Meet the Parent Team
Our PTSA leadership team is made up of both parent and student leaders.
Find out more about us below!
SHEELA
jivan
Secretary
I am a real estate developer who believes deeply in building healthier communities for everyone and have spent most of my career working to provide affordable housing to low income communities throughout California. I am the mother of two Berkeley High Alums and a current Sophomore. Through working with the PTSA and student representatives, I am committed to helping to improve the connections and relationships between parents, school administration and students at Berkeley High.
Bhima Sheridan
Parliamentarian
I am a Berkeley resident and father of a recent BHS grad now at UCSC and an incoming BHS freshman. I graduated with a BS in Chemistry from UC Berkeley in the late 90's, worked for several years in the solar/photovoltaic industry, and then transitioned into residential real estate in 2015. While my kids attended Malcolm X Elementary School I held a variety of positions on the pta including parliamentarian, executive VP, and president and I was parliamentarian at Willard as well. I'm passionate about my community and am very involved in local politics as well as a huge advocate for the electrification movement.
Rebecca
Haralabatos
President
I have a passion for building community and am delighted to do so with a team of 7 other parents for the past two years of our wonderful Parent & Caregiver Friday Free Coffee Hours.
As a NYC tech start up human resource executive many moons ago, I facilitated communications and am now pleased to do as is possible to support all things BHS and adores guiding the PTSA student team on their various projects.
With a focus on relational healing in my current work in psychotherapy & Iyengar yoga, I amthrilled to support the positive connections all organizations need to grow. And with a specialty in family therapy and experience as a school counselor, I appreciate the critical role families, local & school community play especially when working well together to support students' healthy engagement and development.
Mari Metcalf
Executive
Vice President
I am a mom of two and a bilingual attorney practicing in the area of workplace investigations. As an alum of both AFS (American Field
Service) and the UC Education Abroad Program, I am a passionate advocate of study abroad. I'm an open water swimmer, bodysurfer,
and hiker. I grew up in San Diego and came to Berkeley in 1987 to attend Cal. I love community involvement, and have served as a volunteer at Skytown Preschool, Escuela Bilingüe Internacional, Kensington Hilltop Elementary, and now BHS. I spent several years on the Board of Directors of Project Open Hand, and I have also volunteered with Project Homeless Connect, Larkin St. Youth Center, AFS/National Strategic Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y), and the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area. I am also a dedicated election pollworker in Contra Costa County.
