Shelly Masur has more than 15 years of experience in public service and non-profit management, working to balance budgets, improve communication, solve problems and make programs and services more effective and efficient.

Shelly currently serves on the Redwood City School Board, as Immediate past-President of the San Mateo County School Boards Association and as an elected member of the California School Boards Association’s Delegate Assembly.  She was first elected to the Redwood City School Board in 2005 and currently serves on the board policy committee, the District wellness committee and is a board representative to Redwood City 2020, a collaboration among the District, San Mateo County, Redwood City and Sequoia Union High School District.

Despite the most difficult financial times for local government since the Great Depression, Shelly led the district to make necessary cuts, while preserving important academic programs and overseeing an overall increase in student achievement.  She served as president of the board and was on the District budget committee for two years, balancing the District’s budget by making the District more efficient and effective, lessening the impact of budget cuts. As a board member, Shelly improved communication with parents and community member by spearheading an outreach campaign Shelly also worked in committee to develop a wellness policy and led the complete overhaul of all District policies.

Shelly is frequently called upon to provide a local perspective on statewide education and budget issues.  She has testified in Sacramento on a variety of issues that affect local school districts, serves on Assemblymember Rich Gordon’s Education Advisory Committee and as a Key Communicator for the California School Boards Association.

Shelly holds a Master’s Degree on Public Health and has over 15 years of experience in non-profit management, focusing on adolescent health and youth services. She is the Executive Director of Teen Talk, a teen pregnancy prevention organization. Prior to her appointment as Executive Director, Shelly was the Director of Community Youth Development programs at the John W. Gardner Center at Stanford University.  She also served as the Director of School-Based Programs for Girls Inc. of Alameda County and as the Director of the California Adolescent Health Collaborative. Shelly sits on the Peninsula Partnership Leadership Council, the Advisory Board for the Partnership for Children and Youth, CSBA’s School Health Advisory Committee, co-chaired the School Wellness Task Force for San Mateo County’s Prevention of Childhood Obesity Task Force (now called the Get Healthy San Mateo Task Force) and is a member of Sequoia Hospital’s Community Advisory Committee.

Shelly lives in Redwood City and has three children who all attend Redwood City public schools. She is married to Josh Masur, an intellectual property attorney.