Candidate for
Board Member; Cardiff Elementary School District

DAVID AGRAN M.Ed

"AN INVOLVED PARENT COMMITTED TO EDUCATING CARDIFF KIDS!"

1619 Summit Ave. Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA 92007 (760) 310-6869 dagran@sbcglobal.net

INVOLVEMENT IN CARDIFF SCHOOL DISTRICT

David has two children at Cardiff Schools: a daughter in second grade at Cardiff and a son in fourth grade at Ada Harris.

2002 to Present: CARDIFF EDUCATION FOUNDATION:

Served as President, Past President and Board Member responsible for Leadership gifts and major donors. The CEF is a non-profit 501.c3 organization that has raised nearly $500,000 since 2002 in support of Cardiff Schools. The mission of CEF is to support Cardiff Schools in providing educational opportunities in the areas of Science, Computer Technology, Physical Education, Spanish, Music and the Arts.

2000 to 2003 SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL:

Served as Chairman, Vice Chairman and Committee member. Involved in allocation of money, School Site Plan and other general business.

2002 - 2003 BASIC AID TASKFORCE:

Served as Inter-district Transfer member of this Task Force responsible for studying issues, exploring options and making recommendations to the School Board as to the options and best direction to meet the educational needs of Cardiff residents balanced with and honoring the significant contributions of Cardiff's IDT's. This challenge surfaced due to the district's changing State funding status from "Revenue Limited" to "Basic Aid" as regulated by the State.

2000 to 2001 SCHOOL BUDGET COMMITTEE:

Served as committee member to address concerns and draft recommendations for budget priorities during anticipated budget shortfall.

2000 to Present: INVOLVED PARENT:

Active parent on field trips, Ice Cream Social, in the classroom, during Holiday Food drives etc.

EDUCATION

University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 1995: M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, with Business emphasis

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 1984: B.A., Economics, with Science and Experiential Education emphases

AFFILIATIONS

• Cardiff Education Foundation: past-President & Board Member
• San Elijo Lagoon
• Cardiff Friends of the Library
• Cardiff Town Council

David has significant experience as an organization effectiveness and process improvement facilitator for hi-tech, manufacturing, educational and non-profit organizations. His strengths are in Leadership Development, program development/management, executive coaching, assessment, team facilitation, working collaboratively and delivering results. David's strengths are founded in his excellent communication skills, task-focused dependability and commitment to success.

• Leadership & Management Development
• International Experience
• Executive Assessment & Coaching
• Process Improvement
• Organization and Team Development
• Business Strategy
• ERP and Change Management Projects
• Executive & Teambuilding Retreats

• Leadership Development and Management Development
• Training, Facilitation, Project Management & Problem Solving,
• Executive Coaching & Teambuilding

• Established Cayenta's SNAP requirements gathering program.
• Managed and facilitated technical requirements gathering workshops with clients.
• Facilitated sales and marketing discovery sessions with clients.
• Leadership team responsible for Cayenta ERP infrastructure selection and implementation project.
• Established project methodology and designed SNAP training class for Cayenta University.

• Project manager of Change Management and Leadership Development strategies worldwide.
• Provided process facilitation for International Operations and Customer Services organizations. Finance and Information Technology, Organization Development Manager Member of the CFO's staff, provided leadership and facilitation in areas of strategic planning, annual work agenda development, executive coaching, training assessment, succession planning, teambuilding and performance management for the worldwide Finance Organization and Corporate ERP Initiative.
• Provided needs assessment, strategy design and coaching to new CIO.
• Worldwide ERP visioning facilitation, communications and change management.
• Employee survey administration, analysis, prioritization and action planning.

• Provided executive coaching and team building for Managing Director and staff.
• Provided and sourced training and development based upon Employee Survey Action Planning Process outcomes.
• Supported European HR Development projects.

• Served as an internal Baldrige assessor leading to Solar's 1998 Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award win.
• Program manager for the worldwide employee satisfaction survey, and DDI's "Targeted Selection" interviewing skills program.

• Lead trainer/facilitator and feedback coach for dynamic three to six-day leadership development programs.
• Generated contract program sales, provided needs assessment, design and delivery of training.
• Managed staffing, safety, design and delivery of outdoor experiential learning modules.

• Marketing, sales, design, delivery and evaluation of leadership and team building Professional Development programs.
• Senior facilitator led 4 -23 day outdoor experiential trips for executives, adults, teens and children.

NATURE'S CLASSROOM, Thompson Island, Massachusetts 1984-1985 Outdoor Science Specialist Responsible for teaching intensive, experiential science to fourth to sixth grade students attending week long classes. Thompson Island is a 140 acre natural island in Boston Harbor and served children from public and private schools throughout New England.