Kathleen Santora, President

As current President of the Foothill-De Anza Foundation, Kathleen has worked to focus the Foundation's attention on ways to serve students by "Changing Lives, One Student at a Time". Kathleen has also been involved with Foothill College?s Environmental Horticulture division through her Slow the Flow Projects. She helped organize a Water Wise Landscape Conference and worked to install multiple rainwater harvesting systems at Foothill College. In addition, she has led the implementation of a project to recycle water from Foothill College cooling towers to the campus irrigation system.

Now more than ever, the colleges must be able to offer scholarships to deserving students. A named scholarship endowment ($25,000 minimum) can provide a consistent source of scholarship awards for students each year in a specific area of study. A gift to the Chancellor's Scholarship Fund will help preserve our ability to offer financial aid to graduating high school seniors in our district.

Kathleen is founder and chair of the Foothill College STEM Lecture Series, which brings community members to Foothill to hear thought leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Kathleen and her husband, Mark, have funded and helped implement the renovation of the UC Irvine Athletic Training Center. For the past 16 years, Kathleen has organized a ReCycle Bike Drive to benefit those less fortunate in our community. She is a member of the Los Altos Hills Water Conservation Committee and GreenTown Los Altos. In addition, she is a member of the Montalvo Arts Center Board of Trustees in Saratoga, Ca.

Kathleen holds a BS in Biology and an MBA with a concentration in Organizational Behavior. She resides with her family in Los Altos Hills.