PARENTS' ASSOCIATION
Parents' Association Role at EB
The EB Parents' Association (PA) was created in 1978. The purpose of the PA is to support EB and EB’s mission as may be requested by the EB Administration and the EB Board of Trustees; to support EB’s strategic and operation goals; and to represent the parents’ voice by facilitating communication between parents, faculty, and administration.
To help build community and positive school spirit, the PA organizes and supports events and services for the school community including:
- World Celebrations Picnic
- Evening Presentations
- Room Representatives
- Teacher Recognition Luncheon
- Fundraising events such as the auction, raffle, and marché
- Clothing sales to promote school spirit and visibility
All parents are automatically members of the Parents' Association (there are no dues) and elect the officers annually. Parents can participate by attending the regularly scheduled Open PA Meetings and by volunteering to assist in school events.
The PA officers can be reached at
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EB clothing
The PA sells EB clothing the first Friday of every month in front of the Lower School..
PA Officers' Biographies
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Anshu Prunet-Sharma, Francophone Vice-President
Anshu is an Indian born in New Delhi, raised in Cameroon, and married to Stephane from Tours, France. Both their kids, Ketan (G3) and Nina (K), have been attending EB since age 3.
Anshu graduated from Sciences Po Paris in 1988 in political, economic and social sciences. She was a head hunter for Heidrick and Struggles and then international marketing manager for Christian Dior and l'Oréal.
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Jeff Stephens
Jeff has been an EB parent since September 1996. He is the father of Carolyn Stephens (G6). During these many years at EB, Jeff, and his wife, Janice Kim, have volunteered as Room Reps, at the Marché, at the auction, as well as helping to organize the Beaujolais Nouveau Dances and the Learning Differences Forums. Besides graduate studies in France, Jeff has twice worked as a vendangeur (grape harvester) in Beaujolais. He works as a film editor, and speaks French and Italian.
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Patricia A. Prochaska, Anglophone Vice-President
Patricia is the mother of Laurent Andre Prochaska Klein (G1) and Camille Josephine Prochaska Klein (2.5 years old). In her first year as an EB parent, Patricia signed on to be a Room Parent, agreed to chair the Raffle, and is committed to ensuring her French-born son, Laurent, maintains his “perfect” French by never letting him hear hers. Patricia earned a B.A. summa cum laude in Philosophy and Psychology from Creighton University in 1985, and her J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1989. Patricia has been serving as legal counsel to American Indian tribes since 1992. She and her American husband, Gregory Klein, have lived in France and greatly enjoy traveling.
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Marie-José Sat
Marie-José is from the South of France (Alès, Gard) and has lived in the East Bay since 1990. She has three children: Maïa (27, 3rd year PhD at Sussex University, England); Paloma Sat-Vollhardt (EB class of 2008), and Julien (G7) who both came to EB in Kindergarten. She has been volunteering at the school for 9 years: room rep every year, Auction, Bistro at the Marché, Beaujolais Party, PA French vice-president 2004-2005, graphics, etc... Marie-José has a Fine Art Degree from France and worked as a graphic designer. She is married to Peter Vollhardt, Chilean-German born and a Chemistry Professor at UCB.
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Jacqueline Van Lang, Anglophone Co-President
Jacqueline Van Lang is the mother of Kalin (G1), Alix (G3) and Maxim (G5). During her seven years with EB, Jacqueline has been an Annual Fund agent, Marché volunteer, and Auction committee leader. She was born in Vietnam and was enrolled in a French school there. She came to California in 2001 from New York City where she obtained her BS at New York University and worked for 10 years in both Finance and Marketing. She has an MBA from Northwestern, Kellogg School of Management.
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Christine Chapon, Francophone Co-President
Christine Chapon is the mother of Jules Korman, an eighth grader who has been at the school since MK. Her family is bilingual, since Jules' dad was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She got her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the Pasteur Institute/University of Paris VII, France. She was a researcher for twenty years (at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, at Harvard Medical School, in Boston, and at the University of Colorado in Boulder). When her family moved to California, she decided to stay at home and raise Jules and spend plenty of time volunteering at EB. Christine has been a room parent for eight years and the volunteer coordinator at the school and for the Marché for several years.
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