Advisory Board
Bruce Chizen
Bruce Chizen, Former CEO Adobe Systems, used his customer-focused vision to transform Adobe into one of the world’s largest and most diversified software companies in terms of revenue, global reach and breadth of products. As CEO from 2000 to 2007, Chizen tripled Adobe's revenue and turned a company known mainly for its popular design products into one of the most significant forces in the software industry. Read More
Linda Darling Hammond
Linda Darling Hammond is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University where she has launched the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and the School Redesign Network and served as faculty sponsor for the Stanford Teacher Education Program. She is a former president of the American Educational Research Association and member of the National Academy of Education. Read More
Congressman Mike Honda
Congressman Mike Honda, Congressman Mike Honda represents the 15th Congressional District of California in the House of Representatives. Congressman Honda has been a public servant for decades during which he has been lauded for his work on education, transportation, civil rights, the environment, and the high-tech community. Read More
Congresswoman Zoë Lofgren
Congresswoman Zoë Lofgren represents California’s 16th district which encompasses much of the City of San Jose. She served on the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County from 1981 until 1995, when she became a Member of Congress. In her second term in Congress, she led the fight to ensure that schools receive Internet access, and she is always advocating for schools and crime-prevention projects in her district. Read More
Ronnie Lott
Ronnie Lott has been a champion and a leader his entire life. Today, nearly 15 years after his retirement from professional football, he continues to be revered by coaches and players at all levels for his superb dedication, constant all-out effort, incredible tackling ability, and his genuine heart and soul. He is also highly respected within the community for his long history of off-the-field philanthropic involvement.Read More
Randy Pond
As Executive Vice President of Operations, Processes, and Systems at Cisco, Randy Pond oversees the functions of global business services, corporate affairs, supply chain operations, go-to-market business operations, and legal services.Read More
Rey Ramsey
Rey Ramsey is President and Chief Executive Officer of TechNet. TechNet is the preeminent bipartisan political network of Chief Executive Officers and Senior Executives of leading U.S. technology companies. Our members are the nation’s drivers of innovation in the fields of information technology, e-commerce, clean technology, biotechnology, venture capital and investment banking representing two million employees and $800 billion in revenues.Read More
Mayor Chuck Reed
Chuck Reed was born and raised in the small farming town of Garden City, Kansas. Growing up in America’s Heartland taught Chuck the small town values he learned to live by: Tell the Truth. Keep your word. Be responsible for your actions. Follow the law. Chuck’s first home in Garden City was in a public housing project. The Reeds were always a working class family and Chuck went to work at a very young age. Read More
Lisa Sobrato Sonsini
Lisa Sobrato Sonsini is Board President of the Sobrato Foundation, a private grant making foundation established in 1996. In 2007, the Foundation received the national honor of “Outstanding Foundation” awarded by the National Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Prior to establishing the Foundation, Lisa practiced for five years as a corporate associate at the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison. Read More
Ken Wilcox
Ken Wilcox is president and CEO of SVB Financial Group. Since January 2000, when he took on the role, Wilcox has successfully pursued a strategy of expansion and diversification, while remaining focused on the company’s core niches of technology, life sciences, private equity and premium wineries. Wilcox managed the first regional office of SVB Silicon Valley Bank and was responsible for all lending activity east of the Mississippi River. Read More
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