About the TRAQC Educational Foundation (TEF)

The TRAQC Educational Foundation (TEF) is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable foundation formed in 2000 to provide direct benefit to public education services and programs in Tracy. Since the Foundation was formed in the fall of 2000, it has provided over $60,000 in direct classroom and program grants through 7 grant cycles and issued the Tracy History Coloring Book and Tracy Nature Activity Fun Book .

The TRAQC Educational Foundation is run by a volunteer Board. Current Board Members are:

• Celeste Garamendi, Community Member
   
  
• Molly Karl, Teacher, Bohn Elementary School
   
  
• Jean Ronneberg, Teacher (Retired), Poet-Christian Elementary School
   
  
• Gloria Saltzman, Teacher (Retired)
   
  
• Mercedes Silveira, Bilingual Education Coordinator, Tracy Unified School District (TUSD)
   
  
• Irene Sundberg, Community Member

Foundation Members help develop community support and outreach. Current Foundation Members are:

• Mitra Behnam, Community Member
   
  
• Dr. Louis Bohn (Ret.), Former TUSD Administrator
   
  
• David Edwards, (Retired), LLNL
   
  
• Betty Galli, Westside Pioneer Association; Lammersville Historic School Coordinator
   
  
• Bill Hopman, Teacher, TUSD Service Learning Coordinator; Volunteer Historic Lammersville Pioneer School Program
   
  
• Onalee Koster, Westside Pioneer Association; Tracy Historical Museum Coordinator
   
  
• Sherri Pepper, Teacher (Retired), TUSD; Volunteer Historic Lammersville Pioneer School Program
   
  
• Walter Pepper, MD, Tracy
   
  
• Dr. Tony Serna, Principal, Villalovoz Elementary School
   
  
• Steve Sievers, Teacher TUSD, TEA President
   
  

The Foundation is always seeking interested community members and teachers to serve on the volunteer Board of Directors and as Foundation Members. For information, email us at TEF@starband.net.