Davina Drabkin joined the board of trustees in 2010.  She and her husband have three children and Davina has been an active parent volunteer in Burlingame schools.  She has served on the District’s Strategic Planning Committee, volunteered as a yard supervisor for 6 years, organized bake sales, and helped at many school events including BIS’s Spring Fling and McKinley’s Harvest Festival.  Davina and her husband are ardent supporters of BCE, the District’s foundation.

 
Davina earned a BA in Psychology from U.C. Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.  She studied abroad in both Russia and Guatemala.  After graduating from U.C. Berkeley, she served as John Gardner Fellow in Public Service before working for a medical device consulting firm and then for Kaiser Permanente.  Davina currently develops curricular material for Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.  

Providing all of our children with a rigorous and well-rounded education in an encouraging environment is a top priority for Davina.  She is about to complete the Masters in Governance Program through the California School Boards Association and one of her favorite activities as a board member is getting out to visit schools.  She also serves on Peninsula Temple Sholom’s Religious School Committee, where she co-chaired the search for the current director and has co-chaired the parent organization.  Davina enjoys walking her two dogs and is working towards a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.