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Board of Directors
The founding Board of Directors of the CHIME Institute was comprised of parents of
CHIME students and California State University, Northridge (CSUN) faculty and
community representatives. With the organization’s growth, the Board has been
expanding and evolving to bring in specific expertise and skills, i.e.,
business management and finance. The Board currently has representation from
the fields of education, business management, law, marketing, and community
activism.
Patrick Smith joined the Board in 2000
and served as chair of the board from 2000
to 2006 and as president of the CHIME
Institute from 2004 to 2006. His association
with the CHIME Institute began in 1996 with
the enrollment of his son Daniel in the
CHIME preschool program. He and his wife
Delia are founding parents of the CHIME
charter schools, and four of their five
children are either attending or are
graduates of the schools.
Mr. Smith is a partner at Beltran, Beltran,
Smith, Oppel & MacKenzie, LLP, and a
practicing attorney for over 25 years. His
practice areas are varied, but focus on
public interest litigation, including civil
rights law, education issues, and criminal
defense at all levels. His primary focus
involves the representation of families with
members who have disabilities, involving
educational and other service related
issues, juvenile law, and adult and juvenile
criminal defense. His practice has included
and continues to include appellate
representation before the United States
Supreme Court and the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and all state
appellate courts. His trial practice is
national and includes work before the
California Office of Administrative Hearings
and state and federal court, including
courts in CA, TN, CO, NE, TX and IL. He is a
lecturer and author for attorney Continuing
Education programs in California on civil
rights and education. Previously, he was an
associate at the law firm of Klass, Helman &
Ross specializing in civil rights, business
litigation and transactions, and criminal
defense. He has also served as law clerk to
the Honorable Robert M. Takasugi, Judge of
the United States District Court for the
Central District of California, and as an
attorney in the Los Angeles County Public
Defender Office and in the United States
Department of Justice Honors Program.
His community service includes having served
as vice president of the board of directors
of the Dubnoff Center, a nonpublic school,
and as a member of the board of trustees for
the Williams Syndrome Foundation. He teaches
religious education at his local church.
Mr. Smith has a bachelor’s degree in English
from Northern Arizona University and a Juris
Doctor, cum laude, from Southwestern
University School of Law.
Joshua Mark joined the Board in 2007. He and his
family have been active members of the CHIME
community since his daughters entered kindergarten.
Heidi, his wife, is a weekly volunteer in the girls’
classrooms, serves on the Parent Association Board
(membership coordinator), and is CHIME’s volunteer
librarian. Mr. Mark is also on the Parent
Association Board focusing on increasing the
school’s revenue through various fundraising
programs. For example, under his coordination,
participation in the eScrip/Grocery Loyalty Program
increased from 75 to over 400 participants with
funds to the school from this program growing from
$400 a year to $10,000. Other Mark Family members
who are active in the CHIME community are his
mother, a former preschool teacher, who volunteers
weekly in the art teacher’s room and his father,
former LAUSD assistant superintendent for special
education, who has volunteered services in a variety
of capacities for both the school and the institute.
Mr. Mark is the executive director, Special Event
Production, Creative Services, and the director of
sustainability for FOX Broadcasting Company. His
responsibilities include handling the technical
production and logistics for FOX’s corporate
meetings, sports hospitality programs, premier
parties and special events. Prior to working at FOX,
he worked for several other television production
companies as an associate producer, production
coordinator, and other positions on such television
shows as Saved By the Bell, City Guys, California
Dreams, and Grace Under Fire.
He received a B.F.A. degree in design, production,
and stage management from North Carolina School of
the Arts and an M.F.A. in producing from the
American Film Institute.
Traci Myman joined the Board in 2012. Ms. Myman is
currently vice president of business affairs at the
ABC Entertainment Group. In this capacity, she is
responsible for structuring and negotiating the
deals to develop and license prime-time programming
on the ABC Broadcast Network. Prior to working at
ABC Entertainment, Ms. Myman was an associate at the
law firms of Youngerman & McNutt, LLP and Gabriel &
Herman, LLP where she was primarily engaged in
business litigation matters.
Before practicing law, Ms. Myman applied her passion
and advocacy skills towards helping others. At the
2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles,
Ms. Myman served as a community relations & outreach
associate for LA Convention 2000. Prior to this she
also worked as a community outreach coordinator for
Big Sisters of Los Angeles. Working in these
capacities taught Ms. Myman the importance of
working cooperatively and building positive
relationships in the community.
Ms. Myman received a B.A. in English and a B.F.A. in
television and broadcast journalism from Chapman
University and a J.D. from Loyola Law School.
CHIME Board Meetings Schedule
Board of Directors Meeting Agenda/Minutes
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