PEOPLE

Board of Directors

James LeDuc

James LeDuc

James LeDuc received his bachelors degree from UC Berkeley in 1967. After serving in the U.S. Army, he attended San Francisco State and received a Masters Degree in Special Education in 1973. He was an Orientation/Mobility teacher in the Richmond Unified School District and The Hatlen Center for the Blind (formerly the Living Skills Center), served as a Board Member and Executive Director of The Hatlen Center, and as an administrator of special education programs for the Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools office. For the past 30 years, Jim and his wife, Paula LeDuc, have operated their own catering and special events business serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Jim rejoined The Hatlen Center Board in July 2009. He and Paula have two grown children and split their time between San Francisco and Calistoga, California.


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Students

Stories of Triumph

Faculty

Patty Williams
Executive Director
Patti Maffei
Program Director
Ronald Hideshima
Adaptive Technology Instructor
Katie Mazza
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Erin Foley
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Carol Wiebe
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Nancy Phinnessee
Living Skills Instructor
Samir Shaibi
Living Skills Instructor
Myra Marin
Braille Supervisor
Arif Syed
Development Associate
Eileen Drapiza
Office Assistant
Brandon Young
Overnight Supervisor

Board

Tim Ford
Robert Barnett
Jim Gammon
Ara Chackerian
Mike Cole
Dr. Phil Hatlen
James LeDuc
Sandy Szerlip
Andrew Webb