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:
Matt Mahan, Co-Chair (bio)
President & CEO
Brigade
Hon. Sam Liccardo, Co-Chair (bio)
Mayor
City of San Jose
Russell Hancock, President & CEO (bio)
Joint Venture Silicon Valley
Directors:
Sanjeev Acharya (bio)
CEO
SiliconSage Builders
John Aitken (bio)
Director of Aviation
Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)
David Bini
Executive Director, Santa Clara & San Benito County
Building Trades Council
Dan Boxwell
Senior Director
Accenture
Scott Brandt
Vice Chancellor for Research
UC Santa Cruz
Rahul Chandhok
Manager of Government Affairs
San Francisco 49ers
Mark Danaj (bio)
City Manager
City of Fremont
Gary Dillabough
Co-Founder & CEO
Urban Community
Max Duggane
CEO
Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley
Susan Ellenberg (bio)
Supervisor
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
David Entwistle
President and CEO
Stanford Health Care
Javier Gonzalez
Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager, South Bay
Google
Todd Harris (bio)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Technology Credit Union
Eric C. Houser
EVP and Santa Clara County Regional Manager
Wells Fargo
Michael Isip (bio)
President & CEO
KQED Public Media
Hon. Ro Khanna (bio)
United States Congress
Karolyn Kirchgesler
CEO
Team San Jose
Ibi Krukrubo
Partner
Ernst & Young
Mitra Mahdavian (bio)
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Greg Matter (bio)
Executive Vice President
Jones Lang LaSalle
Jean McCown
Vice President, Public Affairs Administration
Stanford University
Curtis Mo (bio)
Partner
DLA Piper
Mairtini Ni Dhomhnaill (bio)
Founder
Countsy
Jonathan Noble
Director of US Government Affairs
Microsoft
Dennis O’Malley
CEO
Caliva
Mary Papazian (bio)
President
San Jose State University
Hon. Dave Pine (bio)
Supervisor
San Mateo County
Robert Raffo (bio)
Managing Partner
Hood & Strong LLP
Sherri R. Sager
Chief Government & Community Relations Officer
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Juan Salazar
Public Policy Manager
Facebook
Jared Shawlee
Chief Operating Officer
San Jose Earthquakes
Ed Shikada
City Manager
City of Palo Alto
Susan Smarr (bio)
Physician-in-Chief
Kaiser Permanente
John A. Sobrato (bio)
Chairman
The Sobrato Organization
John Tortora
Chief Operating Officer
Sharks Sports & Entertainment
John Varela (bio)
Board Chair
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Victoria Virasingh
Palantir Technologies
Daniel Yost (bio)
Partner
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
