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Published on: 11/1/2005
Last Visited: 4/22/2008
Rita Schreiber Joins SEED Foundation Board
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Rita Schreiber joined the SEED Foundation Board of Directors in October.She brings almost 20 years of experience as a psychologist and learning specialist.Her work has focused on individual psychotherapy with children and adults, parent counseling and remediation with children who have learning disabilities.With her late husband Toby, she co-founded the Educational Promise Foundation, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to providing educational, mentoring, and support services to poor, inner-city children, and young adults.She is also a member of the San Francisco Summerbridge advisory board,a program that, in conjunction with University High School in San Francisco, selects students for scholarships at private, college-preparatory high schools,and serves on the board of the San Francisco Jewish Museum.
Schreiber and her husband funded SEED's replication initiative in the San Francisco Bay Area, a project with which Rita has been actively involved in for the past two years.She is excited to share her lessons from that work as SEED examines expansion opportunities in other areas of the country.
Board Chairman Rajiv Vinnakota commented, "We are thrilled to have Rita join the board, where her experience in education and child development will be an invaluable addition.