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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Robin Doran
Vice President, Communications
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Ashley Raggio
Chief Operating Officer
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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, Food Recovery Initiative
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Barry Vesser
Executive Director, Climate-Safe California
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Jill Minnick Jennings
Creative Director
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Melinda Chacón
Executive Assistant
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Mohammad Shakouri
Director, Community Broadband
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Susan Miller-Davis
Associate Director, Food Recovery Initiative
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Ciara Low
Program Manager, Food Recovery Initiative
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Hiba Rteil
Education and Outreach Specialist, Food Recovery Initiative
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Jody Meacham
2021 Joint Venture Fellow
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Jordan Raney
2021-2022 Benest Fellow
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Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies
The Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies is the research arm of Joint Venture Silicon Valley and housed within the organization. You can learn more about members of the team on the Institute Research Team page.