Advisory Board

Mary Jane Burke began her career in education in Marin County. She held a wide variety of positions, including Instructional Assistant in Special Education, Teacher, Principal, Special Education Director, Assistant Superintendent, and Deputy Superintendent. In 1994, Mary Jane was elected to serve as the Marin County Superintendent of Schools and served for 28 years in that role.

Mary Jane believes in the importance of providing equitable educational opportunities for ALL children from birth to adulthood. She believes that doing so requires strong partnerships with businesses, local government, law enforcement, and community organizations.

Mary Jane is proud of her work developing community partnerships that improve programs and services related to safety, wellness, special education, early childhood education, college and career readiness and developing our teacher workforce. She currently sits on several boards of trustees including Dominican University of California, Dominican Sisters Charitable Trust, WestEd, EdSource, The Civics Center, Brewster West Foundation, the IBIS Group, and is a Consultant and Advisory Board Member to the UCSF Dyslexia Center’s Multitudes Project.