Ramana is a 1998 Buck Scholar who grew up in the mountains outside of Vacaville, CA.  She did undergraduate work in Medieval/Early Modern Studies, Psychology, and Classics at UC Davis and the University of Exeter in England.  She is currently completing a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She has broad experience in multicultural counseling, pediatric and family therapy, and high acuity treatment.  She also has fifteen years of experience with management; business development; clinical efficacy and outcomes; and organizational psychology. Ramana speaks German and Spanish, and is passionately committed to social justice.  She currently works in senior management at Easterseals Bay Area, a large nonprofit provider of autism services.

Christian Shelton is a 2000 Buck Scholar. He currently serves as the Chief Growth Officer of HelloTech—a national on-demand tech support company. Prior to Geekatoo’s merger with HelloTech, he served as Executive Chairman and co-founded the company. Previously, Christian was Chief of Staff of Global Public Policy at Sun Microsystems. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley, Harvard University, and the London School of Economics.

Lynnea is from Sacramento and attended college at Stanford, where she studied developmental psychology and fiction writing, before attending medical school in New York. She previously lived in Seattle before moving in 2014 to San Francisco, where she works as a hospitalist, which is a general internist who cares for hospitalized patients. She also has several roles in medical education, including research on the impact of emotion on learning, particularly in the remediation process; and she directs multiple courses and programs for students and medical trainees. She also teaches and coaches on challenging communication in healthcare settings. In her free time, she loves to travel, hike, cook, and read novels. Lynnea has benefited immensely from the Buck community and is excited to join the Board of the Buck Scholars Association. She is eager to contribute to enhancement and sustainability of all of the organization’s programming. 

Isabel Brice is a 2000 Buck Scholar who is currently an analyst for the state Department of Housing and Community Development where she focuses on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, engagement and recognition, and strategic planning. Before her role with the state, she worked in education and employment services, serving students and families in underserved communities. Isabel earned bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Studio Art from Stanford University. In 2022, she joined the BSA Fellows Selection Committee and became a mentor in 2023 before joining the Board.

Derik is a 1995 Buck Scholar, with a BA degree in Communication from Stanford University and a JD degree from the University of San Francisco. He previous served as an attorney for Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius LLP, and now serves as an attorney in the Office of General Counsel for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District. Derik has a long track record of community service and leadership in promoting diversity. Among his experiences, he was formerly a Legal Advocate for the East Bay Community Law Center, was on the diversity committee at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, and is a Mock Trial Coach for El Cerrito High School.

Outside of his busy career and volunteer work, Derik is devoted to his family and leads an active lifestyle. He enjoys running and listening to his favorite band/collective, A Tribe Called Quest.

Vivian Manalang-Schaezler was a Buck Scholar recipient in 1992. She received her BS in Biochemistry at Cal Poly SLO, MS in Environmental Chemistry at Baylor University, and an MBA at Golden Gate University. As a Chemist/Environmental Scientist, Vivian worked for Bayer Pharma for 5 years and then at Gilead Sciences for almost 10 years. At Gilead, she worked in the R&D dept working on antiviral drugs such as AIDS, Hepatitis A/B/C and also completed her MBA through the Gilead cohort program. In 2013, she quit the corporate world to spend more time with her family and started working for her home business with her husband which specializes in eco-friendly technology. Vivian is a mother of two boys and a girl plus 2 dogs and is currently living in Danville, California.

Stacey assists in overseeing operations and planning for the 30 Supporting Foundations affiliated with The Columbus Foundation, working with donor families and corporations and colleagues across The Columbus Foundation to help Supporting Foundation boards achieve their philanthropic goals.

Prior to joining the Foundation in 2008, Stacey served on the boards of two family foundations and had worked as an archaeologist for a Minneapolis-based planning and design firm. She now serves on the boards of the Buck Family Foundation, based in New York, and the Buck Scholars Association, based in California.

Stacey holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in bioarchaeology from Arizona State University. In 2017, Stacey earned the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® designation from The American College of Financial Services.

Christian P. Erdman is a resident of Jackson Hole Wy where he lives his wife Jacqueline Legorreta Erdman. He has one daughter Mackenzie, who is currently a senior at USC. He is the grandson of the late congressman Frank H. Buck Jr. and late philanthropist Eva B. Buck and served as the chair of the Frank H. & Eva B. Buck Foundation. He is private investor, active in a wide variety of personal and family enterprises; Among his positions are Chairman of the Abalone Farm Inc. a California based aquiculture farm; President of Shasta Copper Exploration, a family holding company; and Vice-president and CFO of Ulupalakua Ranch Inc., a diversified agricultural operation based in Hawaii. Christian is a trustee of the Carol Franc Buck Foundation whose primary focus is on the visual and performing arts and arts education in the Western U.S. Additionally; Christian serves as a trustee of the Grand Teton Music Festival. Christian grow up splitting his time Crystal Bay, NV (Lake Tahoe) and Ulupalakua, Hi. He attended UC Davis receiving degrees in both Agricultural/Managerial Economics and Art History. At Davis he was on the Ski Team 1982-1986.