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Joseph M. Head is the president of SummerHill Land, Mr. Head oversees all the land acquisitions for SummerHill Homes. In this capacity, he is responsible for seeking out and acquiring all land opportunities, as well as the planning, processing, and feasibility analysis for new communities. Read More

David House began his career in 1965 designing computers and data acquisition systems at Raytheon Computer and Communications Division. In 1968, he joined Honeywell Computer Control Division and in 1972 became director of computer development at Microdata. Read More

Mr. Humphries was appointed executive vice president of World Wide Human Resources and Management Systems in 2006. He joined Flextronics with the acquisition of Chatham Technologies Inc. in 2000, where he served as senior vice president for Global Operations. Read More

Michael W. Kirst is Professor Emeritus of Education and Business Administration at Stanford University. He has been on the Stanford faculty since 1969. In 2011, Kirst became the President of the California State Board Of Education for the second time. Read More

Tarkan Maner is the President and CEO at Wyse Technology, the global leader in Cloud Client Computing. Cloud Client Computing is the ultimate end user computing solution for our time, replacing the outdated, unsecure, unreliable, un-green and expensive client/server-centric systems. Read More

Kay is the Managing Partner for the West Sub-Area which includes our California, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii markets, and is a Vice Chair and member of the Ernst & Young Americas Executive Board. Kay has more than 30 years of public accounting experience. Read More

David Neale is President of the Core Companies and believes that people need more than just a place to live. They need a place to grow. He has been “building better communities” in the San Francisco South Bay Area for over 20 years. The Core Companies has developed and constructed over 2000 homes and apartments in communities throughout the San Francisco South Bay Area. Read More

Jeff Rademann is Wells Fargo’s President of the Santa Clara Valley Market and 20-year financial services veteran. Rademann has responsibilities for 43 Wells Fargo stores, $8.2 billion in deposits and 800 team members in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.Read More

Marshall (Mike) S. Smith is currently a visiting scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Prior to that Mike had been the Under Secretary of the Department of Education since 1993. As Under Secretary, Smith has been a key player in helping define the Administration's education agenda, which focuses on the need to raise educational achievement for all students and increase their opportunities to pursue postsecondary education and lifelong learning. Read More

Faysal Sohail is a venture capitalist at CMEA Capital in San Francisco, CA. He joined the firm in 2002 as a General Partner, bringing with him more than a decade of senior executive experience in engineering, marketing, business development and building start ups. Since 2002, he has led venture capital funding to several key start ups in both the energy and technology sectors. He currently serves on the board of directors of AirTight Networks, Applied Wave Research, Danotek Motion Technologies, Evolution Robotics, Multigig and Solaria Corporation. Previously, Faysal served on A123 Systems board as an observer. Read More

Pat Splinter is the Chief Operating Officer and CleanTech Co-Leader for VantagePoint Capital Partners. She is in charge of VantagePoint’s business strategy, global operations, and co-managing the clean technology group. She has over 34 years of experience in senior management positions in major organizations and start-up companies, most notably at Intel Corp. where she managed human resources at a global level. She has held vice president positions at two companies – Maxtor, and NetManage. She is currently on the board of directors for the California Museum, and the Tech Museum in San Jose. She graduated from San Francisco State University. Read More

Cora Tomalinas is a community activist whose contributions and donations of her energy and talents resulted in an impressive list of boards, Commissions, Task Forces and advocating community issues. Having been born in Agoo, La Union, Philippines, her commitment in helping the lives of individuals started upon receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from San Francisco State University in 1967. Read More

Tom Zazueta is CEO and President of Coakley Heagerty, a strategic marketing firm that does advertising for the retail, education, and technology industries. He got his start at Coakley Heagerty 5 years ago as the VP of Digital Marketing. His specialty is on the uses of technology to market and engage with the client's target audience. Prior to Coakley, he held senior management positions at eBay. He is an advocate of using technology to support education. He is a member of the Downtown Rotary Club of San Jose, PACT (People Acting in Community Together), and MAGNET (Marketing & Advertising Global Network). He graduated from San Jose State University, and the California Polytechnic State University of San-Luis Obispo. Read More