Isaiah Roter, Chairperson
Isaiah Roter has lived in Berkeley since attending UC Berkeley in 1969. His son is a proud graduate of Berkeley High School, Class of 2004. Isaiah is a retired labor attorney and has served on the BUSD Audit Committee since its founding in 2005. He volunteered in a seventh-grade humanities class at King Middle School, to assist with distance learning during the pandemic. Isaiah also served on the City of Berkeley’s Personnel Board for 16 years. He was appointed to the BUSD Personnel Commission by the School Board in October 2020. Term expires in 2025.
Soli Alpert, Commissioner
Soli Alpert has lived in Berkeley since attending Cal in 2015. He was appointed to the Personnel Commission by BCCE in October 2024. He serves as Vice Chair of the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, having been elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022. Soli also served as a Legislative Assistant at the Berkeley City Council from 2018 to 2022. In that time, he also served as a Steward and Delegate for SEIU Local 1021. Legislatively, Soli has focused on workers’ and tenants’ rights, affordable housing and anti-speculation and anti-displacement policy, and open and transparent governance reforms.
Heidi Goldstein, Commissioner
Heidi Goldstein has lived in Berkeley since 1991. Her two children are BUSD alumni. She was appointed to the Personnel Commission by State Superintendent Torlakson in February 2016. She served as a board member of the Berkeley HS Development Group (2014-2018) and as a member of the BUSD Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee (SHAC) from 2014-2021. She is currently the board chair of Stop Sexual Assault in Schools and an adult advisor to the nationally recognized student-led grassroots organization BHS Stop Harassing. Term expires 2024.
