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. 

Lorne began his Board member­ship in 2021 and serves as a member of the Devel­op­ment, DEI, Facil­i­ties, and Strate­gic Plan­ning and Advance­ment commit­tees. Lorne has a back­ground in educa­tion, ethnic and Africana studies, as well as being an actor for over 20 years. His work centers on race and the role of Black excel­lence in educa­tion. He has expe­ri­ence in Los Angeles schools and is currently devel­op­ing an African Amer­i­can heritage school for chil­dren. Lorne and his wife Rachel have two chil­dren at Waverly, Bennett ​’33 and Ceciliana ​’35.

Wendy has been on the Board since 2012 and serves as Chair of Facil­i­ties and Co-Chair of Trustee Affairs. She is also a member of the Exec­u­tive, Compen­sa­tion, and Finance commit­tees. Wendy is a licensed clin­i­cal social worker in private prac­tice, special­iz­ing in depres­sion, anxiety, sexual trauma, and eating disor­ders. She has worked at USC and Caltech and contin­ues to work with college and grad­u­ate students in her private prac­tice. Wendy, her husband Bradley, and their two boys, Nolan ​’22 and Murray ​’25, have been part of the Waverly commu­nity since Nolan was in preschool.

Keseh joined the Board in 2020 and currently serves on the Audit, DEI, and Facil­i­ties commit­tees. While she has been an active WPO parent for many years, she is excited to dig in and make some mean­ing­ful change through Board service. She is a Produc­tion Designer, working in film and tele­vi­sion. Keseh and her daugh­ter Asha ​‘24 have been a part of the Waverly commu­nity for ten years.

Shelby, who grad­u­ated with Waverly’s Class of 2018, began her Board member­ship in 2022. Currently, she is serving as a member on the Devel­op­ment and DEI commit­tees. As a Waverly lifer, she is dedi­cated to support­ing the contin­ued flour­ish­ing of Waverly, which helped shape the student and indi­vid­ual she is today. Soon to be a Pitzer College alumna, she is study­ing anthro­pol­ogy and archae­ol­ogy with plans of going on a dig in Caracol, Belize in the spring of 2023. Ulti­mately, Shelby is thrilled to be on the Board because it enables her to give back to and contin­u­ally partic­i­pate with the Waverly community.

Steve joined the Board in 2021. He is Co-Chair of Devel­op­ment and serves as a member of the Audit, DEI, and Finance commit­tees. In more than two decades of leading nonprofit arts orga­ni­za­tions, he has been CEO of the Center Theatre Group, from which he retired in 2018; the Music Center of Los Angeles County; and the Los Angeles Opera, as well as the chief oper­at­ing officer of the Getty Trust. Steve currently also serves as chair of the Occi­den­tal College Board of Trustees, as a trustee of The Ahman­son Foun­da­tion, and is a trustee of Children’s Hospi­tal of Los Angeles. He and his wife, Carol, reside in Pasadena and are active in the lives of their two daugh­ters and five grand­chil­dren, all Pasadena-area resi­dents. Grand­son Charlie Arredondo ​’23 has been a proud Waverly Raven since the 4th grade.

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.

Serita has been on the Board since 2017 and serves as the Board Chair, a Co-Chair of the DEI Commit­tee, and as a member of the Exec­u­tive, Compen­sa­tion, Trustee Affairs, and Facil­i­ties commit­tees. Serita is an attor­ney and repre­sents public agen­cies in a wide range of govern­men­tal issues. Serita, her husband Brian, and their two sons, Riley ​’28 and Aaron ​’29, have been a part of the Waverly commu­nity for over five years.