Alona holds an AB in religion from Princeton University and two masters in education, the first in reading and literacy from Bank Street College, and another in private school education from Columbia University, Teachers College. She is the Head of School for The Buckley School, a K-12 independent school in Sherman Oaks, CA, the former Head of School at Keys School in Palo Alto, and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the California Association of Independent Schools. She brings extensive independent school leadership experience to the board.