Our Team

Almaz Negash, Director, Step Up Silicon Valley, Catholic Charities

Committee Chairs

Convening
Pat Plant, San Jose Presbytery

Advocacy
Megan Doyle, Santa Clara County, Office of Ken Yeager
Greg Kepferle, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County

Incubation
Fr. Nicky Santos, Santa Clara University
Jen Padget, Community Technology Alliance
Rachel Wright, PhD Candidate - Sociology and Public Policy, Stanford University

American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley
Andrea Faiss, Facilitator
Greg Ranstrom, Facilitator

Convening Committee
Beryl Banks Church of the Chimes Don Bolce Santa Clara County Office of Education Elizabeth Lilly Step Up Silicon Valley Willie Mackey Community member Naomi N. Matsumoto West Valley Community Services Inc	Jay Pecot Sacred Heart Community Services Greg Plant San Jose Presbytery Pat Plant San Jose Presbytery Carol Stephenson Sacred Heart Community Services

Advocacy Committee
Maribel Andonian Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County Jaime Angulo Neighborhood Housing Services Silicon Valley Shiloh Ballard Silicon Valley Leadership Group Angelica Cortez Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits Jim Dale United Way of Silicon Valley Megan Doyle County of Santa Clara Christina Egan Loaves & Fishes Jessica Garcia-Kohl Housing Trust of Santa Clara County Alma V. Gonzales Bay Area Legal Aid Todd Hansen The Health Trust Alejandra Herrera City of San Jose, Housing	Richard Hobbs Human Agenda Matt Huerta Neighborhood Housing Services Silicon Valley Gregory Kepferle Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County Dennis King Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Melissa Morris Law Foundation of Silicon Valley Jenny Niklaus EHC Life Builders John Porter Franklin McKinley School District Candace Roney Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital James Zahradka Law Foundation of Silicon Valley Kevin Zwick Housing Trust of Santa Clara County

Incubation Committee
Marybeth Affleck-Nacey Franklin McKinley Children’s Initiative Dana Bunnett Kids in Common Julia Burkhead Community Technology Alliance Bob Dolci MHSA Housing Developer Dana McQuary County of Santa Clara Vineeta Mishra Community Technology Alliance	Jen Padgett Community Technology Alliance Nicky Santos Santa Clara University Denise Scovel InnVision John Swan Business Development Accelerators Rachel Wright Stanford University

Committee Chairs

Convening Committee

Advocacy Committee

Incubation Committee