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 Naveed AhmadProject Leader, Dalberg Global Development Advisors • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Naveed is a Project Leader at Dalberg Global Development Advisors where he advises executives on how to alleviate poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. He also is the co-founder and CEO of Minds Matter of San Francisco, a mentorship organization for low-income high school students. Naveed previously worked at Bain & Co. and MIT's Jameel Abdul Latif Poverty Action Lab. Naveed graduated with High Honors from UC Berkeley in Engineering Physics. Return to top  Karen AldenConsultant, • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Karen has twenty years of business experience, primarily in the areas of marketing and strategic planning. She spent many years in the cable television industry, holding senior executive positions at the Walt Disney Company, Fox Television, the Home Shopping Network, and USA Networks. Her most recent full-time position was as CEO of Dr. McDougall's Right Foods, Inc. Karen is currently contributing her management and marketing experience in the non-profit realm. She is a member of the Steering Committee for Harvard Business School's Community Partners Program, which provides pro bono consulting to Bay Area non-profits. She also serves on the board of directors of Hope Street Group, a bipartisan organization that develops policies that enhance economic opportunity. Karen has served on local boards or provided consulting services to a variety of Bay Area organizations, including the following: - Peninsula Symphony Orchestra - E3--Education, Excellence and Equity - Redwood City Police Activities League - Destiny Arts Center - Center for Youth - Peninsula Bridge Program Karen graduated with a BA from Boston College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is currently working toward a Certificate in Early Childhood Education and has completed numerous courses in non-profit management and grantwriting. Return to top  Jennifer AnastasoffCo-Founder & CEO, Fuse Corps • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Jennifer is a co-founder of Fuse Corps and founding CEO. She has significant experience engaging the corporate sector in pro-bono projects in particular in education. Prior to starting Fuse Corps, Jennifer served as founding CEO of EnCorps and founded BuildingBlocks International, in both cases she engaged top corporate professionals in pro-bono projects as well as in education. Her prior work includes teaching through Teach for America and serving as an analyst in the California Legislature. She has spoken and presented papers at Harvard University and its Business School, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Comparative International Education Society Conference. Jennifer has a Masters in Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where she received the prestigious Public Service Fellowship. She also has a Bachelors degree from the University of California, Irvine in Cultural Anthropology and Political Science. She has been known to karaoke at least once a year, read voraciously, and laugh often. Return to top  Mike AndersFounding Partner, ICONIQ Capital • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Michael Anders is a founding partner of ICONIQ Capital, a global multifamily office based in San Francisco. Prior to his current role, he worked at Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity Investments and Societe Generale (in Paris and London). He received his B.A./B.S. in Political Science and Communication Studies from the University of Rhode Island, as well as a certificate in International Economics from Columbia University. He lives in San Francisco, CA with his wife Delphine, and their three children, Lella, Romeo and Luna. Return to top  Adam Bad WoundInstitutional Gifts Officer, Foundation and Government Relations, California Academy of Sciences • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Adam is a development professional and sociologist of philanthropy and civil society. He is currently the Institutional Gifts Officer, Foundation and Government Relations at the California Academy of Sciences, a world-class scientific and cultural institution in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Certified in research administration at Stanford University, Adam previously served the Haas Center for Public Service and Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. Adam is active on numerous nonprofit boards and community organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and served on the advisory board of the Third Millennium Philanthropy and Leadership Initiative at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. He currently serves on the steering committee of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy Bay Area Chapter. Adam holds a B.A. with double majors in multicultural studies and religion from St. Olaf College; M.A. in education from Columbia University; M.A. in education policy and M.A. in sociology from Stanford University. Return to top  Deborah BarronAttorney, Farella Braun + Martel • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Deborah Barron is an associate in Farella Braun + Martel's Business Litigation and Employment practice groups. Ms. Barron represents clients in a variety of complex civil litigation in state and federal court. Prior to joining Farella Braun + Martel, she clerked for the Honorable Ronald Gilman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She also served as an extern for the Honorable Susan Illston of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Return to top  Hannah BascomManager, Strategy and Planning, Customer Operations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education At Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Hannah Bascom is Manager of the Strategy & Planning Group within Customer Operations, where she has lead a number of strategic and tactical initiatives to improve customer experience. Prior to this role, she was part of PG&E's MBA Leadership Program working in the Customer Energy Solutions organization. During her first year at the company, she worked on Energy Efficiency product governance and the program management/CUPC filing for PG&E's low income program. Hannah graduated in 2010 from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, where she concentrated in Strategy, Economics, General Management and Entrepreneurship. Prior to business school, Hannah worked at two nonprofits in Boston. First at Citizen Schools, a leading national educational reform organization, where she ran a Master's Program for the organization's Fellowship. Afterwards, Hannah spent a year managing an entrepreneurship program at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, which promotes economic development in cities through private sector engagement. Hannah grew up in Sunapee New Hampshire, which has 2,500 people and one stop light. Ironically, she concentrated in Urban Studies at Brown University, where she graduated in 2005 with a BA with Honors. Return to top  Erin Baudo FelterManager, Employee Giving and Volunteering, Zynga • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Erin is passionate about the intersection of business and social good. In her role as Manager of Employee Giving and Volunteerism at Zynga.org, she is responsible for leading Zynga's global employee social impact programs which include giving, volunteerism and leveraging Zynga employees' skills and talents for good. She also manages community engagement initiatives with nonprofits and civic institutions, specifically in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Previously, Erin worked as a Marketing Manager on Yahoo!'s Yahoo! For Good team and in corporate responsibility and public affairs at Warner Bros. Entertainment. She received a B.A. in Anthropology and Plan II Honors from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management. Erin volunteers as a Reading Partners mentor at Bret Harte Elementary School in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Steve. Return to top  Matt BauerPresident, BetterWorld Telecom • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Matt has worked to improve communities in the U.S. and abroad in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors for more than 20 years. Before co-founding BetterWorld Telecom in 2002, Matt served in a series of leadership roles in the telecommunications and power industries, including the AES Corporation, NETtel Communications and Valucom. He has helped to start or significantly grow a number of non-profits over the past 10 years including the Charleston, SC-based Lowcountry Local First, the Sitar Center for Children and the Arts in Washington, DC, and Atlanta-based True Colors Theatre Company. Matt is a member of the Social Venture Network and on the board of directors for the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, GreenNonprofits, the Noisette Foundation, and the Charleston Regional Alliance for the Arts. He holds a BA in Telecommunications from Indiana University, an MBA from The George Washington University and has completed executive coursework at MIT. Matt is co-editor and co-author of the upcoming Green Non-Profits Handbook, to be published by Wiley & Sons in late 2009, and speaks often on the topic of sustainability in the telecommunications industry and local living economies, most recently at the 2009 CTIA Green Telecom Summit, the Atlanta GreenBusinessWorks Expo, and the Association for Enterprise Opportunity Regional Flavor Cluster Conference. Return to top  Brad BealManager, AT&T • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Brad Beal is a Digital Work Group Manager for AT&T. In this role, he manages a team of field technicians that install and maintain digital loop electronics equipment in the Bay Area. This position is Brad's first rotation in AT&T's post MBA Leadership Development Program, which is focused on management and designed to give participants exposure to different AT&T business units. Prior to his current role, Brad was a member of the full time MBA program at the USC Marshall School of Business. While at USC, Brad served on the board of Challenge for Charity, the school's largest charitable student organization, and helped drive record student involvement in terms of volunteer hours and money raised. Brad also served as a mentor and career coach for the Class of 2012. Brad has worked in consumer marketing for AT&T Interactive in Los Angeles and in advertising in New York City and London, supporting clients that included History Channel, Smart Balance, and McCormick Spices. Brad received his B.A. in History from Colgate University. Return to top  Josh BeckerGeneral Partner, New Cycle Capital • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Josh has a long history as a business entrepreneur and a social entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and General Partner of New Cycle Capital, an early stage venture capital firm working with entrepreneurs who want to want to change the world. New Cycle's investments include OPower, Renewable Funding, PeoplePower, GoalSpring, Saber es Poder, and Terrapass. Josh is a National leader in clean energy policy as well as clean energy investing. He is a co-founder of both Cleantech for Obama and the Clean Economy Network (www.cleaneconomy.net). Previously he was at Redpoint Ventures, DCM, McKinsey & Co, Netscape, and Agile Software. He was the 2nd employee at EarthWeb, which went public in 1998. In 2000 Josh founded Full Circle Fund and continues to serve as Board Chair. He was recently a project lead in building GreenCitiesCalifornia.org. For the last six years he has been on the Board of Full Circle Fund grantee, One Economy (www.one.economy.com), and is Treasurer of the Board of Trustees for the University of California at Merced. He has a MBA and JD from Stanford and serves on the Advisory Board for the Stanford Business School Fund. Return to top Terry Bergeson Executive Director, SF School Alliance • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Dr. Bergeson has an extensive background of success in education. She drove the development of Washington's statewide academic standards and a statewide assessment and accountability system to measure student progress on standards over time. In 1997 Dr. Bergeson was elected Washington State Superintendent, and served until January 2009. By 2008, over 91% of high school seniors in Washington met or exceeded the state's graduation requirements. Dr. Bergeson joined the San Francisco School Alliance in 2010. Dr. Bergeson holds an MA in Counseling and Guidance from Western Michigan University, and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Washington. Return to top Nicole Bien Ph.D. Candidate, University of Sydney • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Nicole currently conducts comparative research on summative and formative assessment data use and its impact on student achievement in the U.S. and in Australia through the University of Sydney. Her other research interest focuses on inclusive education. Nicole's Ph.D. research interest combines her business experience, and passion for educating disadvantaged student population, which began with her non-profit involvement as a school tutor, board, advisory and executive committee member with the Mountain View/Los Altos school district, Fresh Lifeline for Youth, and Resource Area for Teachers. Prior to immersing herself in academic research, Nicole spent over a decade managing brand and product marketing, market research and operations for multinational companies. She created and launched multiple industry-leading behavioral targeting products that brought in new and profitable revenue streams. She also launched Y! Local, Y! Answer and Y! Translator globally. At General Motors, she launched a brand campaign for the first American auto joint venture in China. Leveraging the strong brand equity that Nicole helped build, and guided by the market insights of her team, GM built China's first domestic luxury vehicle along with a global car for the neighboring emerging markets, a major revenue contribution to GM's overall business today. Nicole holds a MA in Education from the University of Sydney, MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Yale University. Return to top  Radha BlackmanExecutive Director, The HAND Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Radha Blackman is the Executive Director of The HAND Foundation, a private foundation focused on economic development and the field of philanthropy. Previously she was the Director of Development at PARSA Community Foundation. Radha's experience includes working as a program associate in the external affairs department at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. She also served as the Director of Administration at the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN), where she helped launch iEARN's programs in South Asia and the Middle East. She was a Fulbright scholar in Bulgaria where she conducted research in civic education. Radha earned an M.A. in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.A. from Smith College in Asian History. Return to top  Mikhal BouganimPrincipal, Compass Financial Communications, Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Mikhal is a strategic communications/investor relations consultant who develops targeted communications that improve valuation and expand shareholder support. She founded her own firm in 2000 after working at two top NY-based agencies, Dun & Bradstreet, the Consulate General of Israel in Boston. She graduated from Brandeis and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She currently serves as a mentor for Endeavor, a non-profit organization supporting entrepreneurs in developing markets. Return to top  Anne Boyd RabkinPrincipal, Boyd Rabkin Consulting • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Anne Boyd Rabkin is a communications, advocacy and development strategist and writer/editor supporting organizations building a healthy and sustainable future. Before becoming an independent consultant, she worked at leading global health and health care organizations and environmental nonprofits, often working in the space where health and environmental issues intersect. At Kaiser Permanente, Anne spearheaded annual reporting on the organization?s $1 billion of philanthropic work in community health and environmental stewardship. At PATH, a global health organization, Anne worked on the Reproductive Health and Children's Vaccines Programs, producing publications and executing advocacy and evaluation efforts particularly around cervical cancer prevention in developing countries. Anne's global health experience includes consulting for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and working at the Population Reference Bureau. Anne serves of the Board of Directors of WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases). She holds a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Washington and a B.A. in Sociology, Phi Beta Kappa, from the Pennsylvania State University. Return to top  Gemma BradshawEvent & Youth Outreach, Goldman Environmental Prize • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Gemma is a public policy professional with experience in both the local government and non-profit sector covering a range of environmental and social justice issues. Recently relocating to San Francisco from the UK, she is currently working the the Goldman Environmental Prize on their prize ceremony and youth outreach program. She is also on the Festival Team for this year's San Francisco Green Film Festival. Prior to that Gemma was in London, where she built her career on a number of innovative research projects and campaigns - from running a mock carbon trading scheme for local governments to advocating for seniors rights in local planning. Gemma can often be found with a camera in hand to meet her personal challenge of a photo-a-day to document her first year in California. Return to top Stephen Brooks VP, Charitable Planning Consultant, Fidelity Charitable • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Stephen Brooks is a vice president and a charitable planning consultant for Fidelity Charitable, a national donor advised fund program and a leader in providing charitable solutions to financial advisors and their clients, helping them to achieve their philanthropic goals. Mr. Brooks came to Fidelity Charitable with many years of sales experience in the financial services industry. In his former position, he was in intermediary sales at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Inc. Prior to that, he held several sales and sales management roles at Merrill Lynch, Wachovia Securities and Arthur Andersen. Mr. Brooks received his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and an MBA degree from Colorado State University. Return to top  Christa BrownCommunity Mobilization Officer, United Way of the Bay Area • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Christa is a committed advocate for global economic social justice, with a background in public policy and international relations. Christa currently works for United Way of the Bay Area, an organization dedicated to reducing poverty in the Bay Area. In her current role, Christa provides program growth and technical assistance to four centers for low income families across the Bay Area, working with a network of over fifty non-profit partners who provide individualized, long term support for families working toward self-sufficiency. Christa graduated cum laude from University of San Francisco in Politics and Middle Eastern studies, focusing on refugee resettlement and women's rights. Return to top  Lucy BurnsMarketing Analyst, Oodle, Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Lucy Burns, originally from Colorado, lived on the east coast for five years before settling in San Francisco. She received a degree in Mathematics and Spanish from Skidmore College where she was actively involved in on campus activism and the Spanish society. After moving to the Bay Area, Lucy worked in both Analytics and Marketing at Oodle Inc., a social classifieds start up. In her free time she enjoys writing, learning new languages, hiking in the bay area and playing Ultimate Frisbee. Return to top  Andrew ByrnesPartner, Covington & Burling, LLP • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Andrew Byrnes is a partner at Covington & Burling, a global full-service law firm. He has represented some of America's most innovative companies and individuals in the software, semiconductor, telecommunications and internet sectors, in patent and complex commercial disputes, and in intellectual property transactions. In addition, he has represented pro bono a Chinese asylum applicant and an elderly victim of a predatory lender, among others. Andrew is also active in charitable causes. He is a Director of the Commonweal Institute, a non-profit progressive think tank, and emcees the Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc. annual educational conference. In addition, he served on Redwood City's Housing & Human Concerns Committee. Recently, Andrew traveled to rural Cameroon to build houses with a Habitat for Humanity Global Village team. Andrew has been active in Democratic Party politics since he was 12 years old. Most recently, Andrew served as Chair of the San Mateo County Democratic Party. Andrew received his B.A., with honors and distinction, in political science from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School magna cum laude. Return to top  Eva Camp• Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Eva serves on the Board of Full Circle Fund. A mother of three children, she dedicates her time to improving education. She currently leads the Parents Association with over 600 volunteers and serves on the Board of Trustees at Head-Royce, her children's school. She also serves on the Board of National Equity Project (formerly BAYCES), which coaches people to become the leaders who deliver on the promise of a quality education for every child in America. Eva worked for more than 10 years at Microsoft, marketing some of the company's most successful products, including Word, Office and consumer titles. Her last role there was Director of Market Planning and Analysis for Microsoft's line of home products. Other highlights at Microsoft include helping lead the turnaround in the company's Japanese application software business during a 3 year stint in Microsoft's Far East region and leading the first worldwide launch of Microsoft Office in over 25 languages. Prior to Microsoft, she worked in product management at Proctor & Gamble. Eva has a BA from Harvard University. Return to top  Jeff Camp• Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Jeff Camp grew up in California, attending public schools in the Bay Area. During high school he developed an interest in education policy as an active member of the California Association of Student Councils. He earned his BA at Harvard in East Asian Studies, where he studied Japanese. He worked for 12 years at Microsoft in Redmond and Tokyo in roles in marketing, product leadership, and general management. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2001, Jeff has been a very active member of Full Circle Fund's Education Circle, which he now chairs. He is the lead author of the Education Impact Guide, a summary of competing strategies for improving education in California. Jeff is a frequent speaker and writer on education issues. He served on the California Governor's Committee on Education Excellence, and was a reviewer for the Race to the Top competition. Return to top  Michelle CarreonBuyer Merchandising Administrative Assistant, Levi Strauss & Co. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Growing up on the border of Texas and Mexico, Michelle's involvement in social work on both sides of the border developed into a passion for travel and economic issues. After receiving her BA from Loyola University Chicago she traveled for four months visiting 10 countries in 2 continents. On her return to the States she pursued a career in small business development as a Marketing Consultant for a national franchise (BAB, Inc.) of "Mom-and-Pop" cafés focusing on grassroots efforts for four years. She continued to assist sole proprietors in the massage industry by providing marketing tools and services in the role of Retention Manager for the largest non-profit association of massage therapists (AMTA) in the country before moving to San Francisco in 2009. She has continued to pursue her passion in small businesses development and economic opportunity by coaching and consulting small business owners nationally while contracting for CB Richard Ellis Property Management and volunteering with The Volunteer Center of San Francisco. Return to top  Margret CarusoPartner, Quinn Emanuel • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Margret Caruso is a partner in the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, which she joined in 2002 in its New York Office. Margret moved to Quinn's Silicon Valley Office in 2005. where she focuses on trial and appellate work, primarily in intellectual property fields. Margret has litigated significant copyright, trademark, and false advertising matters, including the use of and "theft of ideas" copyright cases involving television shows and films. Margret has a B.A. from Boston University in Politics and Public Policy and a J.D. from Cornell Law School. Return to top  Charles CatalanoBoard Member, Ravenswood Education Foundation • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Charles is Vice President of Real Estate Investment Partners, Inc. (REIP), a real estate investment and management company with expertise across a range of property types, including office/medical office buildings, commercial centers, apartments, and investment/development land. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Charles has responsibilities that include supervising property management, acquisitions and company planning. Prior to joining REIP in 2008, he designed and managed leadership programs as a consultant, as senior director of executive development at Gap Inc., and as director program development in Executive Education at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Charles holds a BA from Stanford University, an MFA from UCLA, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. He is a founding board member of the Ravenswood Education Foundation supporting public schools in East Palo Alto. Return to top  Andrea ClatterbuckPacific Gas and Electric Company • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Andrea Clatterbuck currently works on federal energy regulatory issues at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Prior to joining PG&E, Andrea worked at the Clean Coalition, a nonprofit advocating for the proliferation of innovative renewable energy policies. Andrea holds an MS in Environmental Management and Sustainability from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. While completing her MS, Andrea received a Boren Fellowship to study waste management policies in Japan and Southeast Asia. Prior to graduate school, Andrea was an English teacher for the JET Program and at Hosei University in Japan. Return to top  Danielle CohenAssociate Director, The Stanford Fund for Undergraduate Education • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Danielle Cohen has spent her entire career helping communities in the non-profit sector. She is a strong believer in the power of individuals coming together for a common cause. Danielle currently works as the Associate Director of The Stanford Fund for Undergraduate Education, the unrestricted annual fund critical to supporting financial aid at Stanford. Her work with alumni focuses on leadership gifts that make Stanford more accessible to students from all backgrounds. Previously, she served as the Senior Associate Director of Development for the United Way of the Bay Area. While earning her degree from The George Washington University, Danielle began work with local nonprofits, presenting to donors about the impact of their support. Additional roles have included policy writing at the domestic violence non-profit RAINN and coordinating corporate partnerships for the The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Greater Bay Area Chapter. Her experience with government includes work with The Metropolitan Police Department, the California State Senate and the White House. Danielle is a committed and passionate advocate for the transformative value of education [ML 2/13] Return to top  Katie ColendichAttorney, O'Melveny & Myers LLP • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Katie is a transactional attorney with O'Melveny & Myers LLP in San Francisco. Her practice focuses on representing issuers and investment banks in registered offerings and private placements of debt and equity. Katie also advises corporations on securities law compliance, disclosure issues and corporate governance matters. Katie received her B.A. in English and her B.S. in political science from Santa Clara University, with honors, and a J.D. from the University of Washington, School of Law. Katie is on the board of directors of TMC Development Working Solutions and a supporter of Spark and the International Museum of Women. In her free time, Katie enjoys tennis, traveling, classical guitar, running and learning new languages. Return to top  Paul CollinsExecutive Director, College Summit • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education With a B.A. from Duke University (1986), and an M.A. in Organizational Development and Transformation from the California Institute of Integral Studies (2000), Collins brings to College Summit a variety of experience in the public and private sectors. Collins spent 12 years working as Assistant Vice President and Relationship Manager at ChaseMellon Shareholder Services. Prior to his work at ChaseMellon, Collins served as a Crisis Intervention Teacher with the New York City Board of Education. Return to top  Joneil CustodioConsultant, Vlaire Consulting • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Joneil has 16 years of business consulting experience, primarily in the areas of strategic leadership, sales, marketing and customer relationship management (CRM). In various roles from strategic architect, IT Director and regional Diversity manager he has delivered CRM processes and solutions for notable companies including the Boeing Company, the Revere Group, and Prudential. Passionate about engaged philanthropy and collective impact initiatives in the education and environmental sector, he has served as a Seattle-based SVP partner. Currently, he serves as an Account Director for the Taproot Foundation and serves on the board of Groundwire and the National Association of Asian American Professionals. Joneil has founded Vlaire Consulting, an Oakland-based social enterprise committed to providing work based learning opportunities for students of color. Joneil graduated with a BA from Gonzaga University and a Masters in Software Engineering from Seattle University. Return to top  Danielle DalyVice President of Business Development, Rexi Media • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Danielle is the Vice President of Business Development at Rexi Media, a company that transforms presenters so they are impeccable for online delivery. She had been in technology for less than 10 years and co-founded Rexi Media in 2007 after being in business development at Adobe for many years. At Adobe she focused on their web collaboration platform, Adobe Connect and left Adobe with a successful sales career. Danielle had a clear vision that technology platforms would eventually become so reliable and effective that a new skill set would be required for the online world. Virtual presenters would need to learn to present in the modern world of multi-taskers with the right knowledge, training and skill-set to be effective. Today, Rexi Media works with cutting edge technology companies and the top Fortune 500 accounts. Danielle loves playing tennis with family and friends, playing board games and running whenever possible. Return to top  Kate DeYoeNon-Profit Program Consultant, • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Kate had an 8-year career as a business consultant, most recently at Deloitte & Touche. She has diverse experience; quantifying economic damages in litigation matters associated with business disputes, quantifying lost profits after the temporary cessation of business or business units, and providing economics consulting regarding the intercompany transactions of multinational corporations. Kate transitioned to the non-profit sector to focus on poverty alleviation, and has served as a consultant to numerous organizations focused on homelessness, affordable housing, asset building and microenterprise. Kate sits on the board of directors of BOSS (Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency), is a member of the Grantmaking Committee of the Berkeley Community Fund, and is a graduate of Leadership Berkeley. She earned a BS in Business Administration from Bucknell University. She enjoys an eclectic mix of music, skiing AND snowboarding, cycling, and rock climbing. Return to top  Margae DiamondVice President of Business Development, Schwab Charitable Fund • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Margae joined Schwab Charitable, a national donor-advised fund, a few months after its inception to lead business development efforts. Now in its 12th year the fund has grown to be the second largest donor advised fund taking in over $6 billion in contributions. Prior to Schwab Charitable, she spent ten years helping guide nonprofit organizations with their development and fundraising strategies. She is also a certified consultant with 21/64, a division of The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies in New York, specializing in next generation and multi-generational strategic philanthropy. In 2007 she joined a Traveling Giving Circle that spent 14 days with grassroots in NGOs in Kibura, the largest slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. She's excited to once again be part of a giving circle. Margae received a BA from the University of Vermont and has completed graduate coursework at Stanford. Return to top  Harrison DillonPresident & Chief Technology Officer, Solazyme, Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Harrison Dillon is the President, Chief Technology Officer, and co-founder of Solazyme. Dr. Dillon is a pioneer and thought leader in the renewables field. From garage startup to a sector leader, Dr. Dillon has guided the company's renewable oil production technology development through numerous phases. In 2010 and 2011 Dr. Dillon was the highest ranked scientist in Biofuels Digest's "Top 100 People to Know in Bioenergy." He is an inventor on over 30 of Solazyme's patents and patent applications. Dr. Dillon holds a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Utah and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law. Dr. Dillon managed the biotechnology patent portfolio of the University of Utah and was an Associate in the Biotechnology Group at Townsend and Townsend and Crew. Dr. Dillon has authored articles in scientific, business, and legal journals. Return to top  Erika DimmlerProject Manager, Greenwise Joint Venture • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Erika Dimmler is coordinating the city of Sacramento's effort to bring the Alice Waters' Edible Schoolyard project to the first high school in the state of California. With strong ties to Sacramento's agricultural heritage, Erika is excited about fulfilling her FUSE Corps mission to solve challenges facing communities through entrepreneurial leadership. Erika comes to city government with 16 years of CNN Newsroom experience. During her time with CNN, Erika worked as a senior producer covering stores ranging from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, the inauguration and subsequent administration of President Barack Obama, economic stories including G20 summits around the globe and most recently the 2012 Republican primary race for the White House. Her duties at the network focused not only on covering the editorial elements of these stories, but they also extended to capturing key moments through the lens of her camera. When she's not experimenting with juicing fruits and vegetables, and playing detective at the Del Taco on K Street, Erika enjoys photography and spending time with her Jack Russell Terrier, Abigail. Return to top  Stephen DodsonPresident, Bretton Fund • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Stephen Dodson is the President of Bretton Fund. Prior to that he was President of Parnassus Investments, an investment management firm in San Francisco. He started at Parnassus Investments in 2002 and has worked in a number of areas within the firm, including investment research, shareholder services, technology and compliance. Before Parnassus, he worked for the venture capital group of Advent International, a private equity firm. Stephen covered the software and communication sectors, identifying early-stage companies for venture investment. Previously, he worked in the investment banking group of Morgan Stanley in New York and Menlo Park. He has a BS in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco. He serves on the National Advisory Council of UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies and the Board of Directors of Full Circle Fund. Return to top  Nick DriverTeam Member, Educate Our State • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Nick is currently a Team Member at Educate Our State and was formerly the Vice President of School Development and Outreach for the California Charter Schools Association's Northern California Region, where he provided an array of services for existing charter schools and supported charter developers interested in opening up new charter schools in the Bay Area and Northern California coastal regions. Nick earned a Bachelor's Degree in Asian Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, and speaks fluent Mandarin. He brings a diverse background in journalism, international affairs, and education activism to his charter school work. He supports 200 schools in the northern half of the state, and his local advocacy and support for charters has led to the creation of more than 100 new charter public schools during his tenure, while supporting existing charter schools to grow stronger and to focus on increasing student achievement. Nick continues to be involved in local education reform efforts. He has served on San Francisco Unified Board of Education's Parent Advisory Council, and assisted PAC becoming voting members of the SF Board of Education. Nick has spent a significant part of his career working in China, first as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and United Press International, and then running two political and economic research firms. Return to top  Joseph Du BeyVice President, Unitus Impact • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Joe Du Bey is a Vice President at Unitus Impact, a San Francisco-based social impact venture capital firm that alleviates poverty in Asia by investing in companies that improve the livelihoods of the working poor. At Unitus Impact, Joe specializes in transaction due diligence and strategy assessment. Prior to joining Unitus Impact, Joe worked as an Investment Associate at Lindsay Goldberg, a $10 billion private equity firm based in Manhattan. Joe began his professional career at the Manhattan office of Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Joe serves as President, board member, and student mentor at Minds Matter San Francisco, an educational non-profit, where he leads the marketing and fundraising teams. He is a 2012 StartingBloc fellow and holds a B.B.A. with High Distinction in Finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan. Return to top Emily Elder Consultant, Save the Children • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Return to top Alicia Engstrom VP Sales & Marketing, Tsar Nicoulai Caviar • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Return to top  Sid EspinosaDirector of Citizenship, Microsoft Corporation • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Sid Espinosa is the Mayor of Palo Alto, CA, where he has been a leader in establishing public-private partnerships and creating bridges between businesses, non-profits, government agencies and the community. He previously served as the Vice-Mayor of Palo Alto. He has a long history in politics and public policy, with service in the Clinton White House, the Justice Department as an advisor to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, and a U.S. Ambassador's office. Sid is also a widely recognized expert in philanthropy and corporate social responsibility, having previously served as the Director of Global Philanthropy for Hewlett-Packard and as the current Director of Citizenship for Microsoft. In these and other roles, he has created strategic programs to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in non-profits and schools on every continent around the world. Sid serves on numerous nonprofit, business, and industry association boards, and he holds degrees from Wesleyan University (where he is on the board of trustees) and Harvard University. Return to top  Matt FinickCFO, ROBLOX • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Matt Finick is CFO of ROBLOX, a user-generated building community with 10M+ monthly gamers. Matt also serves as an investor/adviser to several early-stage consumer startups. Prior to ROBLOX, Matt served as an SVP at Marvel Entertainment, leading teams across finance and operations. He also helped to launch Marvel studios, which self-produced the Iron Man and Hulk films. Previously, Matt was a VP in Equity Research at Thomas Weisel Partners covering the video game and toy sectors. Return to top  Nathan FisherExecutive Communication & Change Management, McKesson • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Nathan joined Full Circle Fund with a background in public education and organizational development. Currently he is working at McKesson in executive communication and change management. Nathan has an MA in Teaching from Brown and an MBA from Stanford, and has a passion for improving education through small schools. He is equally passionate about the Red Sox. Return to top Jennifer Forster • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Jennifer Forster is currently working as an independent consultant and advisor to private equity funds in the Bay area. Prior to this role, she worked for Generation Investment Management in London, an investment management firm founded by Al Gore and focused on sustainable, long-term capital allocation. Prior to Generation, Jennifer was a Vice President at Summit Partners - a growth equity fund based in Palo Alto. She has also worked at the Walt Disney Company and started her career at Goldman Sachs in New York. Jennifer attended Middlebury College and holds an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Return to top  Michael FrostVice President, CBRE • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Michael Frost is an avid fisherman, environmentalist, and expert in high performance buildings. He works in brokerage for CBRE, representing tenants and landlords in lease and sale transactions. Michael was the first LEED AP broker in the entire Bay Area region and promotes sustainability in the built environment in his brokerage career. He serves on the executive committee of the CBRE Sustainability Practice Group. This specialty practice leads the industry and the CBRE enterprise in making real estate decisions that maximize profit, benefit environmental and human health, and minimize environmental impact. Michael works in the CBRE, Palo Alto office and represents tenants in the Bay Area and other markets around the country. Return to top  Josh GallandAssociate, Housatonic Partners • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Josh Galland is currently an associate at Housatonic Partners, a private equity firm. Previously, he worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Jefferies in Silicon Valley. Prior to that, he worked for Esurance as a financial analyst. Josh holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University. He is based in San Francisco. Return to top  Noelle GalperinBay Area Director, Children Now • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Noelle A. Galperin is a Senior Strategy & Marketing Consultant with twenty years of operational marketing and general management experience. She has a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Wellesley College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Noelle began her career with the Colgate-Palmolive Company, working for six years in international brand management in New York, Manila and Mexico City. Post-MBA, as the Principal of Galperin Associates, Inc., she has dedicated the past fifteen years to working closely with the CEOs and founders of early-stage companies in a number of operational roles to formulate strategic plans, catalyze business development and create breakthrough marketing communication programs. In 2012, Noelle joined the inaugural class of Fuse Corps Fellows, and is working with the public policy organization Children Now in San Francisco as the Bay Area Director of The Children's Movement of California. Deeply committed to international service, through her work with Rotary International Noelle raised $325,000 towards the cause of worldwide polio eradication and led 100 volunteers to the poorest slums of India to vaccinate children for polio. Currently, Noelle is working in Haiti to support the construction of a Trauma Training Hospital in Port-au-Prince. Return to top  Carlos GarciaPhilanthropy Advisor, Silicon Valley Community Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Carlos Garcia is a Philanthropy Advisor at Silicon Valley Community Foundation, one of the largest community foundations in the U.S. In this role, he advises individuals and families on their giving by helping them to explore the alignment of personal values and philanthropy, develop grant making plans, and deepen their learning and engagement with fellow donors and nonprofit organizations. Previously, he was a donor relations director for one of CHW's medical centers and also associate director of philanthropy for The Nature Conservancy, where he secured support from institutional funders for conservation projects in California, nationally and internationally. Before moving to San Francisco, Carlos spent several years as director of annual giving for California Hospital Medical Center Foundation in Los Angeles. He was also an account executive for a public relations firm, where his clients included The J. Paul Getty Trust. Carlos received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UCLA. Return to top  Jeremy GoldbergFuse Corps Fellow, Office of Mayor Chuck Reed • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Over the past 8 years since graduating from the University of Texas Austin, Jeremy has worked as a non-profit executive, strategic consultant and public-private partnership advisor on projects in the United States and internationally focused on technology for development in emerging markets, micro-finance, public health and education. He has lived, worked and traveled in ten countries across four continents. In 2003, Jeremy founded the Global Youth Partnership for Africa (GYPA), an organization that supports community development through sports and micro-finance projects in post-conflict regions of East Africa. As Executive Director of the organization, he oversaw all operations, managed an international staff and raised more than half a million dollars and in-kind contributions for program activities. He has also consulted for private family foundations developing programs in Africa. He is a proud supporter of the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA, alumnus of the Aspen Institute Socrates Program, a member of the Wallenberg Democrats, Cal-ICMA, MMA of Northern California, SPUR and is conducting research on the California pension system while pursuing a Masters at the University of San Francisco. Return to top  Ellen GoodmanExecutive Director, Playworks • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Ellen Goodman moved to the Bay Area in 1999 from Washington DC, where she began her public service work as a hotline volunteer in 1986 for the Whitman Walker clinic. Deeply moved by the work of helping others, Ellen made a professional shift into the world of non-profit and grassroots management after spending five years as the National Training Director for a Boston-based Franchise Company. Over the next 11 years, Ellen designed and developed Washington's first peer-to-peer training program for HIV positive incarcerated men and women who were released from prison without the knowledge of civil law, voting rights and lobbying skills. Her celebrated speaker's bureau was designed as a trainer-of-trainers program for ex-offenders, designed to teach others about their voting rights, and how to lobby congress and other elected officials. Trainers went into prisons, shelters, community based organizations and schools sharing their stories throughout the metropolitan area. In the mid-nineties Ellen worked for the Victory Fund, a political action committee, raising funds for minority candidates running for local office. This national profile gave Ellen the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the United States working with candidates and incumbents on campaign programming, grassroots organizing and fundraising. Before moving to San Francisco Ellen spent one year in Israel working with the New Israel Fund as the Development Officer for the Israeli AIDS Task Force. Once in San Francisco, Ellen turned her focus to low income families whose children are suffering from medical complications and special needs. As Executive Director of Variety Childrens Charity of Northern California Ellen launched community based service programs to keep low income families from falling apart financially when they have a child battling cancer, disabilities or marginalized circumstances. Ellen was introduced to Playworks by a trusted friend and colleague. After a rigorous interview process and multiple school visits, Ellen was convinced that Playworks was an organization that she wanted to contribute long hours. With a long range vision of making the world a better place Ellen saw how her experience would help meet the goals of Playworks; positively impacting childrens health and well-being by harnessing the power of play at school. Return to top  Kirsten GreenManaging Partner, Forerunner Ventures LLC • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Kirsten is the founder of Forerunner Ventures, an early stage investment firm focused on partnering with technology enabled consumer companies. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Serena & Lily, Inc. and OhSo Clean, Inc., two of Forerunner's portfolio companies. Prior to Forerunner Ventures, Kirsten worked at Montgomery/Banc of America Securities where she held positions as an equity research analyst covering the Specialty Retail sector and later joined an internal team managing a $600+ million portfolio, where she was the lead consumer-focused investment professional. In addition to her work with Full Circe Fund, Kirsten is an advisory board member of Spark, a San Francisco based non-profit organization focused on supporting Grassroots Women's Organizations around the globe. She graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Business Economics, and holds a CPA license and a CFA certification. Return to top  Gary GroffVP- Relationship Manager, New Resource Bank • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment In addition to having more than 12 years of banking experience, Gary has commitment to socially responsible banking and community service. Gary is currently a Vice President and Relationship Manager for New Resource Bank. He currently serves on the board of directors for San Francisco Baykeeper and SFMade, and he is an advisor for Pacific Community Ventures and Sustainable Surf. An active outdoorsman, Gary enjoys surfing the cold waters of Northern California. Return to top  Adam GrossPrincipal, cloudconnect.com • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Adam Gross is an investor in technology startups, including Heroku, GetSatisfaction and Patheon. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Dropbox. Gross also spent seven years at salesforce.com as Vice President of Platform and Developer Marketing, where he helped grow the company from early-stage to over $1b in revenue. Previously, Gross co-founded Personify, a web analytics company, and did telecommunications policy consulting at Stanford Research Institute. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Gross held internships at the World Bank and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Return to top  Cassie GruensteinPresident, Cassie Gruenstein Consulting • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Cassie is President of Cassie Gruenstein Consulting, helping entrepreneurial leaders build revenue and recognition for transformative social and environmental ventures. Her social sector clients include inspirational start-ups and prominent organizations seeking to strengthen their ties to investors. Cassie is Co-Creator and Lead Strategist for The Digging Deep Campaign, where consumers curious about the fair food movement learn the basics through first-person accounts from peers. Previously, she led development and communications for Audubon Canyon Ranch, a first mover in the 1960's citizen-led movement to protect the Bay Area's natural heritage and California's watersheds. Cassie is a graduate of Pomona College, the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership's Emerging Leaders Program, and the Alemany Farm's Horticultural Apprentice Program. She loves cooking, exploring eats around the world, hiking, dancing, bird watching, running, and gardening. Return to top Bent Hagemark Engineering Manager, Google • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education BA Physics, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN MS Computer Science, Brown University, Providence, RI Principal Engineer, Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, CA Software Engineer, Opera Software, Oslo, Norway Tech Lead Manager, Google, Mountain View, CA Return to top  Pamela HawleyFounder and CEO, UniversalGiving • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Pamela Hawley is the founder and CEO of UniversalGiving (www.UniversalGiving.org), a social entrepreneurship nonprofit which helps people give and volunteer with the top-performing projects all over the world. UniversalGiving Corporate is a customized version for Fortune 500 companies, which leads their CSR strategy and NGO Vetting. UniversalGiving's vision is to "create a world where giving and volunteering is a natural part of everyday life." Pamela is a winner of the Jefferson Award and was profiled on CBS (http://cbs5.com/video/?id=56678) and BusinessWeek (http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/dec2008/ca20081224_387821.htm). She has traveled in more than 25 countries, volunteering in microfinance in India, with the handicapped in Cambodia, and in the earthquake crisis in El Salvador. She was also a co-founder of VolunteerMatch, and an avid "Dukie." On the side, she loves improv, performing at Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City, and BATS. Number one in her life is family, and one of her greatest joys is taking care of her nephews and niece. Return to top  Asiff HirjiSenior Director, TPG Capital LP • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Return to top Ian Hudson Vice President, Bernstein Global Wealth Management • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Ian Hudson is a Financial Advisor in Bernstein Global Wealth Management's San Francisco office. He advises individuals and institutions regarding investment strategies and works closely with clients and their professional advisors on a wide range of investment matters, including tax and estate planning, concentrated stock positions and the sale of privately held businesses. He previously served over ten years active duty in the US Navy as a pilot, flying the EA-6B Prowler and the EA-18G Growler and currently maintains his flying status as a flight Instructor in the US Navy Reserves. He holds a BS in chemistry from the US Naval Academy and an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business where he studied global business and cultures in China, the United Kingdom, Dubai, India and Russia. Ian is an active supporter of Children's Therapy Center, a non-profit providing services to over 1,200 children with special needs and their families. He is an avid skier and enjoys numerous outdoor activities. Return to top  Zoe HuntonAttorney & Founder, Hunton Law • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Zoe Hunton provides legal and business counsel to social-purpose and mission-driven organizations in the Bay Area. Her firm, Hunton Law, advises nonprofits and social enterprises on formation, entity selection, business planning, social impact strategy, program design, philanthropic initiatives, collaboration, governance, and advocacy. Zoe began her career working for a variety of nonprofit and advocacy groups, in the areas of capacity building, program design and implementation, legislative advocacy, and research and evaluation. With experience in private, nonprofit, and public sector settings, she is committed to cross-sector approaches to driving positive social and environmental change. Zoe received a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Brown University and a law degree from UC Davis. Return to top  Jean HurleySelf Employed, • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Jean Collier Hurley is engaged in philanthropy, portfolio management, fine art photography and independent study. She manages a portfolio and allocates grants for a philanthropic family fund. In addition, she creates fine art photography prints and designs illustrated books of her work for corporate and private collector clients. She is a recent graduate of the Master of Liberal Arts program at Stanford University. Her thesis on the complexity of decision making for end-of-life care has led her to continue to pursue independent research in various aspects of health care. She holds an MBA in finance from UC Berkeley, and as a former partner at AMB Property Corporation (now Prologis) she raised private capital from institutional investor clients and handled corporate communications and investor relations. She has an active interest in contemporary art and design, running, travel, theater, ballet, symphony, and artisanal coffee houses. Return to top  Catherine Hutton MarkwellCEO/ Executive Director, BizWorld Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Catherine Hutton Markwell is the CEO of The BizWorld Foundation, an education non-profit organization in the Bay area. Ms. Markwell partnered with the Foundation's founder, Tim Draper, to re-launch BizWorld in 2003 by marketing programs to the education sector, and delivering curriculum directly into the hands of teachers. This development expanded the Foundation from a small Silicon Valley start-up to an international nonprofit, helping prepare over 350,000 children worldwide for the global economy. Catherine oversees all aspects of BizWorld, is a strong advocate for elementary entrepreneurship, and works continuously to increase involvement by the private sector in innovative education. She has been featured in a best seller, "The Start-up of You" by Reid Hoffman, and is a seasoned speaker at events promoting entrepreneurship, business and financial education. Ms. Markwell started her career as a financial advisor for PaineWebber and Smith Barney. Prior to her shift into the non-profit education sector, she was an investment banker at Fortrend International in San Francisco, with a focus on international investment banking (working with founder-based companies in the US and abroad). She received a fellowship with Full Circle Fund in 2007, where she served as the Grant Cycle Director for the Education Circle and is currently an active member and Board Member. She has served on the board of The Financial Women's Association of San Francisco, chaired various fundraising events for the Junior League of San Francisco, and her board membership history also includes The Future Leaders Institute of Oakland, CA. She currently serves as a board advisor for Pivot Learning Partners' Innovation Incubator. Ms. Markwell has worked with numerous corporate and private foundations and non-profit organizations, and has been consistently involved in philanthropic endeavors throughout her career. She holds a Director's Certification from the Anderson School of Business, and attended the University of California at Santa Barbara where she studied Political Science. She currently resides with her husband David and children Devon Rose and Hutton Victor in Mill Valley, California. Return to top  Kim JacobsonCo-Founder, Junyo • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Kim brings expertise in developing and marketing integrated communication software and services for industry pioneers such as Excite@Home, Macromedia and Palm Computing. At Macromedia, she managed the launch of the Flash 2004 product line to 500 million users and one million developers worldwide. Prior to Macromedia, she managed the broadband communications products for Excite@Home, servicing 27 cable broadband providers and 17 million web customers worldwide. Her entrepreneurial interests led her to help launch two growing software start-ups, MailFrontier and ePochrates. Jacobson holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, an MA in Education in Learning, Design, Technology from Stanford Graduate School of Education and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Return to top  Mark Jacobstein• Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Mark was most recently VP of Product Management at Qualcomm iSkoot, Inc., a company that brings leading web services like Facebook, Twitter and Skype to mobile handsets around the world, delivering rich consumer experiences with minimal impact on operator networks. Prior to that, he was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Charles River Ventures. He also served as the EVP at Silicon Valley-based loopt, Inc., a ground-breaking social mapping startup backed by Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates. Before joining loopt, Jacobstein was the founding President for Digital Chocolate, one of the world's largest publishers of mobile games, which raised more than $20M in venture capital from Sequoia Capital, KPCB, and Sutter Hill. He was also the CEO and founder of Small World Sports, the world's first online fantasy sports business, where he raised more than $20M from Flatiron Ventures, SCP, CCP and NBC before selling the business to Paul Allen's The Sporting News. In addition, Jacobstein co-founded Small World Software, an Internet technology consultancy, which he sold to iXL in 1998. He then served as the SVP of sales and business development for iXL's New York office before its 1999 IPO. Jacobstein studied Computer Science at Harvard University and began his career as a software developer at Bloomberg L.P. Return to top Lucy Johns Analyst, Dodge & Cox • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Lucy Johns works at Dodge & Cox, Investment Mangers, focusing on corporate bond trading and research. She previously worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Merrill Lynch in New York and Senior Product Manager at NBCi. She holds a B.A. from Williams College and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Return to top  Jennifer JohnsonPrincipal, 454 Marketing • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Jennifer has over 18 years experience in market strategy, product marketing, marketing communications, and business development -- in both venture-backed start-ups and public companies. In her consulting practice over the last eight years, Jennifer has served in interim marketing executive positions for key clients such as: Agile Software (now Oracle), the Apollo Group (University of Phoenix), Instill (now ItradeNetwork), Genius.com, Global Healthcare Exchange, Neoforma, Commerce One, Solidcore (now McAfee), Voltage Security and YouSendIt. Her unique focus is leading strategic projects for companies who are in transition -- whether that involves implementing new marketing processes, launching a new product, transitioning from a service to a product company, or entering new markets. Jennifer uniquely focuses on establishing solid marketing positioning and messaging to support outbound marketing campaigns and field enablement. Jennifer provides executive teams with the leadership and extra muscle needed to deliver on their key initiatives. Prior to her consulting role, Jennifer has held various management positions at Sybase, Versata and other emerging technology organizations. She is an accomplished industry speaker and has been published in leading trade publications. She holds a B.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a concentration in Asian economics and politics from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. P90X-er, novice gardener, and board member for the Burlingame Community for Education Foundation, Jennifer really devotes the majority of her time trying to raise three happy, well-adjusted little citizens and to manage her husband's unrelenting home "improvement" efforts. Success on most of these non-work ambitions can prove to be rather spotty like the interminable remodel she is currently enduring, but she did get two zucchinis, a bed of strawberries and some cherry tomatoes to produce before the Burlingame vermin could make off with them. Oh? and the kids seem to be doing just fine. Return to top  Robin JoyVice President of Online & Mobile, DocuSign • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Robin is Vice President of Online and Mobile at DocuSign, the global standard for electronic signatures and transaction management. Robin is responsible for growing DocuSign's Web revenue, driving online customer acquisition, and leading mobile marketing. Robin has executive experience in marketing, strategy, and general management for top-tier start-ups and Fortune 1000 companies. She's worked across a broad spectrum of technology and consumer-focused companies, including Caring.com, Intuit, Digeo (formerly Moxi Digital), AltaVista, Odwalla, Clorox, and Mercer Management Consulting. Robin holds a B.A. from Dartmouth, an M.A. with honors from the University of Melbourne, and an M.B.A. from Stanford. Return to top Rob Joyce Business Development Consultant, Elefint Designs • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Rob Joyce introduces great causes, organizations, and stories to the talented designers at Elefint Designs. An active member of San Francisco's urban agriculture community, he has participated in multiple projects to effect the positive transformation of urban space. He is currently serving as the Director of Please Touch Garden, and has been involved as a volunteer manager and educator at Hayes Valley Farm. He also enjoys participating as a project leader for the Stanford Alumni Association's "Beyond the Farm" annual day of service. Return to top  Gail KaufmanDeputy Director, Center for Educational Partnerships, UC Berkeley • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Gail Kaufman is Deputy Director, at UC Berkeley's Center for Educational Partnerships and Director of UCB?s School/University Partnerships Program. Since 1998 she has emphasized developing a more coordinated approach to UCB's work with K-14. Her programs emphasize increasing college access and success for low-income students through developing web-based curriculum and resources for educators, families and communities and reach approximately 26,000 students each year in districts and schools throughout California. Prior to her position at UC Berkeley, Ms. Kaufman was the Director of Communications and Public Education for San Francisco Unified School District and for 15 years the Associate Director of Equal Rights Advocates, a national public interest law firm specializing in sex and race discrimination. She is an activist in the women's health movement through her close connection to Breast Cancer Action, and has a long history of activism in women's reproductive health. Her most recent accomplishment is the founding of CAL Prep, a public charter school, and partnership between UCB and Aspire Public Schools. The school just graduated its inaugural senior class and all of its graduates were accepted into four year colleges! Return to top  Leslie KeilAttorney, Hanson Bridgett LLP • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Leslie is a business attorney with Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco, whose practice focuses on corporate law and business transactions, including corporate formation, private equity and debt financing, contracts, M & A, intellectual property licenses, and investments funds, as well as commercial real estate acquisition, sale, financing, and leasing. Leslie is a member of the National Ski Patrol and volunteers with the Tahoe Backcountry Ski Patrol in Truckee. Return to top  Nakeyshia KendallPearson Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Nakeyshia Kendall comes to Full Circle Fund with a background in investment banking and institutional investment consulting. She has been involved with a number of non-profit organizations, including Community Impact at Columbia University, Girls on the Run and the Toigo Foundation. Nakeyshia has earned a BA from Columbia College and an MBA from the Wharton School. Return to top  Salem KimbleManager, Online Strategies, BetterWorld Telecom • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Salem Kimble is Manager of Online Strategies for BetterWorld Telecom, a nationwide, sustainable telecom carrier serving nonprofits and mission-driven businesses. She is the primary company liaison with TechSoup Global, a nonprofit donations organization and works to make telecom accessible and understandable to the nonprofit community. She also manages BetterWorld's web and social media, as well supporting key partnerships and BetterWorld community events. She previously served as Operations Manager for Bay Area Green Tours, designing business processes, managing volunteers and coordinating tours of sustainable businesses in the Bay Area. Salem also served as Manager for the Sustainable Enterprise Cluster, a project of the Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship. Salem is a Founding Member and Secretary for HubMasters, Hub SoMa's Toastmasters Club. She is also a member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. She writes frequently as a guest blogger for TechSoup Global on telecom and nonprofits. She has self-produced two albums of original music, "So Perfect" and "Moving On." She holds a BA in Global Studies from UC Santa Barbara. Return to top  Gabrielle Kivitz• Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Gabrielle has more than 10 years experience on Wall Street as a senior equity analyst, and has been recognized as a Wall Street Journal All-Star Analyst for her stock-picking achievements. She started her finance career as an investment banker, focusing primarily on high-growth companies. She has worked closely with management of companies ranging in size from startup to more than $20 billion in revenue, evaluating competitive position, business strategy, growth opportunities, challenges, financial position and outlook. Her investment banking experience includes execution of IPOs, follow-on public equity offerings and mergers & acquisitions. As a senior equity analyst, Gabrielle was also regularly interviewed as a featured expert on CNBC TV and was often quoted in leading print publications. Gabrielle serves on numerous philanthropic boards and committees for education, scientific, health-related and arts organizations, and has also received recognition for her fundraising achievements. Return to top  Joe KleinschmidtVice President of Cloud Products, Telligent • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Joe Kleinschmidt is the Vice President of Cloud Products for Telligent, a social software company. Previously he co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer for Leverage Software, an enterprise social networking start-up which was later acquired by Telligent. Joe is passionate about product innovation and has helped to develop successful software products in a variety of areas, including biotech, web publishing, and financial services. He holds a B.A. from Northwestern University. Return to top  Sarah KwonSales Strategy and Operations Manager, Castlight Health • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Sarah Kwon is a Sales Strategy and Operations Manager at Castlight Health, a health technology company aiming to improve pricing and quality transparency in health care. Prior to Castlight, she worked for Kaiser Permanente and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and was a Fulbright Fellow in South Korea. She has an MBA and MPH from the University of California, Berkeley and an AB from Bryn Mawr College. Return to top  Steven LurieGeneral Manager, Game Studio, Zynga • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Steven Lurie is General Manager of the Mobile group at Zynga, Inc, the leading social gaming company, where he is responsible for launching games on the iPhone and other mobile platforms. Before joining Zynga, Steven worked at MHS Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund in San Francisco that is backed by leading entrepreneurs and industry leaders. Previously, Steven was CEO of Advice Company, which operates several leading Web sites, including FreeAdvice.com, the most visited legal and insurance information advice site for consumers, as well as AttorneyPages.com, a national directory of qualified attorneys. Before then, Steven worked at several venture-backed start-ups in executive roles and in venture capital at Saints Capital. Start-up experience includes Ingenio, where Steven was an early executive and part of the original management team in 1999. Funded by Benchmark Capital, Ingenio pioneered the pay-per-call advertising model and built a successful ad network that was acquired by AT&T's YellowPages.com in 2008. Holding a variety of management jobs in product, marketing, and operations, Steven helped take the start-up from launch to approximately $35 million in annual revenues and net income profitability. Steven holds one US patent and has seven pending patents from his leadership of Ingenio's product team. Prior to Ingenio, Steven held a variety of management roles at Microsoft from 1993-1999. Starting out as the first marketing manager in the newly formed Online Services group, he led a variety of marketing, product planning, business development and business planning teams in the Server Applications and Developer Tools divisions. In these roles, Steven was twice awarded the top product management rating at Microsoft and led the team that amassed the best win/loss record for technical reviews in his division. In addition to having served on a number of local community boards, Steven also served as a mentor for the triathlon team for Team in Training. Steven received his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and his Bachelor of Arts with Distinction and Departmental Honors from Stanford University. Return to top  Trina MartynowiczCleanTech and Emerging Technologies Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Trina Martynowicz's diverse professional background spans a wide range of environmental professions, including environmental science, policy, and engineering. Such efforts include promoting clean technologies to further reduce air emissions, overseeing air emission controls for highly emitting sources, creating national policy in cleaning up highly contaminated sites, and removing harmful pesticides from the U.S. market. She currently works at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in San Francisco in the Clean Energy and Climate Change Office overseeing a national partnership between Federal, state, and local governments and private industries to enhance and expedite innovative clean technologies aimed to reduce regional air pollutants and greenhouse gases in California's worst air quality areas. In addition, she works in the transportation sector with the West Coast Collaborative, a voluntary public-private partnership to reduce diesel fuel use though various tools and partnerships. Trina previous professional experiences include working at the EPA in Washington DC to set regulation and guidance to cleanup the nation's most contaminated Federal properties. Her efforts also led to the creation of unprecedented national policies to minimize adverse environmental impacts of pollution to Native American Indians and environmental justice communities. In additional to her activities with Full Circle Fund, Trina serves on the Board of the Young Professionals in Energy, a non-profit that provides a forum for education, networking and career development for professionals in the energy industry throughout the Bay Area. As a California native, Trina received Bachelors degrees in Environmental Science and Politics from the University of California at Santa Cruz and as a lover of the Big Apple, received a Masters degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University. Return to top  Aaron McDanielSr. Director - Business Development & Global Strategy, AT&T • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Aaron McDaniel is currently the Senior Director of Business Development & Global Strategy at AT&T. He was previously a Regional Sales Manager for AT&T in San Francisco. Through his career, Aaron has held numerous management positions in various business functions from customer care to project management and analysis to field operations. He is part of AT&T's Diamond Club, recognized being part of the Top 1% of sales leaders worldwide. Aaron is the co-founder of the Jill Wakeman Foundation for Equality, a non-profit organization focused on helping further equality in all aspects of society. Aaron earned a B.S. in Business Administration from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business where he also taught the course, "Leadership & Organizational Dynamics" through the DECAL program. Aaron is a mentor for the Global Social Venture Competition, assisting entrepreneurs with the creation of businesses that bring about positive sustainable social change. Aaron is an avid international traveler and currently resides in San Francisco. Return to top  Irina MelnikPhysician, Spinal Diagnostics • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Dr. Melnik completed her internship in General Surgery and residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Stanford University Hospital, and fellowship training in interventional spine and pain in Honolulu, HI. She currently works at the Spinal Diagnostics and Treatment Center in Daly City, and at Comprehensive Spine and Sports in Mill Valley, CA. She graduated from Tartu University Medical School in Estonia, and from the Institute of Physical Education and Sports in Kazakhstan. She authored several scientific articles and medical book chapters, including latest: "Decision Making in Spinal Care", D. Anderson, A. Vaccaro; chapter on 'Intradiscal Thermal Therapies' in "Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain", S. Dagenais, S. Haldeman, 2012. She specializes in interventional spinal procedures, pain management, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and electro diagnosis. She has conducted collaborative research projects with and presented educational lectures to Stanford's PM&R residents and Spine fellows. She has been a guest on a few regional radio programs in California and Hawaii on the subject of interventional and conservative treatment of back pain. She volunteers for "Flying Doctors of America" organization which does philanthropic medical work abroad, helping people in the most impoverished areas of the world. She have participated and was involved in local TEDx conferences, 'Renaissance Weekends', social venture networking, presented and was involved in meetings and conferences on multiple topics, including medicine, technology, innovation, AI, leadership, anti-aging and many others. Her side interests also include oil painting, music, medical equipment design, politics, world travel and philosophy. Return to top  Katie MitchellSenior Business Associate, Visa Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Katie is a Senior Business Associate at Visa where she is part of the New Graduate Development Program, having worked in Global Business Development, Interchange Pricing Strategy, and Financial Institutions Sales. She is particularly passionate about Visa's initiatives to deliver secure and reliable access to payments in emerging and developing economies. Prior to Visa, Katie worked in Washington D.C. promoting U.S.-Asia Relations and did considerable research in New York at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs on Chinese investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Katie served as Chief Interviewer on a team that created two documentary films on behalf of the Clinton Global Initiative, chronicling the work of two Non-Governmental Organizations operating in both Nairobi and rural parts of Kenya. The team also advised the NGO's as to how to leverage media content to secure future investment for their respective organizations. Katie received her B.A. from Columbia University in Political Science (International Relations). While at Columbia, she was also a two-year member of the Varsity Volleyball and four-year member of the Varsity Rowing team, which she had the honor of being co-captain. Return to top  Camilla NelsonConsultant, H. C. Nelson Consulting • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Camilla Nelson held several positions in the area of employee and community programs for Hewlett Packard Company for nearly 15 years. Prior to departing HP she served as a Global Community Engagement Program Manager in the Office of Sustainability and Social Innovation, leading employee engagement efforts to support signature programs and strategic partnerships. During her career at HP, Camilla helped to develop HP's strategy to address the digital divide, known as "e-inclusion," and was the primary architect of HP's award-winning Digital Village Program. This signature philanthropic e-inclusion initiative provided $15 million in HP resources to three underserved communities in the United States. In 2005, Camilla led the HP Microenterprise Acceleration Program for North America, a global HP program that provided microenterprises in underserved communities around the world access to technology, training and business development services through partnerships with nonprofit microenterprise development organizations. Prior to joining HP, Camilla spent ten years as an Assistant Attorney General for the Minnesota Attorney General's Office. She practiced in the areas of education, employment, civil rights and nonprofit regulation and was actively involved in outreach and government relations for the Attorney General's Office. She also served as the Attorney General's Civil Rights Policy Director during that time. Camilla is currently providing pro bono consulting services to a small number of Silicon Valley nonprofits and educational institutions. Camilla has served on numerous boards, recently including Shelter Network, NPower National and the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce. She earned a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Communications from Stanford University and a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School. Return to top  Dee Dee NguyenSr. Philanthropic Advisor, Marin Community Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Dee Dee Nguyen is the Sr. Philanthropic Advisor for the Marin Community Foundation. She develops relevant programming to engage and inform a diverse community of donors to promote philanthropy. Formerly, she was with Changemakers to promote social justice philanthropy for community-, ethnic- and tribal-based funds and was a Multicultural Fellow at The San Francisco Foundation. She currently serves on the Steering Committee of the Asian American/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP), Northern California Chapter and is Co-Founder of the AAPIP's Bay Area Lunar Giving Circle. Return to top  Lindsay NorcottStrategic Initiatives Officer, ImpactAssets • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Lindsay works at ImpactAssets as the Strategic Initiatives Officer, focused on building knowledge resources that advance the field of impact investing, such as Issue Briefs and the annual ImpactAssets 50. She is also part of the team behind the Social Capital Markets conference, assisting with business development and program management. Previously at Entrepreneurs Foundation, Lindsay helped venture-backed companies in the Bay Area to develop and execute community involvement programs. She was the project leader for a Full Circle Fund grant to Beyond12, which supported development of a higher education partnership strategy. Lindsay is a graduate of Columbia Business School and Pomona College. Return to top  Melanie NutterDirector of the San Francisco Department of Environment, City and County of San Francisco • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Melanie Nutter is an elected member of the San Francisco Democratic Party and serves as the party's fundraising Vice-Chair. She is also the Deputy District Director for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Prior to this position, she was the Executive Director of the San Francisco Democratic Party from 2003-2005 and was the Principal of Nutter Consulting, a San Francisco-based consulting firm that helps nonprofits and political organizations to raise funds, organize events, manage campaigns and recruit new supporters. Melanie has over fourteen years experience in nonprofit fundraising, events management, grassroots organizing and media relations. As a Principal for Nutter Consulting, she consulted for many organizations including Music for America and SEIU Local 250. In 2002, she worked as the Canvass Director for the San Francisco Democratic Party's SF Vote Project and oversaw two assistant directors and 80 paid staff on Election Day. Before launching her own consulting practice, she was a Senior Consultant at Donordigital where she assisted nonprofits and political candidates in creating online fundraising and marketing campaigns. Melanie also spent two years helping nonprofits and political campaigns with their Internet strategies at 4Charity.com. Prior to her work in online fundraising and marketing, she spent 6 years as a grassroots political organizer with Greenbelt Alliance, the Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) and Green Corps. She holds a B.S. degree in Communications and Environmental Studies from Northwestern University. Melanie currently serves as Democracy Action's Communications and Framing Co-Chair, as SF Women's Political Committee's (SFWPC) Vice President and as a Board Member of the Richmond District Democratic Club. Return to top  Kelly OliverChief of Staff, Northwest, Microsoft Corporation • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Kelly Oliver is the Chief of Staff for Northwest District at Microsoft. Kelly is responsible for software licensing, customer and partner satisfaction, and operational excellence across the enterprise segment in Northern California, Washington, Alaska, Oregon and Idaho. Previously at Microsoft, Kelly was a sales manager for Midwest District in Chicago responsible for driving revenue, value and growth during industry contraction with enterprise manufacturing customers. Prior to her sales leadership, Kelly was the Central Region Manager for the Developer Evangelism organization and Midwest District Premier Support Services manager. Prior to Microsoft, Kelly spent several years as a consultant with James Martin & Company and Oracle. She graduated with dual business degrees in International Business and Spanish and an MBA with concentration in Management Information Systems. Kelly and her husband, David, live in San Francisco with their yellow Labrador, Ridge. In her spare time, Kelly enjoys rooting for the Chicago Bears & Cubs, running marathons and cycling. Return to top  Hannah ParkDeputy Director, UCSF • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Hannah Park serves as the Deputy Director of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco. Established through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CUGH advocates on behalf of and seeks to expand opportunities for academic global health programs in North America. Prior to joining CUGH, Hannah co-founded Cielo Productions, a nonprofit documentary film company focused on developing stories about neglected tropical diseases. Cielo's first documentary feature has won several awards at film festivals across the country and is now being aired on PBS stations around the country. Prior to Cielo, Hannah managed the major philanthropic initiatives for a family foundation including establishing the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, a consortium of the top biomedical research organizations in San Diego, California. In November 2011, the 135,000 GSF building opened on Torrey Pines Road overlooking the Pacific Ocean as the premier facility for collaborative research in stem cell science in San Diego. Hannah began her professional career as an analyst at Gemini Consulting (now Cap Gemini North America), then an associate at Forrester Research, a high-tech market research and advisory firm, and an investment associate at JMI Equity, a private equity firm focused on investments in software and business services companies. Hannah received her B.A. in Art History from Wellesley College. Return to top Kristen Pedersen Assistant Director of Employment Services, The Arc San Francisco • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Return to top  Braden PenhoetExecutive Director, Innovation Policy & Law, Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Braden Penhoet is the first Executive Director, (for Innovation Policy & Law) at the newly created Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute ("BECI"). BECI is a facilitator and promoter, of strategic planning, collaborations and external relations. He has practiced corporate and securities law at major law firms, and international environmental law and policy at the Center for International Environmental Law in Washington, D.C. He also has served as a strategic consultant to nonprofit, government and startup company enterprises. Braden holds degrees from Stanford University, the UCLA School of Law, and UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Braden is Co-Chair of the Energy and Environment Circle. Return to top  Kevin PerkinsAssociate Principal, Libitzky Property Companies • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Kevin is portfolio manager at Libitzky Property Companies (LPC), which controls approximately 5 million square feet of various property types ranging from office projects in Texas to large industrial parks in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to joining LPC, Kevin worked on the trading floor of ML Stern & Co., now SWS group, and with wealth management at Morgan Stanley in Beverly Hills. At UC Berkeley, Kevin studied Economics and Environmental Policy. Kevin volunteers and serves on the board of Back on Track in San Francisco and as a trustee of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Return to top  Scott PofcherSenior Vice President, Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Scott is a Senior Vice President on a Private Wealth Management team at Morgan Stanley. Clients include multigenerational families, business owners, founders of venture capital and private equity firms and private foundations. The Private Wealth Management group specializes in providing investors with custom-tailored financial solutions and a level of sophistication and access typically offered only to large corporations and financial institutions. Previously, Scott was in similar roles at UBS Financial Services and Merrill Lynch. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Scott created online financial businesses and software for Intuit and served in management positions at several public technology companies. Scott holds a B.A. from Amherst College with honors and an M.B.A from Kellogg at Northwestern University, where he was an F.C. Austin Scholar. Scott is an avid golfer, runner and photographer and stays busy running after two young daughters. He has been active in development both for Amherst and his daughters' schools. Return to top  Elissa PollockSenior Program Marketing Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric Company • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Elissa has more than 15 years of marketing experience working in a variety of industries including Energy and Financial Services and currently part of PG&E's marketing team. Elissa grew up in the Bay Area and majored in Art History at the University of Washington, Seattle. Elissa's mother has worked in development for many Bay Area non-profits and inspired a passion for non-profits and philanthropy in her children starting at a very young age. Most recently, Elissa founded and launched a young philanthropist's group for an East Bay healthcare non-profit called George Mark Children's House. Return to top  Jeff PollockPresident, Co-Founder, Heart of Silicon Valley • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Jeff is the Vice President of Real Estate at the Pollock Financial Group. He has evolved from the insurance side of the company and works closely with Jim Pollock and Lincoln Westcott in finding and developing new real estate projects, including securing entitlements to build. Jeff is also responsible for establishing and leading marketing efforts for PFG and improving its overall effectiveness and impact on the community. Jeff holds Life,, Series 6 and 63 licenses and has a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Pollock founded the Heart of Silicon Valley (www.hosv.org) whose mission is to encourage, empower and engage people with a passion for worthy causes through the sharing of music and community. He works with other noted philanthropists in the area including Sheri and Lisa Sobrato. Jeff is an active songwriter/producer with publishing deals and active memberships at ASCAP and West Coast Songwriters Association. Return to top  Susanna PoonAttorney, Hanson Bridgett LLP • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Susanna M. Poon is an estate planning attorney who specializes in working with individuals and families to plan and implement their philanthropic goals. Prior to her legal career, she was a program administrator in executive education at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and represented the university in South Africa, India and China. Susanna has also worked in the Domestic Policy Office of Vice-President Al Gore and the Office of Constituents Services for Governor Wiliam Weld of Massachusetts. She serves on the Scholarship Committee for The Asian American Bar Association of the Bay Area and as a Board Member of The John William Ward Public Service Fellowship. Additionally, she volunteers with programs through The SF SPCA and The Bar Association of SF. She is a graduate of The Boston Latin School, Boston University and UCLA School of Law. Susanna loves travel, photography, food, pinot noir, and sports! Return to top  Gopika PrabhuCo-Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Elefint Designs • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Gopika Prabhu is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Elefint Designs, a design studio that works with good causes. She founded Elefint on the premise that people and organizations doing well in the world deserve great design. Gopika has a keen interest in how design can solve complex problems, thereby making our life easier, more impactful and beautiful. With seven years of industry experience, she has worked with both small and large organizations including the Clinton Global Initiative, Tufts University and Architecture for Humanity. An east coast girl by heart, Gopika spent the majority of her life in Baltimore, ventured south to Washington DC where she graduated from the George Washington University, and has since traveled to places like India, Africa, and Europe to enjoy time away from the computer. Return to top  Elizabeth RamirezProgram Coordinator, Levi Strauss Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Elizabeth's career has focused on international philanthropy, with specific interest in the role of private funding in development. She is currently Coordinator for the Levi Strauss Foundation. In this role, Elizabeth supports the Foundation's international grant making in four areas: confronting HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination, advancing worker rights in the apparel industry, helping low-income people save and invest in their futures, and advancing social justice. She began her career in Washington, DC at a foundation supporting the United Nations and its causes. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Bay Area chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy. Elizabeth graduated magna cum laude from George Washington University-Elliott School of International Affairs with concentrations in Conflict & Security and Latin American Studies. She is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Brazil. Return to top  Susan ReeveProject Management, Lionfish Consulting • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Susan Reeve is the Principal of Lionfish Consulting and the co-founder of Global Alert, an online tool to minimize plastic pollution to the ocean. Prior to establishing Lionfish Consulting, she led programs that while all different in scope, share common threads of sustainability, creativity, adventure, and a global ecological perspective. As the Director of the Explorers Program and Special Projects for National Geographic, Susan contributed to program growth and development for 13 years. From 1998 to 2001, Susan served as the National Geographic project lead to the Sustainable Seas Expeditions, a five-year, 10 million-dollar joint venture between the National Geographic Society and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that used innovative submersible technology for deep-water exploration to enhance public education in the National Marine Sanctuaries. In 2004 Susan created the NG Emerging Explorers Program, an annual awards program that spotlights uniquely gifted, inspiring and visionary individuals at the start of their careers; it also recognizes the next generation of storytellers. In 2007, Susan developed the NG Explorers Symposium, an annual conference featuring top explorers from around the world. From September 2008 through January 2010 Susan worked with Great Plains Conservation in the Masai Mara in Kenya to establish an 80,000 acre wildlife conservancy called Mara North, an innovative partnership between the Maasai landowners and a consortium of tour companies to sustain wildlife, improve livelihoods and develop a high quality tourism destination. Susan holds a BA in Mass Communications from Pennsylvania State University and an Executive MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio Graduate School. She is an outdoor enthusiast, traveler, and photographer. Return to top  Annie RileyManager of Market Strategy & Supply, Hotel Tonight • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Annie Riley joins Full Circle Fund with experience in education as well as the private sector. Annie currently works on the supply team at early-stage company Hotel Tonight, a mobile app for last-minute hotel reservations. Previously, she was an Education Pioneers Analyst Fellow at NewSchools Venture Fund and a management consultant at Booz & Company (formerly Katzenbach Partners LLC). After receiving an AB with honors from Harvard College, Annie worked for an education NGO in the Seychelles as a recipient of the Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Fellowship. Annie was recently recognized as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum. Return to top  Ashley RodwickProgram Associate, Koret Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Ashley Rodwick is a Program Associate at the Koret Foundation, facilitating the grantmaking process and helping to produce Koret communications. Her experience includes grant writing, event planning, and communications management for Meals on Wheels of San Francisco, as well as fundraising and program planning for a number of causes, including care for the elderly and disabled, technology and transparency in government, programs to address childhood obesity, and healthcare and mental health access for at-risk youth. An avid runner, Ashley serves as chair of the Pamakid Runners Charity Committee, which provides grants to local organizations that promote community health and fitness. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Stanford University and holds an M.S.W. degree in social welfare from UC Berkeley with a concentration in management and planning. Return to top  Leigh RodwickFood Programming Manager, Hub Bay Area • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Leigh Rodwick has a wide range of expertise including partnership marketing, project management, event production, strategic branding, and operational strategy. Leigh recently moved to San Francisco from Los Angeles, where she started her career in film production at Walt Disney Studios. She later earned her MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Business and spent eight years at teen retailer Hot Topic as Director of Operations and Director of Marketing. As operations director she oversaw multiple company-wide projects, from the $1 mill annual company meeting, to summer tour activations, to opening a second national distribution center. As marketing director, Leigh created a strategy that connected Hot Topic's teen "fans" to the things they loved in pop culture and music through thousands of performances, autograph signings and exclusive filmed content. She was responsible for designing and launching Hot Topic's extremely successful loyalty program and for building marketing partnerships with top film, television, video game and music releases. She is now focused on using her experience to strengthen a variety of smaller, sustainable businesses that are of benefit to the San Francisco community and in helping these companies thrive. Return to top  Sienna RogersManager, Financial Forecasting and Analysis, Pacific Gas and Electric Company • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Sienna Rogers is a Manager with Pacific Gas & Electric Company focused on developing its Greenhouse Gas Commercial Strategy. Since joining PG&E through its leadership development program, Sienna has worked on a variety of strategic issues including implementation of climate change legislation and mitigating risks of the physical impacts of climate change. Prior to joining PG&E in 2006, she worked in JPMorgan's Financial Sponsor investment banking group for four years and began her career at Schroder & Co in New York. Sienna received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA from Duke University. Return to top  Joe RossExecutive Director, Citizen Schools • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Joe Ross joined Citizen Schools as Executive Director of California in 2010. Prior to joining Citizen Schools, Ross worked at Cisco Systems where he led corporate strategy and operations in Mexico for the Linksys and Flip Video brands. During his eight-year military career, Joe Ross served as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for the fleet component of the U.S. Southern Command and was responsible for leading security cooperation programs in Latin America. A Truman Scholar and a fellow of the Truman National Security Project, Ross holds a BA from Yale and a JD from Stanford Law School, where he was 59th President of the Stanford Law Review. Joe is also the parent of three children, ages 14, 9 and 7. Return to top  Julie SammonsCo-Founder, Bay Area Biomimicry Network • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Julie Sammons is a biologist and business advisor who applies strategies from the natural world to help organizations learn, evolve, and thrive in increasingly complex environments. Julie co-founded and leads the Bay Area Biomimicry Network, advises bio-curious startups, and is a frequent speaker on nature-inspired innovation. Starting her career as a microbiologist tracking the spread of infectious diseases, she found her niche spreading infectious information, cultivating more than 1,000 strategic partners and millions of media hits for mission-driven education campaigns. She enjoys working with early-stage ventures and served as a Venture Fellow at Investors' Circle and Sustainability Advisor for the Cleantech Open. Julie has a BS in microbiology from the University of California, San Diego, an MBA in sustainable management from Presidio Graduate School, and has worked at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, University of California, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Return to top  Maisy SamuelsonProduct Management Consulting, First Floor Labs • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Maisy is Director and Co-Founder of First Floor Labs (www.firstfloorlabs.com), a shared workspace for tech startups in Palo Alto. She also does product management consulting for internet and mobile tech startups. She was an early product manager at LinkedIn where she spent four years building products that helped LinkedIn grow from 5 million to 45 million members. She has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of business and a BA from Stanford in Economics. Return to top  Matthew ScharpnickCo-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Elefint Designs • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Matthew Scharpnick is the co-founder and chief strategy officer at Elefint Designs, a design and marketing firm that works with good causes. He founded Elefint Designs on the premise that organizations doing good for the world deserve great design. Matthew received his MBA from UC Irvine and has worked with good causes for more than a decade. Return to top Fred Schnider Law Offices of Fred Schnider • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education After moving to California from Washington, D.C. in 1986, Fred spent the next seventeen years as an attorney in the Alameda County Public Defender's Office, handling mostly adult criminal cases in Oakland and other parts of the county. Since 2004, he has been in private practice, specializing in state and federal criminal appeals. Fred has a law degree from Georgetown and a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia. He lives in Berkeley with his wife, Sue, and two incredible kids, Reid and Owen. Return to top  Steve SchoettlerCo-Founder, Junyo • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Steve is a Co-Founder of Junyo. Steve combines a passion for education with two decades of experience in early-stage tech companies. As co-founder of Zynga, Steve launched Poker, created the machine learning team that processed all virtual purchases with real-time fraud assessment, and helped launch the cross-game loyalty program. Return to top  Minnie SettySenior Director, New Teacher Center • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Minnie is a Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships at the New Teacher Center, a national non profit dedicated to accelerating the effectiveness of new teachers and principals. Prior to joining NTC, Minnie was a co-founder and co-director of Uncommon Charter High School, a low-income urban public school located in Brooklyn, New York. She also spent three years as a consultant at Bain & Company. At NTC, Minnie directs the existing portfolio of clients, working with state and district superintendents and other leadership to support and monitor NTC's engagement efforts. Minnie has a BS from Stanford University in Computer Science. Return to top  Roxana ShirkhodaK12 Education Outreach Specialist, Google • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Roxana Shirkhoda is a Specialist on Google's K-12 Education Outreach Team in Mountain View, CA. Her focus is on engaging both students and non-profits in the ever-growing world of Computer Science (CS). With a goal of increasing the number of minority, underserved, and female students pursuing careers in CS, Roxana works with organizations around the world to ensure that access to education is never a hindrance to the creation of technology. Prior to joining the K-12 Education Outreach Team, she worked on Google's Sales Team managing and consulting advertising agencies on how to maximize ROI for their Adwords clients. Outside of Google, Roxana is true to her Midwest roots and enjoys playing sports including football, basketball and ice hockey. She is passionate about improving lives of women and children around the globe through access to education and human rights. Roxana loves to travel and in 2012 visited Kenya to work with refugee women, and Peru to hike the infamous Machu Picchu. Roxana received her degree from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!), Ann Arbor. Return to top  Tyler SipprelleAssociate, Vector Capital • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Tyler is an associate at Vector Capital, a private equity fund headquartered in San Francisco that invests primarily in late-stage technology companies. At Vector, he evaluates potential investments by conducting market research, due diligence, and valuation analyses, and works closely with management at existing portfolio companies on strategic and operational initiatives. Previously, Tyler worked in Lazard Freres' Technology Investment Banking Group in Boston. Tyler graduated from Harvard with a degree in economics and originally hails from New Jersey. Return to top  Bartlomiej SkorupaExecutive Director, Groundwork Opportunities • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Bartlomiej holds a BA in Finance from the University of Illinois and has 7 years working experience in management and IT consulting, having worked for both Accenture and Slalom Consulting. Working in various industries, Bartlomiej held numerous management positions in 10+ Fortune 500 companies implementing efficient business practices in the USA and Europe. Bartlomiej also has 7 years of experience working in the nonprofit sector in the USA, Europe, Africa, and Asia, from front line jobs to systematic development work. Return to top  Elisha Smith ArrillagaFellow, Effective Philanthropy Group, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Elisha Smith Arrillaga is a Fellow in the Effective Philanthropy Group at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. She is responsible for a portfolio of grants designed to help Hewlett grantees incorporate elements of the Foundation's outcomes-focused approach into strategic planning and other activities. Additionally, she serves as a resource to staff on evaluation, supports Foundation-wide learning activities, and conducts research that informs the Effective Philanthropy Group's strategic planning. Before joining the Hewlett Foundation, Elisha worked at Mathematica Policy Research where she led data collection efforts on several program evaluations for government and private sector clients. In addition to her experience with Mathematica, Elisha has also enjoyed volunteering with a number of organizations, including ARISE Charter High School, the Girl Scouts, and College Bound Elisha earned her B.A. in Mathematics from Smith College, a M.S. in Survey Methodology from the University of Maryland at College Park, and a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Return to top Lauren Stoller Financial Analyst, • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Return to top  Ryan TakemotoSenior Competition Counsel, Visa Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Ryan is a Senior Competition Counsel at Visa Inc. As a member of Visa's global competition team, he advises on various antitrust and competition law issues that arise from Visa's global electronic payments business. Prior to Visa, Ryan was a senior associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco where he practiced antitrust and unfair competition litigation in a variety of industries including natural gas and consumer electronics. He received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Utah and law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Ryan is actively involved with the United Way of the Bay Area and is a member of the Alumni Board of Governors for Hastings College of the Law. Return to top  Adam Traeger-HirschfelderSenior Program Officer, Koret Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Program Officer Adam Hirschfelder has a broad range of experience in the nonprofit, government, and philanthropic sectors with particular expertise in the development of public-private partnerships. His Koret portfolio includes youth development programs as well as grants to select community organizations and arts groups. Prior to joining Koret, Adam launched and directed the Public Health Institute's Rx:Volunteer project, one of the first efforts nationally to promote volunteerism and civic engagement among older adults and retiring boomers in health care settings. His research will be featured in a book on altruism to be published by Oxford University Press in 2007. Before that, Adam was Associate Director, Public Affairs, at the Corporation for National and Community Service, the parent agency of the AmeriCorps program and other National Service initiatives. Before serving in the federal government, Adam held business development positions at Sylvan Learning Systems and Scholastic Inc. At Scholastic, Adam also directed the company's strategic philanthropy portfolio. He received his M.A. in Education Policy from Teachers College, Columbia University and graduated with departmental honors from Northwestern University. Adam is active in a range of Jewish activities in the San Francisco Bay Area. He completed the American Jewish Committee's Young Leadership Institute, participated in American Jewish World Service delegations from the Bay Area to Africa and South America, and is a member of the San Francisco Jewish Community Endowment Fund's Young Funders Forum. He is also a member of Full Circle Fund, an alliance of emerging Bay Area business and community leaders who address public problems through engaged philanthropy. Return to top  Rob TriceVenture Partner, Swisscom Ventures • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Rob Trice is currently a Venture Partner at Swisscom Ventures. He served as the founding Sr. Managing Director of SK Telecom Ventures from 2008 to 2012. He also served as a co-founding Partner of Nokia Growth Partners, Nokia's global growth-stage venture fund for direct and fund-to-fund investing from 2004 to 2012. From late 2000 until the end of 2004, he worked at BlueRun Ventures (formerly Nokia Venture Partners) on early-stage venture investments in the US and overseas. Prior to doing venture capital, Rob worked at DIRECTV in Los Angeles and Tokyo in a variety of operational and business planning roles. He also worked as an international policy analyst at a Washington, D.C. based think tank, the Center for Strategic & International Studies. Rob holds a Master of Arts from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia. He is based in Menlo Park, California. Return to top  Ron TurielloPresident and COO, Voter Genome Project LLC • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Ron Turiello co-founded and is President and COO of the Voter Genome Project, a full service technology and analytics firm that applies leading-edge technology to perform real-time datamining and help progressive candidates and causes win. Prior to founding the Voter Genome Project, Ron was the senior IP and technology transactions attorney in the Palo Alto office of Skadden Arps where he served as outside intellectual property counsel to numerous technology companies. He also continues to advise high tech companies on intellectual property issues, serving as of counsel to Woodside Counsel, PC. From 2007 until 2010 Ron was the General Counsel and Director of Business Development for Intelligent Integration Systems, Inc.. Ron is the Chairman of the Advisory Board for New Leaders for New Schools, Bay Area. Ron has been active in Democratic politics for 20 years, first as a senior campaign organizer for former U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas, as field director for Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, and as campaign manager for Syracuse, NY City Council President Bob Romeo and more recently raising money for progressive candidates. Ron is a graduate of Boston University (B.A. in Urban Political Development) and Cornell Law School. Return to top  Amie VaccaroProduct Marketing Manager, Salesforce.com • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Amie Vaccaro is currently a Product Marketing Manager at Salesforce.com. Amie's passions in life are people, doing more with less, incentivizing positive change and using the power of business to improve lives and save the planet. Previously, Amie has worked as Director of Business Development and Marketing at Viv, which gives consumers an easy and powerful way to drive environmental change. There she was responsible for developing all partnerships and relationships necessary for rapid growth, spearheading investor conversations and other fundraising efforts, and end to end marketing, execution and community building for a new core product launch. As Program Manager at SVT Group, Amie developed an "SROI Lite" calculator tool that provides a consistent mechanism by which organization staff may assess the potential impact and return on investment of disparate programs. The tool has been made a part of SVT's core product suite. While at SVT, Amie was also responsible for managing a team of interns, managing the co-working space, creating marketing materials, developing new business, and recruiting. As an Associate Consultant with Bain & Company, Amie worked with Fortune 500 and nonprofit clients on critical business issues in the healthcare, retail, and utilities spaces. She focused on growth strategy, cost reduction and organizational performance improvement. While at Bain she also founded and led a Green Team for the 300-employee San Francisco office, which achieved significant strides in reducing the company's carbon footprint. At green media company, Green Zebra, Amie refined the venture's sustainable savings guides, built and managed relationships with local businesses, and was instrumental in the development of corporate, government and small business sponsorships. Amie graduated phi beta kappa with a B.S. with high honors from Brown University. She is fluent in Spanish. She writes for TriplePundit, GreenBiz, NextBillion and Sustainable Industries about green business, social and eco-entrepreneurship, and other bright ideas. She is a member of Full Circle Fund's Environment Circle, on the New Leaders Council's Advisory Board, founding member of The Hub and spoke at Net Impact 2009 about finding a green job. Return to top  Krista Van TasselEnvironmental Affairs - Team Member Engagement Manager, Wells Fargo • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity As a member of the Wells Fargo Environmental Affairs team, Krista supports the company's Green Teams and Sustainability Agents, who promote environmental innovation and educate team members about their role in supporting our sustainability efforts. Before coming to Wells Fargo, Krista earned her MBA in International Business at Georgetown University. She has also worked in a variety of sustainability and marketing positions in both the nonprofit (Net Impact) and for-profit (Sun Microsystems) worlds. In her free time, she enjoys running, reading and volunteering. Return to top  Alejandra VillalobosPerformance Manager, Partners in School Innovation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Alejandra is the Director of Development at Partners in School Innovation, a national nonprofit based in San Francisco, CA with a mission to transform teaching and learning in the lowest-performing public schools so that every student, regardless of background, thrives. Prior to her current role, Alejandra served as Strategic Projects Manager at Net Impact, an international nonprofit inspiring leaders to use their business skills to improve the world. Originally from Mexico, Alejandra received her B.A. in International Relations and M.A. in International Education Policy from Stanford University. She is active in a range of volunteer and philanthropic activities. Most recently, Alejandra serves on the board of directors of the Stanford Club of San Francisco, where she co-chairs the Food & Wine Committee. Return to top Kim Vu VP of Social Impact, Innovation & Relationships, Tech CU • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment; Education; Global Economic Kim is the Vice President of Social Impact, Innovation and Relationships at Tech CU, managing social impact outreach initiatives which include advising social venture startups, and handling corporate volunteer and philanthropic programs, advocacy and strategic community partnerships. Her career with Tech CU began in 2001 with the development of one of the first Private Banking programs in the Credit Union industry, growing the program's assets over $400 million. In 2010, she transitioned from the Private Banking group to create Tech CU's Community Relations department. Kim has been recognized by the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal as a Woman of Distinction in Banking and Finance, Top 40 under 40, and Silicon Valley 100 Women of Influence. Kim is a graduate of San Jose State University with a Bachelors degree in Business Management and a Masters in Leadership from St. Mary's College. She currently serves as the national founding board chair of The Respect Institute and advisory board member to Impact Emotion Films, New Leaders Council Silicon Valley, Mission College Center for Innovation & Technology, Santa Clara County Children's Agenda Vision Council and co-chairs the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Education Policy Committee. Kim frequently speaks on a variety of topics related to personal branding, networking, innovation, serving underrepresented communities, and education policy to a wide range of audiences including Fortune 1,000 executives. She loves connecting good people doing good things in the world and enjoys mentoring young, aspiring social changemakers. Return to top Louise Warren Staff Counsel, California Coastal Commission • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Louise is a staff counsel at the California Coastal Commission, a state agency dedicated to the protection of the coast of California. In this role, she advises the Commission's Central Coast District Office and the Energy and Ocean Resources Division on matters ranging from approval of local coastal programs for local governments to granting permits for everything from residences to desalination plants. Prior to her work at the Commission, Louise was a litigator at Farella, Braun and Martel, LLP in San Francisco, where she represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation cases, with a special emphasis on insurance and environmental cases. She grew up in Palo Alto, graduated from Princeton University with honors, and from Stanford Law School with distinction. Return to top  Peter WernerPartner, Cooley LLP • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Peter H. Werner is a partner in Cooley's business department. He joined the Firm in 2001 and is resident in the San Francisco office. Mr. Werner's practice primarily focuses on the representation of emerging technology companies, venture capital firms, private equity firms and investment banks. Mr. Werner regularly assists clients with financings and mergers and acquisitions, in addition to entity formation, organization and governance matters, securities transactions, and SEC and stock exchange compliance and reporting. Mr. Werner received a J.D. in 2001 from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a John M. Olin Law and Economics Fellow. Mr. Werner received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997. Prior to law school, Mr. Werner worked as a paralegal in Cooley's business department, and at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison in its Business and Technology group. Mr. Werner is admitted to practice before the California bar and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Bar Association of San Francisco. He serves on the board of directors of the Full Circle Fund, a non-profit engaged philanthropy organization. Mr. Werner has been listed in Northern California Super Lawyers as a Northern California Rising Star (2010). Return to top  Lauren WestonDirector of Development, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education I graduated from UC Davis with a degree in International Relations and went on to work for a political consulting firm in Sacramento Ca. After years of running school board races and school bonds, I went on to graduate school at New York University for a degree in fundraising and philanthropy. Post graduation, I have focused my professional career with non profits dedicated to the whole health of a child, such as the YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, and now Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area. I have served on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of greater Sacramento as well as being actively engaged in volunteer positions across youth services. Return to top  Sarah WhitelawVice President, Hall Capital Partners LLC • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Sarah joined Full Circle Fund to engage in issues related to education and reform. As a member of the Hall Capital's Portfolio Management practice, she advises clients on investment strategy, portfolio structuring and generational planning. Hall Capital Partners LLC is a privately owned registered investment advisor that builds and manages multi-asset class global investment portfolios for individuals, families and institutions. Prior to joining Hall in 2008, she worked in Morgan Stanley's Private Wealth Management division for two years and spent over five years at Wellington Management Company, an institutional investment management firm. At Wellington, Sarah was responsible for business development and relationship management with West Coast investment consultants to large corporate and public pension plans, endowments and foundations. She began her career in Boston at the investment bank, Brown Brothers Harriman. Sarah received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA in International Studies and French from Dickinson College. Additionally, Sarah is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Sarah serves as a Regent and member of the investment committee for the Hanna Boys Center, and is a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic investment committee. Return to top  Sarah Wigglesworth• Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Global Economic Opportunity Sarah is the Co-Chair of the Global Economic Opportunity Circle. She has been interested in global issues since a high-school exchange trip to China, and in economic opportunity since personally participating in the first years of economic transition after the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2007, Sarah has gotten more interested in local and community issues, and is very excited about the GEO Circle's three initial projects. Sarah worked as a management consultant for 10 years, with a focus on strategy and organizational performance. She has also worked in IT business development in Central Europe and venture finance in Central Asia. Sarah holds an AB in Soviet Studies from Harvard/Radcliffe Colleges and an MIA in International Business from SIPA at Columbia University. She enjoys books, food, and being outdoors, and lives in San Francisco with her husband and two young sons. Return to top  Greg WolffFounding President, UnaMesa Association • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Greg Wolff is Vice President of Services Research at Ricoh Innovations and founder of the UnaMesa Association and Chocolate Dividends. Prior to founding UnaMesa, he was a fellow at the Digital Vision program of Stanford University. Greg earned a BA in Cognitive and Brain Science from MIT and an MS in Cognitive Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. At Ricoh Innovations Greg helped create one of the world's first lip reading systems, led a research team to develop the first digital photo story telling device, initiated Ricoh's first Open Source offering, and invented new methods for customer-centric innovation and services research. Greg's research and entrepreneurial activity focuses on a single question: How can we become smarter? Return to top  Vivian WuManaging Partner, VEW Capital • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Vivian has 14 years of experience in private equity and venture capital. She is currently leading the US efforts of a Hong Kong based family office. Previously, she was a Principal at TA Associates where she focused on growth capital investments and buyouts in technology. Prior to TA, Vivian worked at Accel Partners, focused on early-stage software and internet investments, as well as Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in Hong Kong, where she specialized in growth capital investments across non-Japan Asia. Earlier in her career she was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company, and held marketing and corporate development roles at various technology and financial services companies. Vivian holds an MBA from Harvard University, a B.S.Econ, summa cum laude, Beta Gamma Sigma, in finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and a B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in history from the University of Pennsylvania. Return to top |
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