Dawn Billman
​Vice President
​Dawn is the Past President and current Fundraising Lead for RTE. She began working with RTE as the Fundraising Lead for three years before becoming the President of the Board of Directors in 2020. She has significant management experience in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. Following a successful international career, she brought her business talents to the non-profit world with a deep knowledge and consistent success creating excitement and managing large community events. As a long time Palo Alto resident, she has been an extraordinarily active volunteer in many Palo Alto projects and organizations. Dawn is passionate about supporting the social and emotional health and welfare of all children and teens and providing opportunities for our youth's continued learning and development.

Nan Kim 
Treasurer
Nan joined RTE in November 2021 to serve as Treasurer. She currently has one child attending Paly. Nan is a corporate attorney who has lived in Palo Alto for over a decade and in the Bay Area for the last 20+ years. She has a long history of volunteering in the community. Nan served as Treasurer for the Menlo-Atherton Co-Op Nursery School and Escondido Elementary School for 2 years each. She also served in other various PTA positions at Escondido Elementary School.  Nan was on the JLS Connections Board and currently serves as Secretary of Palo Alto Council of PTAs (PTAC). Nan received a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and a law degree from Georgetown University.

Deanna Chute
Advisor
​Deanna Chute has taught mathematics at Palo Alto High School for 20 years, including teaching statistics in the Social Justice Pathway (SJP) for six years. As a Teacher Advisor for 18 years, she has worked to support students in their post-Paly planning. She co-developed the Advanced Authentic Research (AAR) course and acted as the Paly AAR Site Liaison for five years and as the Instructional Leader for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Department and Teacher-on-special-assignment (TOSA) for Innovation Programs. Deanna is now stationed at the PAUSD office and working across the entire system. She is currently working on her EdD in Educational Leadership and is excited to help deserving Paly students achieve their college aspirations.

Kimberly Schwan (Emerita)
Director 
Kimberly Schwan serves as the Mentorship Chairperson and has served as a mentor for dozens of RTE scholars for the past 7 years. Kimberly has recruited the entire Mentorship Team and included many of RTE alumni in improving the mentorship program. She concluded a successful 16-year career as VP of Human Resources for a private equity firm. Since her retirement, she dedicated 4 years to the Paly College & Career Counseling Center. Through this experience and helping her two daughters through the college selection and application process she became enlightened to the challenges that low-income children face. She joined RTE hoping to break down some barriers for these young adults in higher education. She received her BS in Business from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Pallavi Homan
​Director
Pallavi Homan is Communication Team Leader and has served on the board of RTE for over 7 years. Pallavi is excited about this opportunity to give back to the community and is passionate about leveling the playing field for low-income students.She grew up outside Rochester, N.Y. and has been a resident of Palo Alto for over a decade. Pallavi has two children who graduated from Paly and is grateful that they have had the opportunity to experience such an amazing school district.  A graduate of both Cornell University and Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, Pallavi has worked in the tech sector in Product Management since moving to Silicon Valley in 1998, including stints at companies such as Yahoo!, eBay, and now Apple. 

Brent Kline
Director
Brent Kline began his high school principal career in 2003 as the principal of Mariner High School, in Washington State.  Prior to becoming a principal, Brent was a high school band and orchestra director in Washington and California. In 2013. Brent was selected as Washington State High School Principal of the Year in 2013 and a finalist in the 2014 MetLife/NASSP National Principal of the Year Program for his significant contributions to improving student achievement at Mariner High School. After living in Washington State for 25 years, Brent and his wife Danielle returned to California where Brent began his position of Principal of Santa Cruz High School. Brent was named the Paly Principal in March 2020 and has focused on understanding the climate and culture of the entire Paly community with an emphasis on increasing student voice and participation.