Week of March 18, 2024 • Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center • Long Beach, CA
As the Founding Principal of Vaughn Next Century Learning Center in Los Angeles, Dr. Chan has pushed the limits of education and social innovation for more than 50 years as a school leader, policy maker and the founder of the first conversion charter school in the nation. She turned “crack houses” to school houses and transformed the high-poverty neighborhood into an educational and economic corridor. Dr. Chan was an adjunct professor at CSUN and UCLA, a member of the California State Board of Education. Currently she is the President of the Los Angeles County Board of Education.
