Candidate for
Board Member; Natomas Unified School District

LISA M. KAPLAN, a 14 year Attorney, veteran School Board member, Delegate to the California School Board Association, former appointed Assistant Executive Officer for the State Allocation Board and former Capitol staff member in the California State Legislature, brings her knowledge of Labor Law, K-12 Education matters, school site selection, surplus property, governance, school construction, school funding, government and policy to Kaplan Law Group, as it's Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to opening Kaplan Law Group, Lisa was appointed as the Assistant Executive Officer ("AEO") for the State Allocation Board ("SAB"), which sets the policy and approves applications for apportionment of school construction dollars for all districts in the State of California. As the AEO, Ms. Kaplan, Chaired the Implementation Committee, Audit Working Group and staffed the SAB on the subcommittee on Audits and subcommittee on Rules & Procedures. Lisa was instrumental in the passages of new audit procedures, the Shovel Ready (Priorities in Funding) policy, Sale of Surplus Property policy, the new High Performance Incentive grant regulations and the adoption of the Board's Rules and Procedures.

In 2002, she was elected to the Natomas Unified School District as a Board Trustee. As a result of her years on the school board, she has provided leadership for strategic planning, as it pertains to both policy decisions and special projects with a solid understanding of the community, public relations and crisis management. Over the past 11 years, Lisa has served as a liaison to Westlake Charter, NP3, and Natomas Charters, as well as, on the facilities advisory committee, policy committee, budget committee and student safety committee, along with being part of the district through the complete process of constructing of seven schools and passage of two local bonds.

Prior to opening her own business, Lisa lobbied the California State Legislature, specializing in areas of K-12 funding, employee relations, wireless telecommunication, insurance, privacy, workers compensation, healthcare, association management, and business interests. Lisa began her political and legislative career as legislative director for several California State Assemblymembers, supervising legislative staff and administrating the Assemblymember's legislative agenda. Previous to her work in the Capitol, Ms. Kaplan worked as an attorney specializing in the areas of general litigation, construction litigation, and personal injury.

Lisa is also very active and involved in the community. For 11 years she was a member of Natomas Rotary (serving as President in 2002-2003), she also served as President of the Sacramento Region -Jewish Federation Board (2011-2013), President for Sacramento Regional Chapter of California Women Lead (2008-2011), and as a Delegate Member for the California School Board Association (2009 + present).