Commission Members

Patrick Day currently serves as the Vice President for Student Affairs at San José State University where he is responsible for units focused on co-curricular learning, enrollment management, and a critical array of student services.  Prior to joining SJSU in 2018, his career in higher education spanned 25 years and took him to a diverse set of institutions across the United States.  Most recently, he served as the Vice President for Student Life at University of the Pacific, and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Boston. 

In her time as a California Student Aid Commissioner and Youth Advocate, Juanita has gained the perspective on educational systems, policies, and budgets necessary to fight for the students in our schools. As part of her mission as a commissioner, she has become a trainer for Cash for College events and she has hosted several college fair events because college readiness and affordability is essential.

Hal Geiogue brings to the commission more than three decades of experience in formulating education and fiscal policy for the state of California.

He started his public service in 1965 with the state Department of Finance. From 1967 through 1990 Geiogue then served in the Office of Legislative Analyst where he directed a staff of nonpartisan professionals who were responsible for the program and budget review of K-12 education and postsecondary education institutions and programs in California. In 1979 and 1980 he was the co-chairperson of the Student Financial Aid Policy Study Group which helped reform the state’s student financial aid system.

Mrs. Maxie began her teaching career in 1973 in the school district where she was educated Kindergarten – 12th grades, the Chicago Public School system, teaching physical education before moving into the field of counseling.  In 1979, Mrs. Maxie relocated to San Diego where she immediately joined the teaching force of the San Diego Unified School District.

Steve Ngo is a partner at Lozano Smith LLP, an education and public agency law firm.  He began his legal career at Minami Tamaki LLP, a San Francisco law firm known for its civil rights work and community advocacy.  

Caroline Siegel Singh is currently an undergraduate student studying Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, San Diego.

Recently, she served as the President of the University of California Student Association (UCSA) — the official voice of students from across the UC’s system of campuses — where she spent two years advancing student-centered higher education policy and advocating for accessibility, affordability, and quality of the University of California system. While in this role, she also served as the Vice President of External Affairs for the Associated Students of UC San Diego and represented university students at a local, state, and national level. In this capacity, Caroline led campus-wide voter registration and engagement efforts, resulting in an increased on-campus voting rate from 21.7% in 2016 to 73.50% in 2018.