JOINT VENTURE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The 50-member Joint Venture Board of Directors includes senior-level representatives from business, local and regional government, academia, labor and workforce organizations and the broader community. Of the two co-chairs, one is a representative from the private sector and one is from the public sector. The board meets quarterly to review and act on Joint Venture's initiatives and programs.

Officers:

Chris DiGiorgio, Co-chair
California Managing Director
Accenture Inc.

The Honorable Chuck Reed, Co-chair
Mayor
City of San Jose

Russell Hancock, President & CEO
Joint Venture Silicon Valley

Directors:

Larry Alder
Product Manager
Google, Inc.

George Blumenthal
Chancellor
University of California at Santa Cruz

Steven Bochner
CEO & Attorney at Law
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 

Ed Cannizzaro
Partner-in-Charge
KPMG LLP

Emmett D. Carson
CEO & President
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

John Ciacchella
Principal, Strategy & Operations
Technology Industry Sector
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Mary Dent
General Counsel, SVB Financial Group
SVB Financial Group

Fred Diaz
City Manager
City of Fremont

Ben Foster
Vice President
Optony

Judith Maxwell Greig
President
Notre Dame De Namur University

Paul Gustafson
President
TDA Group

Steven Hemminger
Partner
Alston & Bird

Dave Hodson
Principal Development Manager
Skype/Microsoft

Eric C. Houser
EVP and Santa Clara County Regional Manager
Wells Fargo & Co.

James Keene
City Manager
City of Palo Alto

W. Keith Kennedy
Chairman
Con-way

Tom Klein
Shareholder
Greenberg & Traurig LLP

The Honorable Liz Kniss
Councilmember
City of Palo Alto

Stacy McAfee
Vice President & Campus Director
University of Phoenix

Tom McCalmont
CEO
McCalmont Engineering

Jim McCaughey
CFO
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital

Jean McCown
Vice President, Public Affairs Administration
Stanford University

Dan Miller
Senior Vice President
Global Enterprise Sector
Juniper Networks

Curtis Mo
Partner
DLA Piper

Mairtini Ni Dhomhnaill
Senior Vice President
Accretive Solutions

Joseph Parisi
CEO
Therma

The Honorable Dave Pine
Supervisor
San Mateo County

Mo Qayoumi
President
San Jose State University

Bobby Ram
Senior Director of Government & Community Relations
SunPower Corporation

Paul Roche
Partner
McKinsey & Company

Bill Sherry
President
Mineta San Jose International Airport

Harry Sim
CEO and Founder
Cypress Envirosystems

Susan Smarr
Physician-in-Chief
Kaiser Permanente

John Sobrato, Sr.
General Partner
Sobrato Development Companies

Gautam Srivastava
Sr. Vice President, Human Resources
LSI Corporation

Neil Struthers
CEO
Santa Clara & San Benito Counties Building & Construction Trades Council

Linda Thor
Chancellor
Foothill-DeAnza Community College District

Mark Walker
Managing Director, Global Community Affairs
Applied Materials

Linda Williams
CEO
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte

Patricia Williams
Director, Silicon Valley Complex
Merrill Lynch/Bank of America

Daniel Yost
Partner
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP