We envision a community where every young person has access to the knowledge and resources needed to thrive. Our dedicated Board of Directors and Advisory Boards—composed of experts, professionals, and leaders who share a deep commitment to this mission—play a pivotal role in making that vision a reality.

Our Board of Directors

Executive Committee
  • Adrian Dimech — Board Chairman (Vice President of Field Operations, West), AT&T
  • Tony Perazzo CPA — Vice Chairman of the Board & Golf Committee Co-Chair (West Region Managing Principal), Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
  • David Bickham — Board Secretary (Partner, Litigation), Reed Smith LLP
  • Kevin Coleman — Board Treasurer (Partner, Western Area IT Advisory), KPMG LLP
  • Cristene Burr — President & CEO, Junior Achievement of Northern California
  • Shakeya McDow — Executive Committee Member (VP, Legal, Regulatory & Compliance, Strategy, Intelligence, and Operations), Kaiser Permanente
  • William Oldenburg — Executive Committee Member (Retired), Nestle Dreyer’s Ice Cream
  • Marc Singer — Executive Committee Member (Retired), McKinsey & Company, Inc.
  • Jake Streit — Executive Committee Member (Head of Technology), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  • Dina Ting — Executive Committee Member (Senior Vice President, Head of Global Index Portfolio Management), Franklin Templeton
Board Members
  • Kevin Armato — Vice President, Vegetation Management, Electric T&D, PG&E
  • Reena Bhatia — Board Member at Large
  • Jeffrey Bray — Senior Vice President, Prologis
  • Alex Caswell — Founder & CEO – Chief Wealth Planner, Wealth Script Advisors
  • Warren Chung — Partner, RSM US LLP
  • Michael Clarke — Partner, Deloitte
  • Sean Crabtree — Managing Director of Technology Strategy, Accenture
  • Taylor Davis — Head of Technology Law Group (IP and Technology Transactions), PwC
  • Farah Dilber — Partner, McKinsey & Company
  • Kristine Dixon — Managing Director, Community Affairs & Executive Director, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. & Charles Schwab Foundation
  • Carrie Ericson — CEO, Speedpro East Bay
  • Troy French — EVP & Market Leader for Corporate and Middle Market Banking, PNC
  • Marina Gracias — General Counsel, Varo Money, Inc./Varo Bank
  • Sanjay Kacholiya — Board Member at Large
  • Denise Lee — Vice President, Engineering Sustainability Office, Cisco
  • Hannah Lincecum — Director of Human Resources, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
  • Mark Linsky — Retired, Hewlett-Packard
  • Stacy Litteral, MBA, SPHR — Partner, BPM
  • Perry Liu — Vice President, CSAA Insurance Group
  • Brutus Lo — Senior Vice President, Marsh Risk & Insurance Services
  • JaMese McGowan — Board Member at Large
  • Christopher Moulton — Vice President of Business Banking, U.S. Bank
  • Althea Peng — Group SVP, Office of the CEO and COO, Ross Stores, Inc.
  • Gary Pike — Founder & Chief Adventure Officer, Pike + Pham PR & Marketing
  • Bill Schlough — SVP and CIO, San Francisco Giants
  • Jordan Serre — Consulting Partner/Principal, Ernst & Young
  • Michael Silva — Market President – Northern California, Fifth Third Bank
  • Scott Solberg — US Head of Coverage, West, International Subsidiary Banking, HSBC
  • Shirley Stacy — Vice President, Global Communications, Align Technology
  • Devra Struzenberg — Board Member at Large
  • Kesh Subramanian — Director, Product Strategy & Operations, GCP, Google
  • Archana Venugopal — Senior Technologist, Texas Instruments
  • Alexander Walker-Griffin — Councilmember, City of Hercules
  • Lauren Wylie — Global Head of Sustainability & Social Impact, Oliver Wyman
  • Hugo Yoshinaga — Director, Global SMB Sales Strategy and Ops, Google Cloud
  • Wallace Young — Vice President of Credit Risk Management, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Advisory boards

  • Nick Pasculli — Board Chair (Communications Director), County of Monterey
  • Roberta Camilo — VP, Senior Bank Manager, Comerica Bank
  • Kelly Crampton — CEO (Retired), Excelligence Learning Corp.
  • Isaac Sharp — Finance and Business Intelligence, Language Line Solutions
  • Ba Tang — District Manager, US Bank
  • Jana Hatten — EVP, Chief Risk Officer, Pacific Valley Bank
  • Penny Leonard — Banking Executive, CRA Consultant

  • Ashley Bocek — Board Chair (US Community Relations, West Region Citi Community Investing and Development), Citi Bank
  • Gary Carter — President, Fresno Assoc. of Realtors Broker Associate, Iron Key Real Estate
  • Jeff DeLong — Work-Based Learning Coordinator, College and Career Readiness, Fresno Unified School District
  • Miguel Flores — VP and SBA Loan Officer, US Metro Bank
  • Kurt Sieve — Agent, State Farm
  • Nafeesah Williams — AVP, Commercial Support Specialist, Bank of America
  • Kee Xiong — CRA Community Outreach Officer, Banc of California
  • Tristany Velasco — Operations Manager, Bank of the Sierra
  • Erica Modaffari — Financial Health Educator, Valley First Credit Union
  • Robert Perez CPA — Senior Manager, Boos & Associates
  • Adam Price — Branch Manager, Chase
  • Sheryl Ross — Owner/Franchisee, The UPS Store

  • Vincent Fucci — Board Chair (District Manager), U.S. Bank
  • Abdu Abdullah — Senior Counsel, Privacy – Legal Division, CSAA Insurance Group
  • Hilary Dito — Director, College and Career Readiness, Contra Costa County Office of Education
  • Mark Linsky — Retired, Hewlett-Packard
  • Patrick Thompson — VP; Digital Manager, Bank of America
  • Ken Forward — Co-Founder & COO – Utility & Technology Strategic Advisor and Consultant, SALT Task Force LLC
  • Regina Gentry — VP District Manager, Diablo Gateway, Wells Fargo & Company
  • Clay Jackson — Retired, BBVA Compass

  • Craig Underhill — Board Chair (CEO), Brotemarkle, Davis, & Co. LLP
  • Angela Higdon — Napa County Office of Education
  • Kristen Wilbur — Business Process Manager, WaFd Bank
  • Dennis Mosher — Member, Sunrise Napa Rotary

  • Cynthia Randall — Board Chair (Vice President), Transworld Business Advisors
  • Anthony Azevedo — Partner, Financial Due Diligence, Cross Country Consulting
  • Gerard Camerino — Business Banking Relationship Manager, Vice President, BMO
  • Alex Caswell — Founder & CEO – Chief Wealth Planner, Wealth Script Advisors
  • Anita Huang — Chief of Staff, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
  • Arjun Kalra — Principal, Crowe
  • Jess Kolar — AI Delivery and Adoption, Global Payments Inc. (formerly WorldPay)
  • Saurabh Chauhan — M&A Advisory, PwC
  • Judith Cooper — Associate Director, Field Operations, AT&T
  • Luis Alberto De Paz Fernandez — Chief of Staff, San Francisco State University
  • Ren Friedman — CPA, Vice President, Robert Half

  • Deka Dike — Board Chair (CEO & Founder), Omatochi
  • Dexter Burns — Senior EGI Interconnection Manager, PG&E
  • Sandra Dominguez — AVP, Assistant CRA Officer, Avidbank
  • Diana Duong — Branch Director, Robert Half
  • Nghi Huynh CPA — Transfer Pricing, Partner-in-Charge, Armanino LLP
  • Brian Lau — Director, Client Go-To-Market and Sales Operations, Visa
  • Ian Rajczi — Product Owner – MuleSoft Runtime Manager, Salesforce
  • Ann Fleishell — VP of Procurement, OpenAI
  • Mamta Goyal — Software Operations & Leadership Expert, Author & Consultant, Mamta Goyal Coaching
  • Charlie Huang — Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Nvidia