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:

Nicole Taylor, Co-Chair (bio)
President & CEO
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Dave Wehner, Co-Chair (bio)
CFO
Facebook

Russell Hancock, President & CEO (bio)
Joint Venture Silicon Valley

Directors:

John Aitken
Director of Aviation
Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)

David Bini
Executive Director, Santa Clara & San Benito County
Building Trades Council

Ted Bojorquez
Executive Vice President
California Bank of Commerce

Rahul Chandhok
Manager of Government Affairs
San Francisco 49ers

Rakesh Chaudhary (bio)
Physician-in-Chief
Kaiser Permanente

Mark Danaj (bio)
City Manager
City of Fremont

Gary Dillabough
Co-Founder & CEO
Urban Community

Max Duganne
Director
Warmenhoven Family Foundation

Susan Ellenberg (bio)
Supervisor
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

David Entwistle
President and CEO
Stanford Health Care

Javier Gonzalez
Head of California Local Government Affairs and Public Policy
Google

Raquel González
Silicon Valley Market President
Bank of America

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

Ben Kochalski (bio)
Regional Partner
TMG Partners

Hon. Sam Liccardo, (bio)
Mayor
City of San Jose

Mitra Mahdavian (bio)
Partner
McKinsey & Company

Jean McCown
Vice President, Public Affairs Administration
Stanford University

Curtis Mo (bio)
Partner
DLA Piper

Mairtini Ni Dhomhnaill (bio)
Founder
Countsy

Jonathan Noble
Microsoft

Fr. Kevin O'Brien, S.J. (bio)
President
Santa Clara University

Mary Papazian (bio)
President
San Jose State University

Mark G. Parnes (bio)
General Counsel
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Hon. Dave Pine (bio)
Supervisor
San Mateo County

David Sacarelos (bio)
Partner
Seiler, LLP

Sherri R. Sager
Chief Government & Community Relations Officer
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Jared Shawlee
Chief Operating Officer
San Jose Earthquakes

Ed Shikada
City Manager
City of Palo Alto

John A. Sobrato (bio)
Chairman
The Sobrato Organization

Neeraj Vadhan
Senior Managing Director and Senior Client Lead
Accenture

John Varela (bio)
Board Chair
Santa Clara Valley Water District

Daniel Yost (bio)
Partner
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP