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 Chandra AlexandreDirector of Development, Bay Area Council • Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Education Chandra Alexandre is Director of Development at the Bay Area Council where she focuses on acquiring funding through individual, corporation and foundation philanthropy channels for the organization's policy initiatives, research and key programs. Previously, she was Director of Operations & Development for KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy, a public charter middle school dedicated to helping underserved youth attain a college education. At KIPP, she helped initiate technology, organic gardening and girls' empowerment programs. Prior to her work at KIPP, Chandra was Senior Manager, Corporate Development at Knowledge Learning Corporation, the nation's largest provider of child development services. In her earlier career, she worked at a private K-8 school and served as Special Assistant for the Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Switzerland under the Ambassador and US Representative to the IUCN-World Conservation Union. Chandra grew up in New York City and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in psychology and philosophy. She holds an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio School of Management and a doctorate in Asian & Comparative Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is fluent in French. Return to top  Jennifer AnastasoffCEO, EnCorps, Inc. • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Jennifer Anastasoff has over 10 years of experience in education and community service. Her work includes teaching in the classroom through Teach for America, serving as an analyst in the California Legislature, and working in a for-profit education corporation. She has been a speaker at Harvard Business School, Harvard University, and the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, and has presented papers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and at the Comparative International Education Society Conference. Ms. Anastasoff has a Masters in Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Masters 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. Return to top  Mike AndersVice President, Morgan Stanley • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Michael Anders is a Vice President at Morgan Stanley in their investment management division. Previously he was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Michael spent his career as a financial analyst, a wealth advisor, and an entrepreneur. He worked in Europe as a credit analyst for Societe Generale in Paris and London. He then started a company that built and helped market charitable funds for some of the largest financial service firms in the country. In that role, Michael worked with advisors and their affluent clients around philanthropic planning, including donor-advised funds, private foundations, pooled income funds, and the related tax, investment, family legacy and gifting issues associated with such strategies. He also spent a couple years as a Vice President at Franklin Templeton Investments, focusing on their fixed income, municipal bond, equities, and alternative investment products. In addition to serving on the boards of Full Circle Fund and YouthNoise, Michael is also on the advisory board of the Tech Museum. 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. His lives in San Francisco with his wife, Delphine, and their two children, Lella and Romeo. Return to top Bendee Anzures Director of Marketing, Diamond Foods • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Bendee Anzures is currently Director of Marketing at Diamond Foods, a consumer packaged goods company with the Diamond and Emerald Nuts brands. She brings other consumer marketing experience from managing acquisition and retention for QuickBooks at Intuit, and various launch and general management projects for the Chips Ahoy! brand at Nabisco/Kraft Foods. She also has experience across other industries, having worked at the technology consulting arm of GartnerGroup and the nonprofit Alumni Association at UCLA. Throughout her career, she has stayed involved in the local community, from serving on steering committees for the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce to Street Project, a New York grassroots organization. Bendee received her BA in Communication Studies from UCLA and her MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She enjoys theater, international travel, and UCLA basketball. Return to top  Denise AptekarDirector, PayPal • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Denise is the Director of Risk Management Strategy at PayPal. Her past roles at PayPal were in content and product management, the latest one being the Director of Product Management for Consumer Protections and Risk Management. Denise led PayPal's early efforts to allow consumers to use their bank accounts to fund online payments. She was responsible for building the bank funded payment model, as well as an accompanying patented risk model that assesses the risk of instant online bank payments. She also was part of the team that designed a patented system for building an online dispute resolution system that allows buyers and sellers to work out their transaction related complaints directly with one another. Prior to PayPal, Denise worked on PlanetWeb's parental control software which enabled parents to limit what websites their children could access online. Previously she was the Content Manager for eDaycare.com, a start up whose goal was to place webcams in daycare centers so that parents could watch their children remotely during the day. Denise is active in a range of volunteer and philanthropic activities. She completed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Leadership Development Program, has interned with Senator Barbara Boxer and at the American Jewish Committee's National Office in Washington, D.C. and is a member of the San Francisco Jewish Community Endowment Fund's Young Funders' Forum. Denise enjoys participating in intellectual and political discourse, hiking and traveling. Denise earned her B.A. from Stanford University in Political Science. Return to top Meera Balakumar • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Meera lives and works in the Bay Area and is a member of the Energy / Environment Circle. Return to top  Josh BeckerGeneral Partner, New Cycle Capital • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Josh is an entrepreneur who has a deep history of involvement in the community. Josh is currently incubating several new start-up companies including IAmplify.com, a web-based syndication network of exclusive audio and video content. Josh was the Director of Corporate Development at Agile Software(AGIL), a leading provider of collaboration solutions. At Agile, he oversaw major partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and assisted with corporate strategy. Prior to Agile, Josh was at Redpoint Ventures where he focused on consumer internet and wireless investments. Previous employment includes Brentwood Venture Capital, Netscape Communications, and McKinsey & Co. He was the 2nd employee at Earthweb, Inc, which went public in 1998. In Washington, D.C., Josh started a successful technology consulting firm and was one of the youngest press secretaries on Capitol Hill. He holds a B.A. from Williams College, an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a J.D. from the Stanford Law School. Josh founded Full Circle Fund and currently serves as Board Chair. While at Stanford he co-founded the Board Fellows Program, which matches Business School students with the Board seats at nonprofit organizations, and has become a national model for other business schools. He also ran a year long initiative on technology and social change at Stanford. Josh is also on the Board of One Economy Corporation and the new University of California campus at Merced. Return to top  Sean BenderAssociate, Granite Global Ventures • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Sean Bender is an Associate with Granite Global Ventures, an expansion stage venture firm, where he focuses on opportunities in IT and clean technologies. Prior to GGV, Sean was an Analyst in Wedbush Morgan Securities’ technology investment banking group where he worked with companies in the internet, software, wireless and clean technology sectors. Sean also has experience working as a consultant to private equity firms. Sean has a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Dartmouth College. Return to top Ben Black New Cycle Capital • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Ben was most recently a Principal at Maveron, a venture firm co-founded by Howard Shultz, the Founder and Chairman of Starbucks. Ben was formerly a Principal at Rosewood Capital. Before Rosewood, Ben worked as VP of Corporate Development at Harris Interactive (1998-2000). By training, Ben is an attorney and he worked at Latham & Watkins for a short stint after clerking on the Federal Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1997. He is the co-author of "The Politics of American Discontent" (J. Wiley & Sons, 1994) and a number of articles on politics, public opinion, and the law. Ben earned both his AB and his JD at Cornell University. He also is a budding wine enthusiast and has a talent for finding incredible wines for under $30 per bottle! Return to top  Aleesa BoltonCorporate Account Management, Netsuite, Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Aleesa is a sales executive at NetSuite Inc, where she has worked since 2003. She began her career in accounting/finance at Atmel Semiconductor, International Network Services/Lucent and Oracle Corporation. Aleesa is nearly a Bay Area native, having completed high school in Cupertino and then graduating from Mills College with a BA in government and a minor in communications. At Mills, she was editor-in-chief and sports editor of her college newspaper and a member of the crew team. Aleesa resides in San Francisco and enjoys yoga/pilates, reading, travel and entertaining. Aleesa is interested in making a positive contribution to her community in the area of education; she joined FCF in April 2008. Return to top  Mikhal BouganimPrincipal, Compass Financial Communications • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Affordable Housing 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 Ron Bouganim Co-Founder, BranchNext • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Return to top  Anne Boyd RabkinCommunications Consultant, Community Benefit, Kaiser Permanente • Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Environment Anne Boyd Rabkin has worked in the nonprofit sector for a decade, executing communications, advocacy and evaluation strategies for public health and environmental nonprofits. Currently at Resource Media, a nonprofit communications consulting firm, Anne promotes news coverage on energy and climate science and helps journalists localize the story about global warming. At PATH, a global health organization, Anne worked on the Reproductive Health and Children's Vaccines Programs. Her work has resulted in articles in leading news outlets, such as The New York Times and Science magazine, a variety of publications, and increased awareness among policymakers, physicians and community leaders about health policy issues ranging from cervical cancer prevention to the Rotavirus vaccine. Anne's global health experience includes consulting for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and working at the Population Reference Bureau in Washington, DC. Before PATH, Anne worked on the evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Library Program, assessing the impact of public access computing on low-income communities. Anne 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  Mike BrownFoundation Capital • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Mike joined Partech International in 2001. He has been active in a number of Partech's investments in the software and Internet sectors, including mSnap Interactive, Perenety, InQuira, Meiosys (IBM), PentaSafe Security Technologies (netIQ), and Ingrian Networks. Prior to joining Partech, Mike was the second employee at Bluefire Systems, an enterprise software start-up in the supply chain management software sector. During his tenure at Bluefire, Mike was Client Services Manager, leading the deployment of Bluefire's advanced inventory management and pricing software at major retail and consumer goods clients. Prior to joining Bluefire, Mike served as a Business Analyst with McKinsey & Company. Mike has a BA in Economics and East Asian Studies from Yale University. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. Return to top  Eva Camp• Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Eva serves on the Board of Full Circle Fund. A mother of three young children, she dedicates her time to improving public education, whether through the Piedmont school district, where she is a resident, or through the work of Full Circle Fund's Education Circle. 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, where she was co-president of the Asian American Association. 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 traveled regularly to Sacramento to attend meetings of the State Board of Education as an advocate for students' interests. After graduating from Harvard, Jeff joined Microsoft as a member of the marketing team for Microsoft Excel. He spent his first year at the company traveling all over America conducting seminars to persuade Lotus 1-2-3 customers to try Microsoft Excel. His next position was on the startup team for Microsoft Project. In the course of three versions, Jeff helped establish that product as a critical tool for the IT industry and advanced it beyond $100 million in profit for the company. His next move was to Windows 95, where as the product manager for multimedia he led the effort to broaden Windows' usefulness beyond business applications and into the growth area of gaming. From 1995 through 1997, Jeff took a break from product-related efforts and put his Japanese language skills to the test as Business Manager for the Far East region (headquartered in Tokyo). On his return to Redmond in 1998, he led the reorganization of a large IT group before heading the design of Microsoft TaxSaver, the company's one-year entry into the tax preparation software business. His last position at the company was General Manager of MSN Music, an online music service whose time had not yet come. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2001, Jeff has been a very active member of Full Circle Fund's Education Impact Circle, which he now chairs. Jeff was a key contributor to Full Circle Fund's financial sustainability analysis project for Leadership High School, and he also designed SchoolBoardMatters.org. The Education Impact Circle's theory of change model was developed as an outcome of the 2004 grant process led by Jeff. He also led the Education Impact Circle's 2005 engagement with Oakland Unified School District. In 2005, Jeff was appointed to the Governor's Advisory Committee on Excellence in Education. Return to top  Nicole Carta• Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Environment Nicole Carta is an associate program officer at the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund where she contributes to the Fund's grantmaking in environment, women's reproductive health and special initiatives. Prior to her work at the Fund, Nicole produced domestic and international conferences for the public television market for Independent Television Service. Nicole worked for several years in Spain negotiating debt settlement packages with public sector clients in Latin American and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Africa for World Investment News Corporation. In 2003, Nicole co-founded World Action for Humanity, a non-profit organization raising awareness and resources for partner projects in East Africa providing free education and social service care to children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic. Nicole is currently on the leadership team for the San Francisco chapter of Net Impact and has sat on the boards of the National Women's Politic Caucus San Francisco and the District Three Democratic Club. Return to top Kuji Chahal Vice President Institutional Sales/ Relationship Manager, Fisher Investments • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Return to top  Julia ChihFinancial Manager, Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES) • Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Education Julia Chih joined the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES) in 2004 as part of the Oakland Unified School District Expect Success! Redesign Team. She supports a variety of innovative and systemic reforms which entails distributing resources more equitably, giving schools more autonomy, providing principals the operational support they need to be instructional leaders, creating systems that allow for accountability, and redesigning central office services to operate in a service economy model. Prior to pursuing her graduate degree, she worked in the Governor's Office of Education in Sacramento, California. Her experience also includes working for the New Jersey Department of Treasury and the Federal Office of Management and Budget. Julia has a Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley and a master's in public affairs and urban and regional planning from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Return to top Joseph Chong AdBrite, Inc • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Joseph Chong is currently a senior product manager in Paypal Merchant Services. Prior to that, he was an associate at Newton Technology Partners and a consultant at the monitor group. Joseph holds a M.B.A. from Wharton, a M.S. in computer science from U.Penn and a A.B. from Harvard College. Return to top Linda Chong Portfolio Manager, Dodge & Cox • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Linda Kang Chong is currently at Dodge and Cox. Prior to that, she worked at Goldman Sachs as a Vice President in their Principal Finance Group and for McKinsey & Company as a business analyst. She has held Board positions at the Flushing YMCA and was Chairperson of the Queens Child Guidance Center Advisory Committee. Linda holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Harvard where she was the President of the Korean Students Association and a minority recuiter for the admissions office. Return to top  Jon Cirome• Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Jon Cirome was most recently the Group Director of Marketing & Communications at VolunteerMatch. He joined VolunteerMatch in January 2001 after a six-year career in marketing and business development. Prior to VolunteerMatch, Jon helped develop brands for Fortune 500 clients at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco. He began his career at the United Nations Volunteers in Geneva, Switzerland as a program analyst, examining program development and resource allocation of international aid programs. His volunteer service includes mentoring teens, teaching squash to inner city children and relief work for hurricane victims. Jon completed his undergraduate studies at Bowdoin College with a degree in Economics. He has also completed executive program studies at Stanford Graduate School of Business in Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations. Return to top  Sam CobbsExecutive Director, First Place for Youth • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Affordable Housing Sam Cobbs is the Executive Director of The First Place Fund for Youth, an Oakland-based nonprofit organization founded in 1998 to remedy the lack of services available to youth who are making the difficult transition from foster care to independent living. First Place targets its services to 16- to 23-year-olds who are preparing to or who have recently aged out of foster care. With a FT07 budget of $2.8 million and 26 staff, First Place serves over 400 youth in San Francisco, Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Sam has worked in the service of youth for over 12 years, beginning in Oakland as the Physical Education and Health Director and later as a Branch Manager for the Boys & Girls Club of Oakland. He also spent eight years at Larkin Street Youth Services. In his final years at Larkin as the Director of Program Services, he opened the City's first emergency shelter for young adults ages 18-24 and assisted in the design and implementation of two of the nation’s most innovative housing programs for youth - Ellis Street Apartments, San Francisco’s first permanent supportive housing program for youth, and Larkin's Extended Aftercare for Supportive Emancipation program (LEASE). Sam has also served as the Associate Director of Juma Ventures, a successful youth development program that uses social enterprises as a vehicle to employ youth in their first jobs. Juma enhances the experience youth receive in their jobs with program services that support them in developing college and career plans and making the transition from high school to adulthood successfully. Sam has also served on numerous boards and commissions including the San Francisco Local Homeless Coordinating Board, Western States Youth Services Network Board, Honoring Emancipated Youth Board, and the Administration of Children Youth and Family peer review team for the western region. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and California State Assemblyman Leland Yee have both publicly recognized Sam for his tireless commitment to youth. Sam is a Graduate of Cal State Hayward with a BS in Psychology and a MS in Counseling. Return to top  Paul CollinsRegional Director, College Summit • Community Fellow 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  Brian DavidSenior Vice President, Business Development and Sales, Visage Mobile • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Brian joined Visage in 2002, and leads the sales, strategy and business development activities. Early in Visage's history he was instrumental in evangelizing the MVNO model to consumer brands and carriers across the U.S. He is responsible for Embarq Corporation's MVNO, led Visage's successful effort to win the Preferred MVNE award from Sprint Nextel's wholesale group, and handles many of Visage's carrier relationships. He previously served as director of business development for Moxi Digital, a technology provider to the cable and satellite television industry (now part of Digeo, Inc.), where he was responsible for Moxi's strategic relationship with AOL Time Warner, as well as other MSOs and OEMs. He moved into that role from NorthPoint Communications, where he served as executive director of Channel Strategy and Development, and was integral in negotiating and executing NorthPoint's merger agreement with Verizon. At Bain & Company, Brian consulted with clients in telecommunications and internet services. Previously, he was a media and communications investment banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co. Brian was a Regional Finalist for the White House Fellows program, and also serves on the board of Aim High. Return to top  Juliana DeansNorPac Community Involvement Director, Deloitte • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Affordable Housing As Deloitte's regional community involvement leader for the NorPac region, Juliana provides strategic direction and support for Deloitte's non-profit and employee volunteerism focal areas. She builds linkages and drives opportunities for Deloitte to share its commitment to support the communities in which we live and work. Her specific areas of focus include; determining Deloitte's philanthropic strategy, managing corporate donations, advising and directing on nonprofit and civic board matching and partnerships, building eminence and brand, and developing volunteer programs that allow Deloitte to attract and retain the best professionals. Juliana has twenty years of marketing, business development and communications experience, primarily for large, global businesses. Prior to joining Deloitte, Juliana was the Director of Communications for Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management and the Director of Marketing for Creditor Resources, Inc., a division of AEGON, nv. She has an MBA from Emory University and a BA from George Washington University. Return to top  Kate DeYoe• Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Affordable Housing Kate has 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. She is currently working to transition her skillset to the non-profit sector because of her passion to alleviate poverty. She has provided consulting services to MicroMentor - a microenterprise development organization, Motivational Achievement Together - an aftershool program for youth, and Street Safe Kids - a community development organization. She earned a BS in Business Administration from Bucknell University. She enjoys an eclectic mix of music, skiing AND snowboarding, cycling, and all-things-outdoors with her husband, infant son, and dog. Return to top  Stephen DodsonChief Operating Officer, Parnassus Investments • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Stephen J. Dodson is currently the chief operating officer for Parnassus Investments, one of the largest socially responsible asset management firms. He previously worked for private equity firm Advent International and Morgan Stanley in their investment banking group. Originally from San Francisco, he attended the local public schools and UC Berkeley. Return to top Shelly Dolev Deputy City Attorney, City and County of San Francisco • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Shelly Dolev is a Deputy City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco. Her responsibilities include commercial contracting, grant and intellectual property matters. She was previously with Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati where she counseled start-ups, publicly traded companies, venture capital funds and investment banks. She focused on corporate and securities and intellectual property matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, venture financings, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and technology transactions. She also regularly advised chief executive and financial officers on legal and strategic problems and boards of directors on governance and change of control issues. Shelly earned her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and her A.B. cum laude from Duke University where she majored in Economics. Her passions include clean technology, grape growing and wine and she is involved in a number of non-profit organizations. Return to top Maureen Downey Principal, Pantheon Ventures, Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Maureen is a Principal in at Pantheon Ventures, a global private equity firm with $18bn under management. Maureen focuses on sourcing, analyzing and executing North American secondary and direct investment opportunities. She also participates in firm marketing and investment monitoring. Prior to joining Pantheon, Maureen was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, & Co. Maureen's execution experience includes a variety of cross-border and domestic M&A and leveraged buy-out transactions, debt restructuring assignments as well as a broad spectrum of capital market financings from equity to high yield across multiple industries. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 1998, Maureen worked for Merrill Lynch in New York in their Fixed Income Division for three years. Maureen holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from Wharton's Graduate School of Business. Maureen is based in San Francisco, California. Return to top  Parker EmmottAssociate, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Parker Emmott is an Associate at Norwest Venture Partners, a venture capital firm focusing on early stage investments in technology companies. At NPV, Parker focuses on opportunities in digital media, consumer internet and software/SaaS companies. Before joining NVP in 2006, Parker worked at Lehman Brothers’ Technology Investment Banking Group where he specialized in M&A and corporate advisory work for companies across a wide range of technology sectors. While at Lehman, Parker worked on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyout transactions, and debt & equity transactions for clients such as Symantec, QUALCOMM, Serena Software, Conexant Systems and Vishay Intertechnology. Prior to Lehman Brothers, Parker held financial, research and technology marketing positions at SalesRamp and Franklin Templeton Resources. Parker is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in economics. He was also a senior captain of the Johns Hopkins varsity water polo team where he was a four-time Academic All-American. Return to top Aimee Feinberg Attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Aimee is an attorney at Munger, Tolles & Olson. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a law clerk to Justice Stephen G. Breyer on the United States Supreme Court and to Judge David S. Tatel on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Before law school, Aimee served as Press Secretary to U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). Aimee has worked on numerous political campaigns. She received her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and her law degree from Stanford Law School. Return to top  Nathan FisherMcKesson • IC Coordinator 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  Anne-Marie FowlerPrincipal/Founder, Three Points Network • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Anne-Marie co-founded SeaKay ( a 501c3 plus a separate venture arm) in 2004 toward enabling greater effectiveness in economic modeling in the emerging sector of regional wireless broadband. With roots in venture capital and investment management, SeaKay is gaining both national and international recognition as a key solution builder in the wireless networking space. Ranging from community networking solutions to some of the world largest regional networks (including two planned in Northern California.) SeaKay's digital opportunity initiative presents a new, entrepreneurial, market-based framework around driving ubiquitous broadband and the fascinating new inventions it brings. Anne-Marie works closely with technology giants such as Cisco Systems and Intel, and enjoys engaging new startups and community organizations in creating collaboratively-based business efforts around wireless applications development. She is a prolific writer of white papers and policy documents supporting innovative broadband solutions; she also enjoys matching venture opportunities with capital in network-related areas such as communications mobility, internet security and clean tech. Anne-Marie has 15 years experience creating effective financial systems and management structures for small to mid-sized businesses and start-ups. She has leveraged her background in accounting, financial analysis, investment management and lending toward creating successful partnerships between for-profit and social benefit entities. Anne-Marie spent six years in Washington, D.C. in luxury hotel management, accounting and audit for small and mid sized associations, and consulting for political campaign fundraising and special events. In late 1996 she returned to her native San Francisco to pursue graduate study in Accounting and Financial Analysis, and work in investment consulting with two major investment/brokerage firms. Anne-Marie has worked with venture/startup businesses that seek to enhance their community presence and impact. Anne-Marie has also guided and advised endowments, foundations, and families in the process of estate planning/wealth transfer. Anne-Marie lives in San Francisco and has enjoyed complementing her professional work with service on several community not for profit Boards, including San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary and Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation. Anne-Marie is a member of Lead21, and is an SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund) partner, and has been involved in recent years with California Pacific Medical Center Foundation and the Junior League of San Francisco. Return to top Gohar Galyan Marketing Manager, Oodle, Inc. • IC Coordinator member • Impact Circle: Education Gohar manages marketing programs at Oodle, a site that aggregates classifieds from across the web. Before joining Oodle, Gohar was a business development associate at the Corporate Executive Board where she worked with Fortune 500 companies and was instrumental in generating two million dollars in revenue in little over a year. Gohar graduated from Stanford where she wrote for the Stanford Daily, taught human rights to high school students, conducted research on genocide prevention in Germany and interned in Leader Nancy Pelosi's office on Capitol Hill. In her spare time, she plays badminton and reads political blogs. Return to top  Georg GerstenfeldDirector, Intuit Advisor Programs, Intuit Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Over the past 8 years, Georg has worked for Intuit in a variety of roles. During that time, he has led teams which successfully chased Microsoft Tax Saver out of the market, created Intuit’s first hardware offering in QuickBooks Point of Sale Solution and partnered with Dell to make them Intuit's #1 source of new users. In his current role as Director of Intuit Advisor Programs, Georg's team re-invented the ProAdvisor Program, increasing revenue 25% while nearly doubling membership to over 42K. Prior to Intuit, Georg spent 2 years at Sprint PCS, launching wireless phone service in northern California. Georg started his career in advertising, working for DMB&B and Ketchum on clients from P&G to Burger King. He attended Cornell University where he majored in English and German studies. Originally from Washington, D.C., Georg also spent several years living in Germany. He now resides in San Carlos where he lives with his wife, Jeanine, and their terrier mutt, Molly. Georg's two step-children now have children of their own, making him a grandfather before the age of 40. Georg is also an aspiring writer of short stories. Return to top Kristin Gilliss Program Finance, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Kristin Gilliss is a Program Finance Officer at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and has experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. As a Senior Analyst at Raymond James Financial, she executed mergers and acquisitions for environmental services companies. She also served in the U.S. Peace Corps as a Business Advising Volunteer in the Philippines and a Crisis Corps Volunteer for FEMA in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Kristin's background includes work experience at Low Income Investment Fund and the U.S. National Park Service. In 2006, she launched the New York office of Upwardly Global, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that helps highly-skilled immigrants reclaim their professional careers in the United States. Kristin earned an M.P.A. focused on public and nonprofit management and policy with a specialization in international development from New York University. As an undergraduate at Harvard University, she co-managed the largest student fundraiser on campus, a three-day event that was broadcast on PBS. Kristin received her A.B. magna cum laude in English & American Literature & Language. Return to top Adam Glickman Consultant, Adam Glickman Quality Engineering • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Adam is an InfoMonger of Technology with 15 years experience in quality management engineering, technology consulting, MEMS, plastics, computer aided design/manufacturing, project management, and co-Inventing. His current interests are in social media for global peace, his teams' startup online game, technology (an addiction), amatuer radio, gardening, and massage. Adam recently completed a project management class towards PMP certification and has BS Industrial Tech. from Chico State University, CA. Return to top  Gautam GodhwaniCo-Founder & CEO, Simply Hired, Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Gautam is the co-founder and CEO of Simply Hired, the world's largest search engine for jobs. Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO of AtWeb, a leading provider of Web site diagnostic tools for small businesses. AtWeb was acquired by Netscape in December 1998. He is also the co-founder of India Community Center, a non-profit organization which operates the largest India-focused community facility in North America. Gautam has over 12 years of experience in the software industry. He has held management and techincal positions at Hewlett-Packard, Netscape, America Online, IBM and Microsoft. Return to top  Meredith GoldsmithGoogle, Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Meredith brings expertise in quantitative models for optimal decision planning, with 10 years experience in portfolio management, internet advertising, and manufacturing planning. Most recently an analyst at Google Inc., previously she developed optimization software used in quantitative investment strategies at Knight Trading Group and Citadel. Meredith earned her B.A. from Yale and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Stanford. She enjoys hiking, cooking, and studying Mandarin Chinese. Return to top Christine Gonzalez Associate, Pinpoint Ventures • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Affordable Housing Return to top David Gordon Superintendent, Sacramento (CA) County Office of Education (SCOE) • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Prior to joining the Sacramento County Office of Education in July 2004, David W. Gordon served as Superintendent of the Elk Grove Unified School District from 1995 to 2004. Elk Grove is an ethnically and economically diverse district of more than 55,600 students covering 320 square miles of Sacramento County, California. Mr. Gordon was responsible for 51 schools and budgets totaling $500 million. One of the fastest growing districts in the nation, Elk Grove is expected to grow to 80,000 students by 2010. From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Gordon served as Elk Grove's Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education. Prior to coming to Elk Grove, Mr. Gordon worked for 17 years in the California State Department of Education. From 1985 to 1991 he was the Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction. From 1983 to 1985 he was Associate Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mr. Gordon was Assistant Director of Program Evaluation and Research and had lead responsibility for developing California's student proficiency tests and the CBEST Teacher Competency Test, which was initiated in 1982. Mr. Gordon began his career as an elementary school teacher in the South Bronx, New York, in 1968. Mr. Gordon holds a B.A. degree from Brandeis University and an Ed.M. and Certificate of Advanced Study (C.A.S.) in Educational Administration from Harvard University. He was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige to the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the "Nation's Report Card"). Mr. Gordon was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education. He has served as an Associate in Education at Harvard University, a visiting scholar at Stanford University, and a visiting professor at the University of California, Riverside. He has served on numerous boards and commissions, including the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, California Curriculum Development Commission, and the Far West Laboratory (now WestEd) Board of Directors. He has presented at the White House at the invitation of First Lady Laura Bush, has been a panelist on the U. S. Department of Education's cable television show, has testified before the U.S. Congress and state legislatures in California and around the nation, and is a frequent speaker at major conferences. Mr. Gordon was named 2002 Elk Grove Citizen Newsmaker and Man of the Year. He also has been an active volunteer in the Sacramento area, serving as a board member of the Jewish Foundation of Northern California and a member of the Elk Grove Rotary Club. He was a recent past board member of the YMCA and Capital Unity Council. He and his wife Deborah, a novelist, have two children and five grandchildren. Return to top  Kirsten GreenManaging Partner, Forerunner Ventures LLC • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Kirsten is the founder of Forerunner Ventures, an expansion stage private equity firm focused on branded consumer companies. She currently serves on the boards of four of the firm's portfolio companies including, Nau, OhSo Clean/CleanWell, Skyn Iceland and Belli Materna. 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. 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  Michael GreenExecutive Director, Center for Environmental Health • Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Environment Michael Green is founder and executive director of the Center for Environmental Health. He worked in Washington during the Clinton Administration, designed a solid waste management plan for the Tibetan refugee community in Dharamsala, India, and cared for the sick at Mother Teresa's mission in Calcutta, India. In 2007 he received the California Wellness Foundation's annual Leadership Award, and the prestigious Compassion in Action Award which is presented jointly from the Dalai Lama Foundation and the Committee of 100 for Tibet each year. He has testified in front of the Congress, and is frequently quoted in national and international media. Michael's most important work is attending to Dylan Green, born February, 2007. Return to top  Kami GriffithsSenior Program Associate, CompuMentor/TechSoup • Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Technology Kami has a long history of involvement in the non-profit world. She brings a wealth of knowledge and ideas around the challenge of bridging the digital divide. Originally from Minnesota, Kami's worked in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. Her non-profit background includes working for Global Exchange in San Francisco as a graphic designer and most recently working for the New York Department of Parks and Rec. in NYC where she managed 27 public access computing centers and taught beginner and intermediate computer classes for welfare-to-work participants and started a program bringing volunteers into under-served communities to offer free computer classes. Return to top  Carl GuardinoPresident & CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Affordable Housing Carl Guardino , 44, is President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Founded in 1978 by David Packard of Hewlett-Packard, the Leadership Group (SVLG) is a public policy trade association that represents 195 of Silicon Valley's most respected private sector employers, who collectively provide more than 250,000 jobs - nearly one out of every four - in Silicon Valley. Before being named President of the Leadership Group, Guardino worked for Hewlett-Packard Company. Prior to his tenure at Hewlett-Packard, Guardino spent five years at the Leadership Group, where he served as Vice President. Previously, Guardino spent six years on the staff of State Assemblyman Rusty Areias, the last three years as his Chief Assistant. When he was named to that position, he became the youngest Chief Assistant in the State of California. Guardino was recently named as one of the "Five Most Powerful" people in Silicon Valley by the San Jose Mercury News "power study," which is only conducted every ten years. Known throughout the region as a consensus builder, Guardino's work includes managing the successful traffic relief initiatives, known as Measures A and B in 1996; co-directing the November 2000 Measure A traffic relief initiative to bring BART to Santa Clara County; creating the Housing Action Coalition to advocate for housing that is relatively affordable for Silicon Valley workers; developing the Santa Clara County Housing Trust; and forming the Vehicle Buy-Back Coalition to permanently remove older, smoky vehicles from our roads in order to improve air quality. Guardino also serves on numerous boards and commissions. He is the Chair of City Year San Jose Silicon Valley, the Measure A & B Citizens Watchdog Committee and the Housing Authority of Santa Clara County. In addition, he serves on the Boards for Technology Network, the San Jose Metropolitan YMCA, Bridge Housing, the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction's "P-16 Council" to improve California's education system. He was born and raised in San Jose, and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from San Jose State University. Guardino has been actively involved in the community, and has been honored for his community service in being named one of the "Five Outstanding Young Californians" by the California Junior Chamber of Commerce. Carl is married to Leslee Guardino. In their spare time, they compete in marathons and Ironman-distance triathlons. They have one child, Jessica, who has wrapped Carl around her little finger. Return to top  Karen HansonExecutive Director, Freedom Prize Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Karen is the Executive Director of the Freedom Prize Foundation, whose mission is to reduce our country's reliance on oil. Prior to joining the foundation, she worked for an energy efficiency company that focused on lighting. Originally from Washington, DC, Karen moved to California in 1996 to attend the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, where she pursued her interests in applying private sector practices to strengthen the nonprofit sector. After receiving her MBA, Karen moved to San Francisco and worked as a management consultant in the technology sector in Silicon Valley prior to transitioning to her work in philanthropy and the energy/environment field. Karen is also a graduate of the Emerge program, a political leadership development program designed to help Democratic women pursue elected office. Return to top Liz Hart Sales Associate, Cornish & Carey • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Elizabeth Hart joined Cornish & Carey Commercial in the summer of 2005 as a Sales Associate specializing in tenant representation of technology companies. Prior to that, she attended UC Berkeley where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Return to top  Sarah HeaslipInvestment Representative, Private Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Sarah joined the Full Circle Fund in 2007 to engage in issues related to education and reform. At Morgan Stanley, Sarah and her team deliver institutional-quality investment solutions to a small number of the firm's largest and most sophisticated individual clients. Prior experience includes over five years at Boston-based Wellington Management Company, an institutional investment management firm. Sarah was responsible for 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 currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Financial Women's Association of San Francisco and is training for her first triathlon. Return to top Matt Heintz Public Affairs Consultant, AT&T • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Return to top  Steven HeintzManaging Partner, Silvershore Technology Partners, LLC • Supporting member • Impact Circle: Technology Steven Heintz, Managing Partner at SilverShore Technology Partners, leads the firm's investments and start-up incubation strategies for embedded systems companies. Steven founded Adia Information Management, a Michigan based Application Service Provider (ASP) in 1997 while an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan. Adia was acquired in 2003 by Netsmart Technologies (NTST). Forbes Magazine and Michigan Economic Development Council selected Steve as the Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003. He is a member of the Technology Committee with the Executives Club of Chicago and is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and boot-strap financing in both the educational and business community. Return to top Christine Herron Venture Advisor, First Round Capital • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Christine has spent her career finding new applications for infrastructure technologies. At Omidyar Network, Christine makes investments in enabling technologies, grassroots marketplaces, and platforms for information sharing. Prior to Omidyar Network, Christine was the vice president of marketing for Mission Research, which develops software for emerging nonprofits. As a principal with Cycle Partners, she conducted strategy, marketing, and research projects for technology vendors and social community groups. Christine is the founder of Mercury2, an international trade policy software vendor, and has driven Internet products and strategy for both NetObjects and Microsoft. She started her career as an investor with Geocapital Partners, where she focused on early Internet infrastructure and network management software. Her portfolio included Netcom Online Communications, AXON Networks, D-Vision Systems, ViaGrafix, and FocusVision Network. In each case, Geocapital was the initial professional investor and helped to bring the company to a dominant market position. Christine advises and/or serves on the board of Backfence, Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Mission Research, and Nickel Tour Productions. She is an active volunteer with Stanford's Alumni Consulting Team (ACT), and most recently worked on a pro bono project for Zeum Children's Museum. Christine was ranked one of the Top 20 Women in Technology in 2000 by AltaVista and holds both an MBA from Stanford University and a BA in English from Columbia University. Return to top  Adam HirschfelderProgram Officer, Koret Foundation • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology 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 Natasha Hoehn Executive Director, Silver Giving Foundation • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Natasha Hoehn traces her passion for social justice and education to her years as a junior high school English teacher in the South Bronx. A graduate of Yale University and now the Education Program Officer for the Silver Giving Foundation in San Francisco, Natasha is a public school advocate and emerging policy wonk. Natasha is President of the Board of the Future Leaders Institute and is also a musician and founder of a women's vocal ensemble in San Francisco, Musae. Return to top  Daniel HomseyDirector, San Francisco's Administration Office • Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Technology Daniel Homsey is a third generation San Franciscan who graduated from both San Francisco State University and The California Culinary Academy (CCA). Son of Maybeck Award winning Architect George Homsey, FAIA and Kay Wells 30 year Education Professional, Mr. Homsey has for the last decade been building an eclectic set of organizational and communication skills that has afforded him the ability to move freely within a very diverse set of industries. After graduating from the CCA, Mr. Homsey remained with the School to hold positions such as National Representative and the Director of Retail and Licensing. He then went on to partner on a restaurant in downtown Sebastopol called 101 Main Bistro and Wine Bar. In 1995 he relocated back the San Francisco and worked at GE Capital, then at Fatbrain.com (later it was acquired by Barnes and Noble.com). In 2000/2001 he left the firm and created a production company for a cooking show and in 2002 he became the Field Campaign Manager for then Supervisor Gavin Newsom. Mr. Homsey then went on to work on the Mayor's 2003 Campaign and then assumed the position of Manager of Constituent Relations in the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services. In 2004 he was appointed Director of the Department and has served in that capacity since. Mr. Homsey is married to Catherine Homsey who is the Manager of Corporate Development at the San Francisco Food Bank. Return to top  James HongCo-Founder, Hot or Not • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology James Hong is the founder of HOTorNOT.com, SaveMyAss.com, and 10over100.org. He previously founded two other Internet companies and worked as a product manager at Hewlett Packard, where he launched new products targeting the wireless communications industry. He is also cofounder of XMethods, a pioneering website focused on promoting and catalyzing the use of Web Services. James holds an MBA and a BS.EECS from UC Berkeley. Return to top Revell Horsey • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Revell joined Full Circle Fund as an entry point into the world of social entrepreneurship. Soon after he immersed himself in the work of Full Circle Fund, he made the complete transition to the social sector when he joined Sports4Kids, an Oakland-based nonprofit whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play. As Director of Strategy & Development, he brings 20 years of investment banking experience and a life long commitment to education. He sits on the advisory board of Leadership Public School- Hayward, CA and the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT. He is also the Treasurer of the American Cathedral of Paris Foundation. In his banking career, Revell was Managing Director of Banc of America Securities Technology Corporate & Investment Banking Group, where he managed more than 150 professionals. Prior to this position at Banc of America Securities, he ran the firm's Equity Capital Markets Group. In this capacity he helped Banc of America Securities (Montgomery Securities) establish a leading market share as a manager of primary and secondary stock issuance for growth companies. His team lead managed over 100 offerings raising proceeds in excess of $5 billion. As a senior executive, Revell was a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Chairman of the Commitment Committee. Earlier in his career, Revell worked for Alex. Brown & Sons in Baltimore, MD and The First Boston Corporation in NYC. He received his BA from Dartmouth College in 1984. Return to top  Catherine HuttonCEO/ Executive Director, BizWorld Foundation • Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Education Catherine Hutton is the CEO and Executive Director of the BizWorld Foundation, an education non-profit that promotes entrepreneurship, business and financial education for youth. Catherine's finance career started as financial advisor for PaineWebber then Smith Barney. Before her move to the nonprofit section she was an investment banker at Fortrend International in San Francisco. She has served on the board of Financial Women's Association of San Francisco (Chair, Financial Woman of the Year event) and chaired various fundraising committees for the Junior League of San Francisco. Currently she is serving as a board director for the Futures Leaders Institute, Oakland, CA. She holds a Director's Certification from Anderson School of Business. Catherine has worked with numerous corporate foundations and has been doing philanthropic work since early in her career. She attended University of California at Santa Barbara. Return to top  Kim JacobsonVP Business Development, Oodle, Inc. • 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 JacobsteinCEO, iSkoot • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Mark most recently 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. Mark 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  Johanna JohannessonAssociate Counsel, ATEL Capital Group • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Johanna Palmadottir Johannesson is Associate Counsel at ATEL Capital Group. Her responsibilities include structuring and documenting lease and venture capital finance transactions. Previously at Parker Milliken in Los Angeles, she worked as an attorney on civil, business and commercial litigation and general business and corporate matters. After attending Zurich International School, Johanna earned her J.D. from University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). She graduated summa cum laude with degrees in History and Women's Studies from UCLA where she was a Regents Scholar and winner of the McCarey Williams and Mary Ritter Beard Awards for her thesis on women and social movements. A native of Iceland, Johanna traces her passion for social justice issues and the environment from her years growing up in Nigeria and Brazil. She advocates for local non-profits and is a member of numerous organizations including the Commonwealth Club, World Affairs Council, Spark and the Global Exchange. Whenever possible, Johanna combines her love of nature and speed by biking and skiing. Return to top Lucy Johns Analyst, Dodge & Cox • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Lucy Johns works at Dodge & Cox, Investment Mangers, focusing on coroporate 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 Cameron Jones Senior Program Manager, CompuMentor/TechSoup • IC Coordinator member • Impact Circle: Education Cameron is a Senior Program Manager with TechSoup, where she manages software donation programs for companies such as Adobe, Intuit and ABS. Cameron's background is in international partnership management, business development and marketing, and she has worked in the US, Europe and Asia. Previous to TechSoup, she worked for a specialty grease and oil manufacturer and in various divisions of Amadeus, an international travel distribution company. Cameron has degrees from Connecticut College, Johns Hopkins SAIS , and INSEAD. Return to top  Dwayne JonesDirector of Community Engagement and Communities of Opportunity, Office of the Mayor of San Francisco • Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Affordable Housing With fifteen years experience in community and economic development, Dwayne Jones recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of Young Community Developers and as the President of the agency's social enterprise, environmental company "Enviro". Primarily operating in San Francisco, California he created some of the nation's most innovative training and job creation models. The organization is the premier employment and training entity in San Francisco achieving an astounding 91% completion/placement rate. His implementation of the Minority Worker Training Program and Brownfields Job Training Pilot Demonstration Grant has received national attention and represents a true partnership between the community, federal, state, and local government. The project was awarded the prestigious Innovation in Government. In 2004, Mr. Jones was appointed by Mayor Newsom as the Director of the Mayor's Office of Community Development, Mr. Jones is responsible for the implementation of San Francisco's community development strategy allocating over $30 million for revitalization efforts annually. As an advocate for social justice and economic development, he positions residents as the first beneficiary of community revitalization and creates jobs through training programs. Recently, Mr. Jones was promoted to Director of Community Investments and Outcomes and head of the Communities of Opportunity initiative. He is nationally recognized as a social entrepreneur because of his ability to develop "Community to Business" relationships with residents, employers, and unions. His innovative theory of change is reshaping the manner which community development is delivered throughout the nation. Return to top  Sonali JoshiVice President, Alliance Marketing, United Way of the Bay Area (UWBA) • Community Fellow member • Impact Circle: Affordable Housing Sonali negotiates, develops and oversees strategic partnerships with corporate, community and government organizations that help drive community impact and increase the marketing reach of vital programs and services. Sonali was first introduced to United Way during her year as a Berkeley MBA Board Fellow. During that year, she not only sat on the United Way Board of Directors, but also provided a detailed analysis and growth strategy for a core United Way program, Week of Caring. In addition to her work at United Way, Sonali used her time at Berkeley to consult on strategy and marketing projects with Hewlett-Packard and R. Torre & Company (Torani flavored syrups), as well as nonprofits such as One World Health and World of Good. Prior to receiving her MBA, she served as the Strategic Planning Manager at Integer QSR, a Denver-based advertising agency that had billings over $60 million. She oversaw the market research and planning department for 17 McDonald's regions across the United States. She graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University with a degree in Journalism. Return to top  Robin JoyDirector, Intuit Inc. • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Robin is a Marketing Leader at Intuit, focused on the small business market and responsible for generating $350 million revenue with QuickBooks financial software, point-of-sale systems, support and attach services. Robin also serves as a marketing advisor to early stage consumer Internet companies. Prior to joining Intuit, Robin was Marketing Director at Digeo where she introduced the Moxi Media Center - awarded best of show at the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show. From 1999-2000 Robin was Director of Marketing and Advertising at AltaVista, an early search engine. At AltaVista, Robin led online and offline advertising efforts, including a campaign which won a Cannes Golden Lion, Kelly Award and Adweek's Best Spots of the 1990s. Previously, Robin was Director of Marketing at Odwalla. Crisis management was an early focus for Robin at Odwalla following a product recall. That effort was awarded a Silver Anvil for crisis communications from the Public Relations Society. Robin also worked in brand management at Clorox and as an analyst at Mercer Management Consulting. Robin holds a B.A. from Dartmouth, M.B.A. from Stanford and M.A. from the University of Melbourne. Return to top  Mike JungPrincipal, Technology Investments, Panorama Capital • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Mr. Jung focuses on technology investments and joined JPMP in 2003. From 2001 to 2003, he was Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development at the Exigen Group, where he managed the company's day-to-day business development activities. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Jung was an integral part of the business development team at Ask Jeeves, Inc., ultimately serving as Vice President of Strategic Corporate Development where he led the company's mergers and acquisitions and strategic partnership efforts. Mr. Jung advised a variety of high technology companies as an investment banker with BancBoston Robertson Stephens from 1998 to 1999 and from 1996 to 1998 as an attorney with Gunderson Dettmer. Mr. Jung holds a J.D. and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from the University of California, Berkeley. He currently serves on the board of directors of Securify, Inc., Axiom Legal Solutions, Inc., Instill Corporation, and Zilliant, Inc. He is also a board observer to Federated Media Publishing, Inc. Return to top Nayela Keen Radiology Resident, UCSF • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Nayela started her Radiology residency at UCSF in July 2006 after completing an internship in Internal Medicine at Baptist Health System in Birmingham, AL. She grew up in Alabama, yes, a Southerner, and loved the opportunity she had to give back to the community in which she was raised. She has had the chance to give back to the global community over the past year through her involvement with Developments in Literacy, a US based non-profit organization working to fight illiteracy in rural Pakistan. She graduated from MIT with a degree in Chemical Engineering in 2001 and from Duke University with an MD in 2005. Return to top Shuja Keen Vice President, TRG Holdings • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Shuja has extensive hands-on experience in investing in and operating technology companies. He is currently a Vice President and Head of Global Business Development at TRG Holdings, a DC based partnership focused on the IT-enable services and BPO sector. At TRG Shuja has led post-acquisition integration, turnarounds, and global expansion initiatives. Prior to TRG, he co-founded HauteDecor, a New York based B2B solution for the high-end interior architecture and design industry. While at HauteDecor, Shuja raised over $15 million in venture capital financing and led the company from concept to a product design and development process, and negotiated strategic partnerships with several leading technology companies. Prior to that, he worked in the Strategic Capital Allocation Group at Morgan Stanley, where he advised on asset allocation of over $2.5 billion in the alternative investments sector - private equity and hedge funds. Shuja received his Bachelor's of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Shuja is an active angel investor and an early stage advisor to technology companies. Return to top  Temp KellerFounder and President, RISE - Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Temp Keller is the Founder and President of Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators (RISE), a nonprofit organization that recognizes and retains effective teachers in public schools serving low-income communities. Through an innovative value-added approach, RISE identifies teachers whose students are demonstrating significant academic gains, and then provides them with access to key resources: a professional network, financial recognition, and job opportunities. Recently awarded the Ashoka Fellowship for the power and promise of RISE's work, Temp has been building the organization since the summer of 2000. He previously taught fifth grade at the East Palo Charter School in East Palo Alto, CA, where he now serves on the school's Advisory Board. Temp received his B.A. in Politics from Princeton University and is a candidate for a Masters in Business Administration from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business' Executive MBA Program. Return to top Scott Kepner Partner, Village Properties • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Scott was born in Denver, Colorado. He lived in Switzerland for an exchange year and attended swiss schools. Scott received degrees from Dartmouth AB and Stanford MBA programs. He became a partner in JMB Realty in Chicago. Scott then founded Village Properties with Rob Isackson in 1986. He develops shopping centers and residential housing. Scott is a member of Bohemian club, Summersearch, Heritage Foundation, Cato Foundation, Pacific Policy Institute. Return to top  Len KippAssociate, Hellman & Friedman LLC • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Len is an Associate at Hellman & Friedman, focusing on private equity investments across a wide range of industries. Prior to joining Hellman & Friedman in 2006, he was employed by UBS Investment Bank in Los Angeles, where he participated in the execution of a variety of transactions including leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions and restructurings. Len graduated with distinction from the Richard Ivey School of Business. Return to top Judy Kleinberg Chief Operating Officer / Vice President, InSTEDD • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Unaffiliated Ms. Kleinberg is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of InSTEDD, an international nonprofit corporation (www.instedd.org) that is focused on humanitarian collaboration through technology innovation by developing technology-based tools for humanitarian aid and public health sectors to predict, mitigate, and respond more quickly and effectively to emergencies and human crises around the world. She serves on the California Emergency Partnership Advisory Workgroup to assist the Directors of the Office of Emergency Services and Office of Homeland Security in creating a comprehensive public-private disaster management program. Immediately prior to joining InSTEDD, she was Vice President of Policy and Programs at Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, where she created and directed the multi-sector, public-private Silicon Valley Disaster Planning Initiative, as well as the Technology Convergence Consortium promoting technology and nanobioconvergence innovation in California. Prior to that, she was an Executive Director of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), responsible for advancing the business interests of over 500 high tech companies in Silicon Valley and northern California. A member of the Palo Alto City Council from 2000-2007, she was elected Mayor in 2006, during which time she became a leader in promoting environmental policies, starting with signing the US Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement. As Mayor, she created two ground-breaking initiatives: the Palo Alto/Stanford Green Ribbon Task Force on Climate Protection, a model for community sustainability that has been copied by many other cities, and the Red Ribbon Task Force on Disaster Planning. During this time she served as a Director of the Santa Clara County Emergency Preparedness Council, and was elected Chair in 2006. She has also served as President of both the Santa Clara County Cities Association and the League of California Cities Peninsula Division, representing 27 cities from San Francisco through Silicon Valley. A recognized housing advocate, she has been a member of the Santa Clara County Housing Leadership Council, and a Director of the Santa Clara County Housing Trust Fund. She also served on the Santa Clara County Social Services Advisory Commission. Judy is a business law attorney with specialties in corporate/transactional law, business regulation, public policy, and nonprofit law and governance, and served as Vice President of California Women Lawyers. She currently serves on numerous public and private boards in Silicon Valley, including serving as a Director of The Full Circle Fund, an engaged philanthropy organization cultivating the next generation of community leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area, and as an Advisor to Loaves and Fishes, which provides services and free meals to families and seniors, and the Humane Society of Silicon Valley. Previously, Judy headed several public policy and law reform organizations, from leading an award winning children's advocacy organization to coordinating the start-up of the international women' foundation, The Global Fund for Women. Always interested in matters of public health, she served as President of both the California affiliate of Pro-Choice America, and the American Heart Association for Palo Alto/Stanford, and was the founder of the Northern California Friends of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. An avid environmentalist, she was President of the Committee for Green Foothills, preserving the Bay Area greenbelt, and on the Board of the Sempervirens Fund, preserving old growth forests throughout the south Bay. She was also creator and founder of Palo Alto SAFE (a substance abuse prevention coalition), and Safer Summer, a program for free evening teen activities in Palo Alto, both of which were multiple award-winning initiatives. A native of Rhode Island, Judy graduated from the University of Michigan Honors College and Boalt Hall School of Law at Berkeley, where she was a member of the California Law Review. Her husband, Jim, is a Judge of the California Superior Court and they have two children: Lauren, an architect in Palo Alto, and Alexander, who heads business development for Google in Southeast Asia and works with his wife, Sheryn Ang, a native of Malaysia, in Google's Singapore office. Return to top  Charles KnowlesExecutive Director, Wildlife Conservation Network • Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Charlie completed undergraduate and graduate work in Engineering and Business at Stanford University. He founded Rubicon Technology in 1989 and sold in 1994. He then founded Wildlife Conservation Network in 2001, where he currently serves as ED and Board Chair. Charlie is a Co-Founder of Cheetah Conservation Fund, Member of SV2 and Legacy Ventures, and Graduate of The Philanthropy Workshop West. His hobbies include golf, skiing, travel and photography. Charlie is joining FCF to expand his philanthropic horizons both geographically and programmatically. Return to top  Keith KoeglerPartner, DemandTec • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Keith is a partner at Montgomery Law Group, LLP in Menlo Park, where he represents emerging growth companies and investors in business formation, finance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and licensing matters. Prior to joining MLG, Keith was a shareholder in Ritchey Fisher Whitman & Klein in Palo Alto, where he practiced with the corporate group. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the USF Entrepreneurship Program and the author of "Angel Investing in a Silicon Valley Start-Up". Keith attended Vanderbilt University School of Law and Amherst College. Return to top Patrick Koppula CEO, ffwd • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Formerly a reformer of the music industry as co-founder, CEO and COO of GarageBand & iLike, he is now rethinking television & online video as the CEO of ffwd. He also mentors emotionally traumatized children and volunteers with various homeless service organizations. On a lighter note, he plays guitar for local rock cover band Bottom's Up. Return to top  Sara Krenicki• Public Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Sara currently serves as Foundation Manager for the Adobe Foundation which is funded by Adobe Systems Incorporated and sponsors the acclaimed Adobe Youth Voices program. Her career experience includes over 12 years consulting and working for a range of non-profits and philanthropic organizations including Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC), the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Napa Valley Wine Auction, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Adult Literacy League and others. She is on the Board of Directors and Treasurer for Creativity Explored and is currently a student in the Wharton MBA Program for Executives eagerly anticipating graduation in 2009. She earned her BA from Sonoma State University and in 2006 completed the certificate program for Leadership in Philanthropy at Stanford University's School of Social Innovation. Return to top Peter Kuperman Founder / Managing Member, QED Benchmark Fund • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Peter is a graduate of U Penn & Wharton Management and Technology Program class of 1996, owner of QED Benchmark Fund, and host of "Chef by Night" dinner parties every now and then in San Francisco. Return to top  Justin LabelPartner, Bessemer Venture Partners • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Environment Justin is a Partner in Bessemer’s Menlo Park office, focusing on Cleantech investments. He has been with Bessemer since 2001. Justin initiated Bessemer's Cleantech practice in 2005. His Cleantech investments include Silicon Valley Solar and Exclara, and he is also involved in Bessemer's other Cleantech portfolio companies Miasol‚ and Shriram EPC. Prior to developing Bessemer's Cleantech practice, Justin focused on Internet and software investing. He helped make the firm's investments in Postini (acquired by Google), Cyota (acquired by RSA), Netli (acquired by Akamai), Trigo (acquired by IBM), Flock, and Nominum, as well as in Delivery Agent and Tripwire, where he continues to serve as a Director. Prior to joining Bessemer, Justin worked with the Valent Group, a venture fund focused on supply chain software, and The Boston Consulting Group. Justin holds an A.B. from Harvard University in Applied Mathematics. Justin blogs about Cleantech and other interests at ventureagain.blogspot.com Return to top Victoria Lavi • IC Coordinator member • Impact Circle: Environment Victoria is a native Texan and graduate of the University of Texas Business School. She has worked in Marketing for high tech start-ups in the Silicon Valley since 1990; including SuperMac, Netscape and ActivCard. Most recently she founded Bay Area Relief of California, a grassroots organization that mobilized volunteers and collected, sorted and distributed over 2,000 boxes of relief supplies to victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Pakistan earthquake. Over the last 18 years Victoria has volunteered for numerous projects around the world, including Hands On San Francisco, project leader and volunteer coordinator; Honduran Emergency Relief (San Francisco), fundraising, volunteer coordinator; Nelson Mandela Reconstruction and Development Programme (Johannesburg, South Africa), worked with corporations to bring basic services to local townships; Red Cross Emergency Shelter Manager, Hurricane Gilbert (San Antonio, Texas), San Francisco Earthquake (Marina Shelter), Oakland Fire; International Visitors Center (San Francisco), Volunteer Diplomatic Core; Year of the Jewish Woman Conference (London,England); Queen Elizabeth Conference Center, coordinator of programs for more than 10,000 participants. Return to top  Anthony LeeGeneral Partner, Altos Ventures • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Technology Anthony Lee is a General Partner of Altos Ventures, a first-stage technology venture capital fund. He serves on the boards of several high-growth, global technology companies, including Accelovation, CrownPeak, Demandbase, GuardianEdge, and Xignite. Prior to Altos, Anthony served as Vice President of Marketing for social Web search pioneer Clip2.com. Previously, he was Vice President of Marketing for Evolve Software, which achieved a successful IPO in late 2000. Anthony also co-founded Signature Wines, an Inc. 500 distributor of private label wines. Anthony began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and has published a national magazine. Anthony serves as a Director of the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) and as a Trustee of FSC Business Today. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, and a founding member of the Full Circle Fund. Anthony earned his MBA from Stanford University and AB in Politics and Economics from Princeton University. Return to top Pearle Lee Senior Analyst, Parnassus Investments • Private Sector member • Impact Circle: Education Pearle Lee joined Parnassus in 2007. Pearle previously was a research analyst at Soros Fund Management. She has also worked in equity research for IRG, a boutique investment bank in Hong Kong, and in mergers and acquisitions for BT Wolfensohn in New York. Pearle earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and her undergraduate degree from Yale University. She has served on the board of the Zonta Club, a philanthropic organ | ||||
