Jason Morimoto is a finance executive and a parent of two children attending Las Lomitas Elementary School District.  He has a long track record of serving in leadership roles for education-related organizations as well as volunteering in his local community. 

Jason is a strong advocate for both K-12 and higher education. His board experience includes the University of California Board of Regents as well as serving as President of the Cal Alumni Association at UC Berkeley. In his local community, Jason is an AYSO soccer coach, an Alpine Little League coach and serves on the Las Lomitas PTA Board as Treasurer.

Jason has held executive positions at both hyper growth and large cap technology companies in addition to investment banking.  He is currently Head of Product FP&A at ServiceNow. Most recently, he worked in Corporate FP&A at HP Inc. and was previously HP's Head of Mobility Business Development.

Prior to HP, Jason served as an investment banker in Citigroup's Global Technology Investment Banking group.  He has also worked in Citigroup's Mergers and Acquisitions and Latin America groups in addition to the Global Capital Markets group at Morgan Stanley.

Jason will bring financial oversight to the school district's budget, one of the core responsibilites of a School Board.  He has experience in both budget planning as part of his day job as well as overseeing budgets as a Board member.    

Jason believes in spending time in the community to directly hear and solicit comments.  As a School Board member, he plans to hold regular coffee chats with the community.     

He is also focused on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. During his time as Board President for the California Alumni Association (CAA), many new scholarships, alumni groups, and campus partnerships were established to support these initiatives.  Jason also served on the Basic Needs subcommittee for the University of California, Board of Regents.   

Dr. Jody Leng is a practicing physician anesthesiologist and a proud parent of two 4th and 5th grade daughters in the Las Lomitas Elementary School District. She plans to utilize her medical background to help the school with pandemic related issues, and develop a new strategic plan for the coming years. 

She completed medical school at the University of Miami, and her Anesthesiology residency and Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine (RAAPM) fellowship at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. She is currently a staff anesthesiologist at the Hospital for Veterans Affairs (VA) in Palo Alto, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology (affiliated) at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. She holds leadership roles as the Director of Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine at the Palo Alto VA, Co-Director of Anesthesiology Resident Wellness at Stanford, and Associate Program Director of the Stanford RAAPM Fellowship. Prior to medical school, she earned a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.

Beginning in February 2020, Dr. Leng was instrumental in helping develop and implement new safety protocols to ensure the safety of anesthesiologists, who routinely perform invasive aerosolizing procedures. Her work has been utilized for Continuing Medical Education at Stanford, and accepted for presentation at the upcoming 2020 Annual Society for Anesthesiologists Virtual Annual Meeting.

Since May 2020, Dr. Leng has served on the Las Lomitas Elementary School District Pandemic Recovery Committee to help plan the reopening of the schools for both virtual and in-person learning. She has worked on the development of the virtual classroom curriculum/schedule, planning for COVID testing for teachers and students, health screenings, and additional safe practices once school reopens in person. Along with the LLESD Superintendent, Dr. Polito, she has helped keep lines of communication open between the committee and concerned parents.

Having worked with patients since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, Dr. Leng understands what it takes to maintain safety on a daily basis, while striving to help people feel comfortable in this new normal environment. Even after a safe vaccine is approved, it will take months for schools to return back to normal, and perhaps some new practices should continue into the future. She plans to help the school make safe decisions going forward.

In addition, the LLESD School Governing Board is just beginning a new strategic planning process. If elected, Dr. Leng will develop an impactful plan that will help future Las Lomitas/La Entrada elementary and middle school students. Having worked on Quality Improvement in the hospital setting, she aims to establish a continuous process so that any goals set will have regular evaluation and enhancement.

In particular, she would like to prioritize equity as part of the district's strategic plan, in order to provide a diverse educational atmosphere for the Las Lomitas and La Entrada children and community.

I received a Bachelors in Studio Art at Franklin & Marshall College. I value arts education and the opportunity for kids to learn valuable skills in problem solving and creative thinking through hands-on learning.

Later, I obtained a JD/MBA from Santa Clara University.  The JD taught me the power of law and policy; while the MBA program was about collaboration - team learning and achievement.  My career began as an employment lawyer where I helped companies and employees resolve highly charged conflicts positively.  In each of my career roles, I acquired skills in crisis management, including working on a core team leading my employers COVID-19 return to work strategy

As a legal executive; I lead teams that ensure our company’s practices are ethical and lawful and that we have systems and processes in place to protect people and their data.  I serve as a liaison to our board of directors, risk committee and am active in leading and supporting our company’s diversity efforts.

I sit on a global non-profit board focused on food security.  I understand the importance of school meal programs and the impact of hunger on children’s ability to learn and thrive at school.

As a Las Lomitas School Board member I will apply my creative problem solving and crisis management skills to issues facing our district.  I will ensure that we continue to hire high-caliber teachers and we don’t lose sight of arts education as we navigate the pandemic.  I will work with parents, fellow Board members and staff to ensure all voices are heard and incorporated. Finally, I will help LL prepare for what is next - both fiscally and academically - as we build the district strategy for the next five years.

This election is on the heels of a difficult year, a global health pandemic and the unveiling at-scale of racial inequality in our country.  There is no school district that could have been prepared for the dramatic changes and uncertainty we faced this year.  My skills and experience make me well qualified to work collaboratively and bring thoughtful solutions to the problems we face as a district.

I am a 15-year resident in the district and my children both attended Las Lomitas and now attend La Entrada.  We have benefited from the incredible teachers and staff in our district and their focus - not only our children’s learning, but their social and emotional development as well.