Meet the Joint Venture Team

Joint Venture Staff

Russell Hancock

President & Chief Executive Officer

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Rachel Massaro

Vice President and Director of Research

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Mick Greco

Executive Vice President and Director of Development

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Robin Doran

Vice President, Communications

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Kara Gross

Director, Public Sector Climate Initiatives and Executive Director, Silicon Valley Economic Development Alliance (SVEDA)

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David Witkowski

Executive Director, Civic Technology Initiatives

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Robin Franz Martin

Executive Director, Silicon Valley Food Recovery

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Ashley Raggio

Executive Director, Silicon Valley Talent Partnership

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Mohammad Shakouri

Director, Community Broadband

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Janelle London

Executive Director, Beyond Gasoline

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Barry Vesser

Executive Director, Climate-Safe California

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Melinda Chacon

Executive Assistant

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Jill Minnick Jennings

Designer and Developer

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Lukas Lopez-Jensen

2020-2021 Benest Fellow

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José Luis Gandara

2020-2021 Benest Fellow

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Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies

Russell Hancock

President

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Rachel Massaro

Director of Research

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Stephen Levy

Affiliated Researcher and Senior Advisor to the Silicon Valley Index

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Margaret O'Mara

Distinguished Fellow

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Karen Trapenberg Frick

Distinguished Fellow

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Jon Haveman

Affiliated Researcher

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Issi Romem

Affiliated Researcher

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Philip Jordan

Affiliated Researcher

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Josh Williams

Affiliated Researcher

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Ryan Young

Affiliated Researcher

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Heidi Young

Affiliated Researcher

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