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Board of Directors

Laura Selig, President

Human Resources Professional, Community Volunteer

David Mendell, Vice-President

Proprietor, Kerns Fine Jewelry

Dennis McBride, Treasurer

CPA (Ret.)

Marcus Barber, Secretary

Partner, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP

Allison Burkholder

Sr. Director, Shared Services, Strategy & Agentic Transformation, Salesforce

Jorge Escobar

Director of Clinical Operations, Summit Therapeutics, Inc

Michelle Kerr

Marketing Advisor, The Kerr Group

Lana Kreidie

Assistant Director, Office of the County Counsel, County of Santa Clara

Bani Malhotra

Head of Product, Peggy

Vanessa Payne

Social Worker, Department of Family and Children Services, Santa Clara County

Pavi Ramamurthy

Global CISO & CIO, Blackhawk Network

Joel Scott

Fractional COO & Executive Coach, The Edit Process Consultancy

Nkia Richardson

Executive Director, CASA of San Mateo County

Honorary Civic Leadership Committee

Commissioner Patricia Bresee (Ret)

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo

Judge Leonard Edwards (Ret)

Author Dave Pelzer

Congresswoman Jackie Speier (Ret)

Former State Controller Steve Westly