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Peter Hanley
President (Term 2018-2022)
Mr. Hanley has been on the San Mateo Union High School District Board since December 2001. He has utilized his extensive entrepreneurial leadership experience to promote, create, support, and replicate high quality schools and increase families’ access to them. In 2007 he founded the California Charter Schools Association’s Oakland Charter School Collaborative and later led the American Center for School Choice for six years. He received his M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University and his B.A. in political science from the University of Oregon. He also earned a Master in Governance from the California School Boards Association. He is a resident of San Mateo.
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Linda Lees Dwyer
Vice President (Term 2018-2022)
Linda Lees Dwyer was first elected to the San Mateo Union High School District Board in November of 2005. She served on the Burlingame Elementary School Board from 2000-2005. She and her husband are the parents of 5 SMUHSD graduates, hosted 3 foreign exchange high school students who attended our schools and are currently foster parents to a high school student at one of our schools.
Ms. Dwyer is an attorney with a firm in San Francisco. She graduated from Indiana University School of Law, where she served as a graduate assistant in school law. She is an avid supporter of district sports and the fine and performing arts.
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Greg Land
Clerk (Term 2020-2024)
Mr. Land has been on the San Mateo Union High School District Board since December 2015 and before his service on the SMUHSD Board he served on the Burlingame Elementary School Board. He has been an educator for all of his professional life, as a Teacher, Assistant Principal and currently the Principal, Santa Rita School, Los Altos. Mr. Land grew up in Southern California and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. He and his family reside in Burlingame.
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Ms. Ligia Andrade Zúñiga
Trustee (Term 2020-2024)
Ligia Andrade Zúñiga, M.P.A. believes that education opens the path to opportunity. She has dedicated her focus on educating, advocating for, and empowering individuals with disabilities and young people of color around higher education, reproductive health rights, civil rights, and disability justice. For over 20 years she has served on many commissions, boards, and committees such as the San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of San Mateo County, San Mateo County Health Commission, California State Independent Living Council, and the San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities. Ligia holds a Bachelor's Degree in Human Services with an emphasis in Administration and Counseling, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California. Ligia is a parent of two graduates of the SMUHSD and resides in San Mateo.
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Robert H. Griffin
Trustee (Term 2018-2022)
Robert H. Griffin has been on the board since January 1996. Mr. Griffin believes that education is the key to equality and has focused his attention on meeting the needs of all students. Prior to joining the school board he volunteered in the classroom through Junior Achievement and has been active in local volunteer organizations all his life.
Mr. Griffin is managing partner of Williams, Adley & Company, LLP. He has practiced public accounting for over 30 years. He graduated from the University of San Francisco with a BS in Accounting and obtained his CPA license in 1981. He completed the CSBA Master of Boardsmanship Program in 1997.
Mr. Griffin is a proud graduate of San Mateo High School and was born, raised and educated in San Mateo. He and his family reside in San Mateo.
