Anthony joined the Board in 2021. He and his wife, Desiree Carva­jal, and their daugh­ters, Francesca ​‘26 and Zoe (currently attend­ing a Meher Montes­sori School) joined the Waverly commu­nity in 2020. Anthony serves as Board Secre­tary and as a member of the Devel­op­ment, DEI, and Finance commit­tees. He is a licensed clin­i­cal social worker with expe­ri­ence in commu­nity mental health, serving people with severe and persis­tent mental illnesses. In the past 27 years, Anthony has held direct service and manage­r­ial roles and is currently a Program Manager with Los Angeles County Depart­ment of Mental Health Contract Manage­ment and Monitoring Division. 

Jessica joined the Board in 2019 and serves as the Board Vice Chair and as a member of the Exec­u­tive, Compen­sa­tion, Audit, Devel­op­ment, Finance, and Strate­gic Plan­ning and Advance­ment commit­tees. Jessica has been in the music and enter­tain­ment indus­tries for over 20 years. She is an E‑Commerce exec­u­tive who special­izes in build­ing out, launch­ing, and scaling E‑Commerce busi­nesses. Jessica, her husband Steve, and their two chil­dren, Devin ​’26 and Everett ​’29, have been part of the Waverly commu­nity since Devin started kinder­garten. Jessica is honored to serve on the Board and work with the Waverly community.

Harry grad­u­ated from Waverly in 2013 and joined the Board of Trustees in 2024 for his first term. He fondly remem­bers his time at the school, start­ing in sixth grade, and values the lasting impact it has had on his life. He resides in New York City, where he works in finan­cial tech­nol­ogy. Harry serves on the Devel­op­ment, DEI, and Finance committees.

Debbie has been a Board member for about 18 years. She serves on the Trustee Affairs, Devel­op­ment, DEI, and Strate­gic Plan­ning and Advance­ment commit­tees. Debbie worked for 35 years for LAUSD in a variety of posi­tions – her most reward­ing being her time in an elemen­tary school class­room. Currently, she is a Dual Language Learner Special­ist and part-time faculty at the Center for Equity for English Learn­ers at Loyola Mary­mount Univer­sity. Debbie, Lester, and Megan ​‘11 came to Waverly when Megan was in Young Kinder­garten (now called preschool) and continue to appre­ci­ate the gift of progres­sive educa­tion and the endur­ing friend­ships formed with the Waverly community.

Noah joined the Board in 2016 and served as Chair­man from 2019 to 2021. Noah’s three chil­dren are all students at Waverly. His oldest child, Lucy ​‘28, has been at the school since she started in the preschool in 2012. Noah earned an MBA and MA in Inter­na­tional Studies from the Univer­sity of Penn­syl­va­nia. He is a Port­fo­lio Manager at Hotchkis & Wiley, an invest­ment manage­ment firm, and is Co-Chair of the Board’s Finance commit­tee and Chair of Strate­gic Plan­ning and Advance­ment. Noah also serves as a member of the Exec­u­tive, Compen­sa­tion, and Audit committees.

Vijay joined the Board in 2020. He is Co-Chair of Devel­op­ment and serves as a member of the Exec­u­tive, Finance, and Trustee Affairs commit­tees. Vijay is a Research Scien­tist at the Jet Propul­sion Labo­ra­tory working on the remote sensing of Earth and plan­e­tary atmos­pheres. His research inter­ests extend from study­ing climate change and air pollu­tion to looking for biosig­na­tures on planets outside our solar system (exoplan­ets). Vijay, his wife Sowmya, and their chil­dren, Avan­tika ​’31 and Siddarth (Sidd) ​’33, have enjoyed being a part of the Waverly commu­nity since 2018.

Michael joined the Board in 2022. He is a co-chair of the Facil­i­ties Commit­tee and a member of the DEIJ and Devel­op­ment Commit­tees. Michael is a prac­tic­ing archi­tect and educa­tor. He is Direc­tor of Design and Inno­va­tion at NAC Archi­tec­ture and has taught at the South­ern Cali­for­nia Insti­tute of Archi­tec­ture. Michael special­izes in design for educa­tion and has created spaces for early educa­tion to univer­sity programs but has been involved in civic work of all types. Recently he has been leading projects to address home­less­ness. Michael, his wife, Juli­ette, and their son, Amadeo ​’25, love being part of the Waverly community!

Melanie joined the Waverly Board in 2024. Melanie, her husband Ster­ling Ruby, and three of their four chil­dren, Sylvie ​’29, Judah ​’32, and Rose­mary ​’36 have enjoyed being part of the Waverly commu­nity since 2020. Melanie is an artist and has a studio in Vernon, CA. She is repre­sented by Night Gallery in Los Angeles. In the past she has taught photog­ra­phy at several colleges and univer­si­ties, both in Chicago, where she is orig­i­nally from, and here in Los Angeles. Melanie serves on the devel­op­ment and DEI committees.

Joanne has served on the Board of Trustees since 2010. She has served as the Board Trea­surer and co-chair of the Finance Commit­tee since 2015, and served as Board Secre­tary for three years prior to serving as Trea­surer. She is also a member of the Exec­u­tive, Compen­sa­tion, and Strate­gic Plan­ning and Advance­ment commit­tees. Joanne is a tele­vi­sion producer, mostly in come­dies, includ­ing Better Things for Fx, Grace and Frankie for Netflix, Atyp­i­cal for Netflix, Enlight­ened for HBO, and the occa­sional drama, such as In Treat­ment for HBO. Joanne and her wife, Gloria, have a son, Jamie ​‘22. Jamie is a ​‘Waverly lifer’ who started in Young Kinder­garten (now called preschool) with Marina and Cheenu. She consid­ers herself a ​‘Waverly lifer’ too, and is honored to serve on the Board of Trustees.