2024/2025 Executive Board Of Directors

  • Kathy Kimberlin, President

    Kathy has supported and served on the FEF board for over 10 years, committed and passionate to strengthen the FEF Mission Statement through activities and outreach.

    Her interest in community volunteerism began when her boys went through FUSD. She found it important to teach her children, and lead by example, that it makes a difference to be involved in your community. Some other community ties over the last almost 30 years, may be found in her service as President of the Centerville Business & Community Association, President of Fremont Rotary Club, City of Fremont Government Affairs Committee, Fremont 4th of July Board and Citizens for Better Community board member.

    Her experience with nonprofits over the years helped her see how important it is when nonprofits support each other. This inspired Kathy to work with two other woman who founded the Tri-City Nonprofit Coalition 3 years ago to help nonprofits meet their respective missions with resources, education and connectivity.

    By day, she enjoys her work as Field Director for Alameda County Supervisor D1-David Haubert.

    In between these community service opportunities, she thoroughly enjoys traveling and hiking with her husband.

  • Cindy Bonior, Treasurer

    As President of the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Cindy has been an advocate for local business and the community to maintain a thriving community. She has coordinated workshops for local non profits, as well as connecting them for potential opportunities with the annual Leadership Fremont program. Cindy has been a long time FEF Associate Board member and supporter.

  • Linda Dewlaney, Secretary

    Linda began volunteering in our community in 1998, starting with her days as “the Snack Bar Lady” for local Fremont youth baseball and basketball leagues. She went on to serve on various board positions with those non-profit organizations. She has served the PTAs at Brier Elementary, Walters Jr. High, and John F. Kennedy High School, from which her son graduated in 2009. Her PTA experience includes leadership positions at the unit, council, district, and state level. She is an advocate for the arts and physical fitness as integral parts of public education.

    Linda has also enjoyed being a host parent for international college students attending Ohlone College and San Jose State University. She is a proud member of the League of Women Voters of Fremont/Newark/Union City, and Soroptimist International of Fremont.

2024/2025 Board Of Directors

  • Robert Hou

  • Zia Oboodiyat

  • Keith Parker

  • Michael Rivera

    FUDTA Representative/ASB Program Manager

  • Anusha Vaidyanathan

  • Allyson Wong

    Student Board Member

More About Our Board

  • Robert has extensive experience developing large, complex software products for mission-critical applications for some of the most demanding customer in the world. He says he loves to work on hard problems!

    His children attended FUSD schools and are now grown. He spent countless hours volunteering at the school’s his children attended, and has served on several FUSD committees as a community representative.

    Roberts served as a team volunteer with the Fremont Unified Student Store (FUSS) coordinating math clubs, talent shows and summer fairs programs. FEF is fortunate to have him newly on board!

  • Father to a son (Nathan) and daughter (Natalie)

    Zia has a BS in electrical engineering and an MS in Management and Organizational Development. He worked 36 years in Aerospace Industries

    Founder & CEO Special Need Children Center Inc.

    Authored 4books promoting positive use of human attributes and utilizing ability to dream, imagine and creatively think to achieve the possible and explore the process to make impossible possible.

    Zia believes that love is the foundation of life.

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  • …is a Fremont teacher with almost twenty years of experience teaching at the elementary level. He is also a product of Fremont Unified School District and a lifelong Fremont resident.

    He has been very involved in our After School Band Program since he joined the F.E.F. board, because of his lifelong passion for music education.

  • Anusha is a passionate advocate for women empowerment, education, and believes in community engagement and paying it forward.

    She serves as a parent representative on the school site council and is the internship chair at Mission San Jose High.

    By profession, she is a product management leader in cybersecurity and has been in the technology industry for 20+ years. She is also a part-time venture capitalist, helping early stage startups grow. She loves dancing a

    nd hiking and runs a Pacer walking challenge group to encourage neighbors and friends to walk 100 miles a month.

  • Allyson is a Fremont high school honor student and a nationally ranked and titled chess player.

    In 2020, she co-founded FEMchess.org, a student-led 501c3 nonprofit foundation that coaches local and underprivileged young girls to learn and compete in chess. In 2022, Allyson raised funds from the US Chess Chess Federation and US Women Chess to support at-risk youth, partnering with Fremont Unified School District to provide free chess lessons to the McKinney-Vento unhoused girls.

    As Founder-President of Kids Against Hunger Club in her high school, Allyson led her school community to raise $20,000, hosting two public meal-packing events involving over 400 volunteers from eighteen schools. The community packed over 80,000 meals to support the local community and Ukraine refugees. She has been serving as a youth ministry leader teacher since 7th grade.

  • Associate Members

    Dave Bonaccorsi

    Desrie Campbell

    Dirk Lorenz

    Sumi Okuda

    Sandi Pantages

    Dr. Raj Salwan

    Sherri Swinney

    Emily Thomas

    Roopa Malavally

  • Honorary Members

    Anu Natarajan