About Lisa Rosenthal

As an accomplished writer and editor for 30 years, I have written education textbooks, award-winning articles and newsletters for the GreatSchools Web site, the San Mateo County Office of Education and the California School Boards Association magazine, California Schools. I have served as an editor at GreatSchools and Forbes ASAP magazine, and was editor-in-chief of San Francisco Peninsula Parent Magazine for 15 years, a publication I launched and then sold in 1999.

I served on the Burlingame School District Board of Trustees for eight years, acting two years as president of the board. I also served as president of the San Mateo County School Board Association and president of the Burlingame Community for Education Foundation.

I currently serve on the advisory board of the Burlingame Library Foundation and I am a member of the Burlingame Neighborhood Network. I am an associate member of the Education Writers Association.

I have lived in Burlingame, California, for the last 30 years.

Awards

• 2009 National Maggie award for best e-newsletter, GreatSchools.net

• 2008 San Francisco Peninsula Press Club—Second Place, general news/Web site for article, “Press On or Give Up: Should You Let Your Child Quit?” online content on GreatSchools.net

• 2006 San Francisco Peninsula Press Club—Second Place, general news/Web site for article “Best Public School Values in the Bay Area,”
online content on GreatSchools.net

• 2003 H. Jay Burns Award—School Service Award given in honor of many years of devoted service to the children of the Burlingame School District

• 2003 Peninsula Press Club—First Place magazine award for “article of a serious nature” that appeared in California Schools, entitled “Pride and Prejudice;”
Second place award for online content on GreatSchools.net, “Learning to be a Giraffe: The Value of Character Education.”

• 1995 San Mateo County Year of the Child Award for Excellence—awarded in honor of contributions to improving the lives of children in San Mateo County

Testimonials

“I've worked with Lisa for more than 20 years and have always been impressed with her writing and editing expertise. She understands the education world intimately, with experience grounded in her past service as a school board member and many years as a professional working in education communications. She handles large projects and small ones with equal dedication, and she's a pleasure to work with. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone seeking help with a communications project.”
- Terry Nagel, Managing Editor, Civic Ventures and Encore.org

“Lisa’s passion for education comes from her on-the-ground experience as a school board member, teacher, and parent. Add to this her writing skill, collaborative spirit, and knowledge of publishing for Web and print, and you have a dyamite combination. I worked with Lisa for three years, and I can attest that she will deliver a clear, accurate product, on time and on budget, that will be a credit to your organization.
- Linda Strean, Associate Director, Media and Web Public Policy Institute of California (formerly Managing Editor of GreatSchools)

“As a consultant, Lisa does an outstanding job creating a monthly e-newsletter for us that informs school district and county office employees, local civic officialsand the general public about timely education issues and the important work we do at the San Mateo County Office of Education. She also produced our Annual Report to the Community, considerably improving on past editions with its visual appeal and valuable content. Lisa has helped us gain positive attention in the local media and achieve our goal of effectively communicating and building the presence of the San Mateo County Office of Education in the community.”
- Jean Holbrook, Ed.D, San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools