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Leadership Roster

Board of Directors

Michele Grau Young - Chair
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Mark Brandemuehl - Vice Chair
Movoto Real Estate
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Lynne Crawford - Secretary
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Andrew Green - Assistant Secretary
ATKearney
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Deborah Barber
Jackson Hole Group
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Julie Castro Abrams
Women's Initiative
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Claudia Carasso
Cohn & Wolfe
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Evelyn Dilsaver
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Alison Davis
Belvedere Capital Partners, LLC
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Nancy Green
Gap, Inc.
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Marianne Jackson
Blue Shield of California
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Linda Kim
Barclays Global Investors
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Rita Steel
Robert Half International
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Lynn Sullivan
Union Bank of California


Executive Council

Lydia Bebee
Corporate Secretary, Chevron

Larry Colton
President, Willis Insurance Services of California, Inc

Shelley Doran
Director of Development, Webcor Builders

Evelyn Dilsaver

Chloe Hewlett
Partner Nossman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, LLP

Mary Huss
Publisher, San Francisco Business Times

Amy McCombs

Carrie Schwab Pomerantz
President, Charles Schwab Foundation

Mahla Shaghafi
Senior Vice President, Union Bank

 

Loan Review Committee

Annette E. Brinton
Independent Financial Advisor

Wanda Alfaro
Borel Private Bank & Trust Co.

Poliana C. Junqueira
Citibank

Michele Grau Young
Washington Mutual Card Services
and Chair of Board for Woman's Initiative

Rosemarie Ovian
Cut Loose

Sol Maria Oquendo
Western Market

Starla Sireno
The Fearless Entrepreneur

Toni Thingvold Foley
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Tara Donohue

Joan Cook

Yolanda Ruiz

Julie Abrams
Women's Initiative

David Veneziano
Women's Initiative


Members of Women's Initiative leadership enjoy themselves at the Gala (June 2005)


Graduate Leadership Council - Silicon Valley

Tjuana (Tia) Walker - Chair
The Inspired CEO

Diana Estrada - ALAS GLC ChairPositive D Productions

Margie Sanchez
California Solar Screens

Nasim Nehawandian
Freshness Farms

Dorane Sweitzer
MartiniWear Jewelry

Christine Powell
Christine Powell Public Relations and Internet Marketing

Margie Sanchez
California Solar Screens

Emily Dods
Wholesome Hounds

Durinda Shaw
Durinda Shaw Photography


Silicon Valley Regional Board

Mark Brandemuehl - Chair
Movoto

Julie Cavanna-Jerbic
HP

Yvette Huygen
Synopsis

Hannah Kain
ALOM

Phuong Quach
Ameriprise Financial

Catrina Simbe
Robert Half International

Kristen Yetto
ebay

  Alameda Regional Board

Betsy Cipriano
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Carla Foster

Stacy Leier-Valentine
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Valerie Toler

Dana Whitaker - Chair
Opening Eyes Coaching

Audrey Young
Charles Schwab & Co, Inc.




Marin Regional Board

Paula LeRoy

Theresa Matacia
Matacia Associates

Laura Rees

Janet Ruiz
Fireman's Fund

Lisa Trustin
Kohlenberg & Associates

Catherine Vacca
HighMark Capital Management Robyn Watson


San Francisco Regional Board

Jeanine Becker
Motorola

Lynne Crawford

Amy Doppelt
Fitch Ratings

Bibby Gignilliat
Parties that Cook

Eden Godsoe
theSkinnyScoop

Sharon Knight - Chair
1Life Healthcare

Yvette Nichols
Korn/Ferry International

Amy Price
Morgan Stanley

Maureen Reilly
JP Morgan Chase

Nancy Sheppard
Western Independent Bankers

Sally Thornton
Flexperience

Michelle Snyder
Epocrates

Shelley Yim
AON

 

Contra Costa Regional Board

Kitty Cole
Kitty Cole & Associates

Angela De La Housaye
De La Housaye and Associates

Charmaine Detweiler
New Resource Bank

Marina Gracias
Visa

Ann Hamilton
Morgan Stanley

Deborah Harrison - Chair
Accenture

Katie McGonigal
Williams Lea

Lisa Roberts
Citi Private Bank

Rita Steel
Robert Half International Inc.


Peninsula Board

Pamela Armstrong
Franklin Templeton

Barbara Erickson-Kelly
Wells Fargo

Michelle Swenson - Chair
Optimal Ventures

Amanda Wallis
Bank of America/US Trust

Sharon Zezima
Electronic Arts

 


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