Gina Jordan

As a professor of French, Romance Linguist, and native New Yorker, Gina spent 30 years in the field of Education as a teacher of students, teacher training, author of texts and curriculum materials, and as writer and lecturer.  Gina has also been a basketball coach, a coach of an award winning Science Olympiad team, a fundraiser for college athletics, and serves on the Parent Admissions Board at Washington University in St. Louis. Her teaching career took her from Michigan State University, to Washington University in St. Louis, California, the University of Michigan, and the Ann Arbor Public Schools.  In addition, Gina has always loved raising funds for important causes and had her own golf tournament in Michigan for seven years to raise scholarship money for disadvantaged students.

A lifelong animal lover and parent of one child and 3 black Labrador retrievers (so far!), Gina is a long-time supporter of FACE and a current Philanthropy Committee member. She is also a Board member of the Rancho Santa Fe Tea3 Foundation and has helped the Rady Children’s Hospital and Genomics Institute with many fundraising events. As an active golfer, Gina supports ProKids golf charity, New Haven Youth charity, and has received the Mabel Jessup award from Rady Children’s Hospital for community service. She also been an active volunteer in the University of Michigan alumni club and supports many additional charitable causes in the San Diego area.