Lynn Boskie
President

Lynn Boskie is the Principal at San Antonio Elementary School in the Alum Rock Elementary Union School District. Prior to coming to San Antonio, Lynn taught second and third grades and special education for 13 years at Lester Shields Elementary School. In addition to teaching, she coached softball for nine years. Lynn has a Bachelor of Science and a Masters Degree in Education from San José State University.

Rosa Ruiz
Vice President

Rosa has lived on the East side of San José since 1973 and has been involved with the Grail since 1975. She works as a registered nurse for the county of Santa Clara providing medical services through a clinic in East San José. She also has experience working with women's groups and with youth. She has a daughter who challenges her to grow on a daily basis.

Sonia Avitia
Secretary

Sonia Avitia is a lon-time resident of East San José. She is currently the Sales Director for Mary Kay Cosmetics. She has worked with several non-profit organizations in the past and has an extensive career working with elected officials. She served as Senator John Vasconcellos's Executive Assistant for four years and worked for Supervisor Blanca Alvarado and Mayor Ron Gonzalez. She is very passionate about supporting the community and strongly believes in the importance of promoting early literacy.

Diana Gilbert
Treasurer

Diana Gilbert is a CPA with over 18 years of audit, corporate and operational finance experience. Diana is currently a consultant with Rose Ryan. She graduated from San José State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, concentration in Accounting. Diana is a long time volunteer with the Junior League of San José & KTEH Public Television. She has served in a wide variety of roles for JLSJ ranging from community projects to fundraising and finance to membership, including serving on its Executive Committee and Board of Directors for a number of years and co-chairing its primary fundraiser.

Kate Hammond is a third grade language arts teacher at the Harker School in San Jose. Before moving to California, she was a special education teacher in her hometown of Boston, MA. She is a member of the California and International Reading Associations. Kate has a Bachelor of Arts in Regular and Special Education and a Master's Degree as a Reading Consultant. When not in the classroom, Kate enjoys teaching adult yoga classes.

Anusha Krishnamurthy is working as a component design engineer at Intel. She has a masters from University of Cincinnati and a BS from India in electronics engineering. She is actively involved in the community giving campaign at Intel and volunteers at various activities that benefit the community. She is passionate about aiding the kids get an education that will make them proficient in moral values and skill sets.

Christina Mauro grew up in the Silicon Valley, and after going away to college to earn her Business/Finance degree, returned home to the Bay Area to get married and begin work. She is currently an employee of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale. Christina started volunteering at an early age, and enjoyed her time spent working with the community, especially during her high school years. Three years ago, Christina joined the Junior League of San Jose, and has enjoyed all of the new volunteer opportunities JLSJ has opened up to her, including working with Grail Family Services. Christina is looking forward to learning more about the need for Early Literacy training in our local schools and to the many opportunities working with GFS will provide her as well.

Anne Wadia is a Senior Group Manager in Corporate Marketing at Adobe Systems Incorporated. Over the last 15 years she has held various marketing and management positions. She has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance and an MBA with emphasis in Marketing from Santa Clara University. Anne was born and raised in Peru.

Duanne Welsch is a retired senior administrative analyst from the University of California, Berkeley. She has been a Grail member since 1960 and has served on the National Finance Committee and Development Committee. Duanne has a BA in Geography from UC Berkeley and an MPA from the University of San Francisco.