School Leadership

Sanjay Dholakia ’87, Chair, has strong family ties to Webb. His brother, Sameer Dholakia ’91, his wife, Melissa Barnes-Dholakia ’87, and his daughter, Maya ’21, are all alumni. Sanjay has “a keen sensitivity for what education can do.” He served on The Board of Trustees of Lighthouse Community Charter School in Oakland, and he and his family endowed Webb’s Pravina Dholakia Scholarship Fund. Sanjay received his BS in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He joined the Webb Board of Trustees in 2011, and has served as Chair since 2017. Sanjay started his career in management consulting at Andersen Consulting and McKinsey & Company. He spent his operating career building enterprise software companies, most recently serving as chief marketing officer at Marketo (Adobe). Currently, Sanjay serves as an independent board director and as an operating partner with private equity firm Warburg Pincus. As a trustee, Sanjay’s goal has always been to “help Webb become an institution that endures and thrives for centuries.”

Larry is an active and notable alumnus of the Class of 1970. An avid Peccary Man and great enthusiast of Ray Alf, Larry first met Ray when his summer peccary trip groups would shop at the Ashton store in Vernal, Utah. These meetings led the Ashtons to send their two boys, Larry ’70 and Michael ’67, to Webb. After graduating from Webb, Larry received his B.A. and MBA from the University of Utah. He is manager of Ashton Family, LLC in Salt Lake City, Utah. Larry joined the Alf Museum board in 1999 and was elected chairman in 2002. As chairman, there is never a moment when Larry is not promoting the museum. He has shepherded the Alf Museum through national re-accreditation, major exhibit hall renovations, and capital campaigns. He and his wife, Alicia, are stalwart supporters of the museum and the schools and work tirelessly on behalf of both.

Tammie is the principal and executive coach at The Brailsford Group, a company that supports executive leaders who want to fine-tune their leadership effectiveness and shape their organizational culture. Before founding her own company, Tammie served as COO for a number of major hospitals in the southern California region. Her husband, Paul, is an ophthalmologist who has been practicing for over 30 years. Tammie speaks passionately about how their son Matt '18 had a boarding experience at Webb that shaped his life and had a profound impact on their family. Tammie's passion to give back to Webb and to share the story of the transformative impact of living in a global boarding school community is powerful.

Jenna Gambaro ’95 is one of Vivian Webb School’s most committed and passionate alumnae. In 2010, she was elected to Webb’s Board of Trustees. Jenna earned her B.S. in business and marketing from Portland State University and her juris doctorate from Southwestern School of Law. Since 2004, she has been a business affairs executive in the Commercial Endorsement Department of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of The Point Foundation.

Jessica is an Account Manager at BetterUp, a coaching firm and is the Founder and CEO of Taavi, an online community-building organization for parents. After graduating from VWS, Jessica attended Wellesley College. She has been an active volunteer for Webb, serving on the Alumni Council as a reunion chair, and has hosted many events both at her home in San Francisco and at her parents’ home in Claremont. Jessica has two daughters, Ahna and Avya, and she just recently completed her service as Board Chair for her daughter’s preschool, Cow Hollow School.

Wendy Hornbuckle P ’19 immigrated from Great Britain and has lived in Las Vegas for 40 years. She attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and has had a thriving career in the hospitality industry. Over the past 15 years, she has been an highly active philanthropist and community leader in Southern Nevada. Wendy is a founding member of Nevada Women in Philanthropy Organization where she sits on the Executive Committee and has served as chair of several operating committees and is currently chair of Grant Monitoring. Wendy was also instrumental in passing Nevada’s most recent legislation on gun control, which impacted proper background checks for a safe Nevada. In November 2016, Wendy and her husband, Bill, made a leadership gift to Webb, establishing the Wendy and William Hornbuckle Family Endowment Scholarship Fund, targeting students of the Las Vegas Valley in hopes that they could attend Webb. Their son, Kristopher, is a graduate of the Class of 2019.

Naveen Jeereddi ’92 is the founder and CEO of Jeereddi Partners L.L.C., an event-oriented, value investment firm. He has over two decades of value-oriented experience financing, analyzing, and investing in public and private companies. Naveen has served in value investment roles at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), Onex Corporation, The Baupost Group L.L.C., and Tala Investments LP. He currently serves on the board of directors of Chandler Global PTE. Ltd, iDream Media Inc., and XPRS Capital LLC. He earned an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School and a BBA with high distinction from the University of Michigan. His older sister, Dr. Praveena Jeereddi ’90, is a graduate of Vivian Webb School. Naveen lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Amy, and their four children.

Sandra Lee Rebish ’88, M.D., is a board-certified dermatologist practicing in Upland, California, with her husband and fellow dermatologist, Jeffrey Rebish, M.D. Her sons attend WSC, Chance ’23, and Stratton ’24. Along with raising two boys and running a private practice, she has is a social media and television personality. With well over 10 million followers on social media platforms and over 3 billion views on her YouTube channel, she now has a successful and growing skincare line, SLMD Skin Care, a book, and a highly rated television series on TLC called Dr. Pimple Popper.

Kathy Chen Liu is an experienced TMT investor and capital allocator in Asia. She currently manages a family office in Singapore and previously worked at Allianz Global Investors and Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and New York. She is a strong Webb supporter. She has represented Webb at admission events in Singapore, where she currently lives with her husband, Yu Liu, and their three children. Kathy grew up in Diamond Bar, CA and graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Management Science and Engineering.

Dr. Rahmi Mowjood is the CEO of Cucamonga Valley Medical Group, where he specializes in family medicine. He is the vice chair of the Webb Board of Trustees and has served on the board since 2017. Prior to becoming a trustee, Dr. Mowjood was the President of the Alumni Council at Webb. He has served in many other volunteer capacities, including Reunion Chair, Junior Career Evening speaker, as a member of the Medical Advisory Board, and many more. 

Andrew M. Pan is the Managing Director, Head of China Business and Strategy at East West Bank (NASDAQ: EWBC), the largest publicly listed independent bank headquartered in Southern California. Based in Pasadena, East West Bank is a global full-service commercial bank today with over $72 billion. Its 3,000+ employees serve more than 550,000 customers worldwide. S&P Global Market Intelligence and Bank Director ranked East West as the #1 Performing Bank in 2023. Mr. Pan’s major responsibilities at the bank are developing and implementing China strategies, U.S.-China cross-border business development, and providing support on China affairs. He is a board member of East West Bank (China) Limited and also oversees the bank’s Representative Offices located in Beijing, Chongqing, Xiamen, and Guangzhou, as well as the bank’s Greater China correspondent banking relationships.

Before joining East West Bank, Mr. Pan was the Chief Representative of the Los Angeles/New York based North American Representative Office of Shenzhen, China (NAROS), which is a bilateral trade and investment promotion office of Shenzhen, China. Mr. Pan was the primary official contact of the City of Shenzhen in North America for more than 10 years. Prior to NAROS, Mr. Pan served as different titles at various city government agencies in Shenzhen, China.

Mr. Pan received a Master of Economics from Shanghai University of Economics and Finance, and Bachelor of Economics from Institute of International Relations, Beijing. He is currently the President of the National Association of Chinese American Bankers (NACAB) and an advisory board member of the World Trade Center Los Angeles (WTCLA). He is also a board member of the UC Riverside School of Business Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) and a trustee at The Webb Schools. Additionally, he serves as a Board Member and Vice President of the Chinese American CEO Organization, as well as a Board Member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Temple Station Foundation.

Miles Rosedale has served as CEO of Monrovia Growers, one of the world's largest producers of container-grown plants, with more than 2,000 different varieties. Founded in 1926, the company has introduced hundreds of patented plants and produces more than 22 million plants each year at its nurseries in six locations in five states. Mr. Rosedale began his first term on the board in 1985 and has served Webb faithfully as a Reunion Chair, member of the Alumni Council, Campaign Cabinet, and many more.

Theresa Smith, Ph.D. holds a Bachelor of Arts in history with a minor in Spanish from UC Berkeley, a Master of Arts in history from UC San Diego, and a Ph.D. in history from UC San Diego with focuses in early modern European history, modern European history and colonial Latin American history. She is the author of The Emerging Female Citizen: Gender & Enlightenment in Spain, published by UC Press in 2006. Dr. Smith has over 20 years of experience leading innovative educational programs. She became Assistant Head of Schools in 2017 and Associate Head of Schools in 2020.

Dr. Wendin Smith joined the Webb Board of Trustees in 2017. She currently serves as the Associate Administrator for Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. In this capacity, she is responsible for countering nuclear terrorism and proliferation, and for preparing for and responding to nuclear or radiological accidents and incidents worldwide. Previously, she served as Security Policy Director within the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division at NATO's Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. In separate government roles, she has served the U.S. Special Operations Command, as well as the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. She has also deep experience in the private sector, including in founding and operating consulting firms that supported customers across the federal government. In 2017, the Office of the Secretary of Defense recognized her with the Dept. of Defense's Exceptional Public Service Award. Dr. Smith is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received her Ph.D. and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, fluent in Russian, and conversational in German.

Jordan Taylor is the Managing Partner at Kwontified, where he leverages his expertise in digital marketing and search engine optimization to provide guidance to fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brands as they navigate the Amazon platform to grow their online businesses in the US and internationally. Mr. Taylor received his bachelor’s degree in government and economics from Cornell University and his juris doctor from Notre Dame Law School. He has been a member of the Webb Board of Trustees since 2021 and previously served as Vice President of the Alumni Council, Reunion Chair, and Junior Career Evening speaker.

Lance Williams is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the LanMar Fund, a charitable fund that supports endangered species conservation projects such as Kenya-based “Save The Elephants.” Lance is the former vice president of the Fred B. Snite Foundation, a charity that supports societal, religious, and medical causes. Prior to his role at LanMar, he worked for 8 years as the Merchandising and Partnerships Director for Conde Nast Traveler. Prior to joining The Webb Schools Board of Trustees, Mr. Williams served as a trustee of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology.