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BOARD / FOUNDERS
Board Candidate Application
GICS was started by a group of 11 founding parents
and is now governed by its Board of Trustees.
FOUNDING GROUP
Frank Beuthin
Frank Beuthin is a vice president in the Los Angeles branch office of Willis, a global insurance brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. Mr. Beuthin has over 15 years experience in the "Fortune 500, Private 250" corporate insurance arena in Europe and the US. He holds a business degree from the Technische Universitat, Berlin. He is married, has two young daughters and is also the head coach of the two-time US Champion Los Angeles Soccer Club.
Kami Cotler
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kami Cotler attended the University of California at Berkeley, where she graduated with a degree in Social Sciences and received her Single Subject English Credential with CLAD. Ms. Cotler has worked as a teacher and administrator, most recently serving as co-director of Ocean Charter School. Ms. Cotler now works as an educational consultant.
Luci Fowers
Ms. Fowers is currently the Chief Education Officer and has previously served as the Principal of Albert Einstein Academies. In 2007 she was elected as the Charter Principal of the year by the CCSA. Ms. Fowers has also worked as an elementary school teacher for 9 years. She earned a Masters of Arts with a Focus on: Curriculum and Instruction Development from the San Diego State University in 2000.
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Jose Gonzalez
Jose was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He earned a B.Arch. from the Southern California Institute of Architecture and M.Arch from UCLA. Mr. Gonzalez operates his own design firm, providing design services for commercial and residential projects. Mr. Gonzalez is also an inventor currently marketing a patented product aimed at solving Third World housing crises. Mr. Gonzalez lives in Mar Vista, California, with his wife and their two children.
John D. Mora
John is a writer/producer of documentary television programs. His work has been featured on networks such as the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, The Learning Channel and Court TV. Mr. Mora was born and raised in Los Angeles, attending public schools in Mar Vista, Culver City and Beverly Hills. He has a BA from Princeton University where he majored in philosophy, focusing on political theory. Mr. Mora lives in Inglewood, California, with his wife and two daughters.
Elke Miller
Elke holds a bachelor’s degree in international public relations and marketing, a German Diploma in business communication and languages (German and English). Ms. Miller is currently the finance manager of System Technical Support Corporation, the owner/founder of KindergartenLA and the chair/founder of the Goethe International Charter School initiative. Miller is a member of the West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and board member of the Goethe Institute of Los Angeles. Ms. Miller lives in Venice, California, with her husband and two daughters.
Kirsten Paul
Kirsten operations and business management experience allowed her to facilitate projects worldwide including in Europe (Germany) and Africa (Malawi and Senegal). Most recently, Ms. Paul served as the senior program manager at the Annenberg Center for Communication's Institute for Multimedia Literacy at the University of Southern California. Ms. Paul holds a Master's Degree in Third World Development Policy from the University of Bielefeld, Germany. She lives in Venice with her husband and two young children.
Bernhard Baumgartner
Bernhard Baumgartner has a background in graphic design and a master’s degree in architecture. After several years as an architect for various firms, he founded his own company in 1989. His professional work consists mostly of residential housing projects and mixed-use projects in Switzerland for a variety of private, public and governmental clients.
Renate Craft
Holding a master’s degree in business, Ms. Craft was a top sales executive for British Midland, World Airways and Continental Airlines. She is today a real estate agent for Bankers Realty, Beverly Hills. Ms. Craft has been strongly involved in the German community in Los Angeles and is a board member of Friends Of Goethe at the Goethe Institute of Los Angeles.
Johannes R. Fisslinger
Johannes has been passionately involved in alternative healing methods and integrative medicine for 20 years. Mr. Fisslinger is founder of Inneractive Inc. He is a licensed NLP, Timeline and Hypno Therapy master practitioner and trainer and META-Medicine Consultant. Mr. Fisslinger is currently president of the International Meta-Medicine Association and the Heal Breast Cancer Foundation. Mr. Fisslinger spends every free minute with his 6-year-old son Alessandro and lives in Marina del Rey, California.
Natalie Kurtz
Natalie completed veterinarian studies in Austria and postdoctoral work at UCLA. She currently focuses on research at Medtronic Minimed where she dedicates her time and passion to finding a cure for diabetes in children and adults. Natalie lives in Culver City, California, with her husband Markus and their two children. A passion for nature, animals and environment is an important part of their lives.
Karin Shaw
Born and raised in Germany, Karin also studied and worked in France, obtaining the French Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Européennes de Management as well as the German degree Diplom-Betriebswirt in the International Management and Business Program in Reims, France, and Reutlingen, Germany. Ms. Shaw is currently director of training for ACT! Accent Gold database business. Prior to that, she worked for ten years as a senior conference manager for the largest German provider of executive training programs. Married, she loves being a mom to Tim and David.
Anne-Christine Wille
Anne-Christine was born in Berlin, Germany. She received a degree as certified commercial correspondent in French and English in 1986 and holds a M.A. in communication science from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. Since 1995 she has been an executive assistant and a project coordinator in corporate strategy at Bayer Schering Pharma, a global pharmaceuticalcorporation in Berlin, Germany. Currently Ms. Wille is the west coast distributor for LIKEaBIKE, the renowned German engineered pushbike for children. She is married to Andreas Wille and has 2 sons.
The Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees composition consists of nine voting members who
will focus on governing and supporting the school's core values and
mission. Of these nine trustees, seven are appointed and two will be
elected after the school begins operation. The additional two members
will be parent representative seats who will be elected in an open
election by members of the GICS Parents' Association
Six members currently represent the Board of Trustees. The names of
the board members are:
• Elke Miller, President
• Frank Beuthin, Treasurer and Vice President
• Kirsten Paul, Secretary and Vice President
• Kami Cotler, Education
• Jose Gonzalez, Community Outreach
The Board of Trustees is currently seeking the seventh appointed Board
member to add to the diversity of the board and to strengthen its
educational expertise. Until such person will have been recruited the
president will have two votes to avoid possible ties.
the Board of Trustees provides external accountability, oversight and
guidance to ensure the school's ongoing success. It meets monthly to
review GICS achievements
The board and principal have initiated the formation of the following
committees.
Committee Information:
Names of committees, roles, responsibilities, etc.
Future Board Meeting Schedule
03/03/09 at 7PM
04/07/09 at 7PM
05/12/09 at 7PM - (Please note, second Tuesday of the month)
06/02/09 at 7PM
07/07/09 at 7PM
Meeting Minutes
GICS-BOARD_MEETING-02-17-09
GICS-BOARD_MEETING-02-04-09
GICS-BOARD_MEETING-12-02-08
GICS-BOARD_MEETING-10-07-08
GICS-BOARD_MEETING-09-23-08
GICS-BOARD_MEETING-08-14-08
GICS-BOARD_MEETING-08-05-08
GICS-BOARD_MEETING-07-16-08
GICS-BOARD_MEETING-07-08-08
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