Candidate for
Board Member; Redwood City School District

Alisa MacAvoy has been a Redwood City School District Board Trustee since 2007. She is currently Vice President of the School Board. She has served as Board President and on numerous District committees including, Policy, Wellness, Homework, Call to Action, Grade Configuration/ Enrollment, Parcel Tax Feasibility, Local Control Accountability Plan, Strategic Plan, and Community Outreach. She is on the Redwood City 2020 Leadership team.

Alisa is also involved with education policy with San Mateo County and in the State. She has served as the San Mateo County School Boards Association Board President for two years and Vice President for two years. She is currently serving as the Immediate Past President. She is also a Delegate to the CA School Boards Association and has served on the Legislative committee and Nominating committee. She also was on the Environmental Literacy Advisory committee which recently produced a Blueprint for Environmental Literacy for the State of CA.

Alisa advocates for education, especially for adequate and consistent funding, with all of our partners, including business groups, parent organizations, locally elected officials, state and federal officials, non-profit organizations and community groups.

Alisa enjoys spending time at all 16 school sites and values our teachers, staff, parents, community and students.

She is the Peninsula Open Space Trust Skyline Committee Chair and a Redwood City Woman's Club member. She is a former Family Connections Board Member and is currently on Family Connection's Advisory Board. She is the former Clifford School PTO Board President, Carlmont Parents Nursery School Board President and Vice President and Little Hands Board President and Vice President. She was on the Clifford and North Star Academy Site Councils prior to joining the School Board. She has volunteered for years in the schools helping with math, art, field trips, special events, science and more.

Alisa worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for years as both an engineer and manager. She managed hazardous waste site clean-ups, watershed protection programs in multiple states, pollution prevention programs for the entire Region, and the sustainable agriculture team.

She holds a B.S. and M.S. from Stanford University in the Civil Engineering Department with an environmental and energy planning emphasis. She also completed the California School Boards Masters in Governance training.

Alisa lives in Redwood City with her husband and two girls who both attend their local Redwood City public schools.