Gloria Corral

Affiliation

Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)

Track

Biography

She has over twenty-five years of experience in the government, non profit sectors with years of leadership experience in system development, innovation, strategic planning and effective execution of high functioning, complex teams. Additionally, she has extensive experience in educational equity policy and program development having worked at the Federal, State and local level during her extensive career. She has been at PIQE for the past five years leading the organization’s innovative and transformative work. She comes to this position with an extraordinary career spanning early childhood through higher education. Prior to joining PIQE, she spent 15 years in early learning policy, program and advocacy. She led San Diego’s Quality Early Learning efforts along with other key initiatives for children 0-5 and their families. At First 5 San Francisco, she led the creation of the California’s first universal high-quality preschool system which has served as an exemplar of best practices. Her experience in K-12 and higher education includes work at the U.S. Department of Education, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Additionally, working at Educational Testing Services (ETS) and WestEd, provided state-level experiences. Her expertise in education policy along with her extensive knowledge of system integration is both from developing policy and implementing programs which has been informed by years of working with state departments of education, local and state non-profits, advocacy organizations and school districts. She holds a BA from UCSD and a master’s degree in Public Policy from the UC Berkeley.