher

Isabella Hill


Curriculum Advisor

Consultants and
Services to C5

Here are some other marvelous people who work closely with our program outside of our regular staff:

Chris Parsons – Of Parsons Hosting, as the Director of Engineering and Support, works with us in hosting our websites and providing expertise on Internet security and resources for ongoing development and improvements.

The Postcard Agency – With Jonathan Ochart in the lead, and his team, has helped us to develop this new Public Website beginning in the fall 2022. 

SCubed Corporation — Has helped C5 develop prototypes for our websites and other technologies and has maintained our URLs and server systems for many years.

Michelle Kemper Verplaetse — She is our Consulting Occupational Therapist with over 20 years of experience and specializes in early childhood assessments and interventions. She also provides services to the Children’s Health Council in Palo Alto, Early Head Start in San Francisco, and the San Francisco Council of Parent Participation Nursery Schools.

Kathy Wharton — She has been our program seamstress for over 15 years. She has helped us with tablecloths for the children’s dining tables, pillow covers, projection screens, divider panels, scarves for music and movement, dramatic play costumes, puppets for our Festival of Learning Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, and a wealth of other items.

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