Laura K. Arrillaga

Laura K. Arrillaga-Andreessen, Founder and Chairman, SV2, Palo Alto, CA. In 2000, Laura joined the faculty at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford University (Public Policy and Education), where she teaches Stanford’s first courses on Strategic Philanthropy and Philanthropy and Social Innovation. She has been a Haas Center Visiting Scholar since 2005 and an Associate of the Center on Social Innovation at the Graduate School of Business since 2001. She is also at work on two books: Transformational Philanthropy, a case-based overview of the philanthropic sector, and Giving Your Way to Happiness, a guidebook to living a giving life. Laura co-founded the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS Center), housed at the Haas Center, and currently serves as the PACS Center Advisory Board Chair. She is also founder and chair of the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2) and Director of the Arrillaga Foundation. She sits on numerous foundation and nonprofit boards, including the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the Sand Hill Foundation, Stanford University School of Education, the Hoover Institution, and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.  Laura graduated from Stanford with a BA in Art History (’92), an MBA (’97), and MAs in Education (’98) and Art History (’99).   She lives in the Bay Area with her husband, technology entrepreneur Marc Andreessen.

Harris Barton

Harris Barton, Founding Partner, HRJ Capital, Woodside, CA. A veteran of 12 NFL seasons, Harris Barton was a mainstay of the San Francisco 49ers offensive line, helping the team win Super Bowls in 1989, 1990 and 1995. In 1998 he retired from professional football and founded Champion Ventures with his former teammate, Ronnie Lott. In September 2000 football legend Joe Montana became a third partner in the firm (now called HRJ Capital), which currently has over $700 million in assets distributed between seven separate funds in venture capital, buyout, real estate and hedge. Harris is active in many philanthropic endeavors, especially the National Brain Tumor Foundation, and has also started his own charitable foundation, Champion Charities, in partnership with Ronnie and Joe. In 1986, he earned a Bachelor's degree in finance from the University of North Carolina, where he received first-team All American honors as an offensive lineman. He also co-hosted the "Forty Niner Playbook" pre-game show and won an Emmy Award for his work. In 2003 he was named to the Georgia Peach Bowl Hall of Fame. Harris and his wife have four children and live in the San Francisco Bay area.

Robert Blum

Robert Blum, President and CEO, Cytokinetics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA. Robert launched Cytokinetics in 1998 and has held a number of senior level positions overseeing research & development, finance, corporate development, legal, commercial operations and business development, before being appointed President and CEO in January 2007. Prior to Cytokinetics, Robert held senior positions in Business Development and Marketing at COR Therapeutics from 1991-1998. He also worked in a variety of sales, marketing and other pharmaceutical business functions for Marion Laboratories, Inc. and Syntex, Inc. He is on faculty at the Center for BioEntrepreneurship at UC San Francisco where he developed and teaches a corporate finance course, and serves on the board of BayBio. He also serves on the national board of the American Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and established the Blum Family Venture Philanthropy Fund to propel basic science discoveries and the Tikkun Olam Science prize for Bay Area schools to further science education and exploration in the spirit of repairing the world. Robert serves on the Board of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco and founded and chaired its Business Leadership Council. He has also served on the Boards of San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum and the Anti-Defamation League. Robert received BA degrees in Human Biology and Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He and his wife Dana and their two daughters live in San Francisco. 

Gina Boswell

Gina Boswell, President–Global Brands, Alberto Culver Co., Melrose Park, IL. In February 2008, Gina was appointed President of Global Brands for Alberto Culver, a $1.4 billion manufacturer and marketer of beauty, personal care and household products. In this role, Gina oversees global brands such as Alberto V05, TRESemme, St. Ives and Nexxus, as well as research and development and consumer insights. Prior to joining Alberto Culver Gina was senior vice president and chief operating officer for Avon North America, where she was responsible for multiple international markets, online brand development, operational restructuring and creating strategic alliances. Prior to Avon, Gina was an executive with the Ford Motor Company where, from 1999-2003, she helped lead global strategy and ran their vehicle personalization business. She has also worked with The Estēe Lauder Companies, Inc., most recently as vice president for new business development, managing mergers and acquisitions. Gina currently serves on the board of directors for Manpower, Inc. She earned a BS in Business Administration, summa cum laude, from Boston University and a Masters of Public and Private Management (MPPM) from the Yale School of Management, and is a former Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She and her family live in Hinsdale, IL.

William Prescott (Scott) Bush

William Prescott (Scott) Bush, Chief Sales Officer, Maritz, Inc., St. Louis, MO. Scott has over 20 years experience in business marketing, sales, finance, strategic and international development, and public affairs. He currently serves as chief sales officer of Maritz, the largest global source of performance improvement, research, meetings and event services. Prior to joining Maritz, Scott was with Trans World Airlines, where he rose to corporate vice president of sales and distribution during his five year tenure. He also co-founded a company in Japan, The American Thought Process, offering seminars to teach local executives how American businesspeople communicate and make decisions. During the first Bush Administration Scott served as director of special placements for the Office of Presidential Personnel, The White House, and currently speaks in support of the present Bush Administration throughout Missouri. Scott Serves on the Board of American Express Incentive Services and has served previously on the boards of Webster University’s School of Business and Technology, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. He earned a BA in American Studies from Yale University and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He and his wife and two children live in St. Louis.

Toby R. Coppel

Toby R. Coppel, Managing Director, Yahoo! Europe, London, England. Toby was promoted to the post of Managing Director for Yahoo! Europe in June 2007. Prior to that he was Chief Strategy Officer at Yahoo! Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. Toby joined the Yahoo! Team in May 2001 as SVP of Corporate Development, and is a key participant in the development of the company’s global strategy, including internal development, mergers, acquisitions, investments, partnerships, alliances, and joint ventures. Prior to joining Yahoo!, he was managing director of Windsor Digital, an investment company founded by Yahoo!’s current chairman and CEO, Terry Semel. He was also vice president at Allen & Company Incorporated, an investment bank in New York, focusing on media, entertainment and the internet. He began his career with Goldman Sachs International in London as a financial analyst in the communications, media and technology group. Toby is a mentor with Parents Place, a program of Jewish Family and Children’s Services, and serves on the board of Publicolor, an organization devoted to improving inner-city schools in New York. He earned a BA in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He and his family live in London, England.

Seth Goldman

Seth Goldman, Co-Founder, President & TeaEO, Honest Tea, Bethesda, MD. An entrepreneur at heart, Seth launched Honest Tea in 1998 from his home, in partnership with one of his business school professors, Dr. Barry Nalebuff. Honest Tea was the first to introduce organic and fair trade bottled teas, and is nationally distributed through stores like Whole Foods and Target. Before launching Honest Tea, Seth served as vice president of Calvert Social Investment Fund, managing marketing and sales efforts for the nation's largest family of socially responsible mutual funds. He has also directed an AmeriCorps demonstration project in Baltimore and served as Senator Lloyd Bentsen's deputy press secretary. Seth is currently an advisory board member for First Peoples Worldwide, a non-profit that promotes the interests of indigenous peoples. He also serves on the board of Net Impact (formerly Students for Responsible Business), the Clean Energy Partnership, and recently completed his tenure as president of the Somerset Elementary School Educational Foundation. Seth earned a BA in Government, cum laude, from Harvard University and an MBA/MPPM from the Yale School of Management. He and his wife and three sons live in Chevy Chase, MD.

Margarita Herdocia

Margarita Herdocia, President & CEO, Renaissance Real Estate.  Margarita leads Renaissance Real Estate, which managing sizeable projects in residential and commercial real estate. She is also a director of Brownsville Business Corporation, for whom she previously served as project coordinator and consultant on the Acropolis Plaza complex in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Margarita is a member of the Board of Directors of the Young Presidents' Organization Costa Rica Chapter; Museo de Arte Costarricense; and Amigos del Aprendizaje, a pilot project for more efficient learning methods for pre-school and elementary children. She is also the founder and president-emeritus of AMARTE (Asociación de Amigos del Museo de Arte Costarricense), which created the first sculpture garden in Central America. After attending Duke University for two years, Margarita attended Columbia University's Barnard College, and graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Political Science and Psychology, and a Minor in Economics. She, her husband Jaime Montealegre and three sons make their home in Escazu, Costa Rica.

Zachary Herlick

Zachary Herlick, Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth, Inc., Menlo Park, CA. Zack Herlick joined the firm of Brownson, Rehmus and Foxworth in October 2006, advising wealthy clients on how best to manage their interests. Zack was formerly a director and client advisor at UBS Wealth Management Australia, and prior to that worked for CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, as general manager of growth partnerships. Before moving to Australia, he was a general partner Maveron LLC, a $600 million venture capital fund he started with Howard Schultz, chairman and former CEO of Starbucks Coffee Company, and he was also an associate with Mayfield Fund, a top-tier Silicon Valley-based firm. In 1992, Zack co-founded Red Herring Communications, publisher of The Red Herring Magazine and Redherring.com. In addition to his entrepreneurial experience, Zack is a co-founding director of the Spotlight Foundation and a Strategic Advisor to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. He graduated at the top of his class at Phillips Academy, Andover, earned a BA from Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa with Distinction, and received a joint JD/MBA from Stanford Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.   He and his family now live in the California Bay Area.

Sean Hinton

Sean Hinton, Principal, Terbish Partners, Beijing, China.  Prior to forming Terbish Partners in 2007, Sean was a partner and principal at Media Entertainment Advisors, a boutique media investment bank in London, where he advised private investors and corporate clients in film, music, TV and other areas of intellectual property exploitation. And, he also served on the investment committee of the Creative Capital Fund, a London-based start-up venture capital fund, and on the board of advisors of a number of start-up digital media companies. From 2000 – 2005 Sean was Managing Director of Ealing Studios and Fragile Films, the oldest film studio in the world and one of the UK’s largest film production companies. There he oversaw the operation of all the businesses from facilities to production, focusing on strategy and business development. Prior to joining Ealing, Sean was a senior consultant in the Sydney and London offices of McKinsey & Company, where he was a specialist in the Media and Entertainment practice. Before McKinsey he was founder and CEO of the adventure travel and trekking operator, Nomads Expeditions, which he sold in 1994; and SJH Consultancy providing professional services to international corporate and media clients in Asia. From 1997 to 2000, Sean was the honorary Consul-General of Mongolia—the sole representative in Australia of the Mongolian government. Sean was trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at Cambridge University where he received a Masters in Philosophy. He was also a Sloan Visiting Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard University. Sean lives in Beijing with his wife and three daughters.

Jordan S. Kassalow

Jordan S. Kassalow, Co-Founder & President, VisionSpring and Co-Founder and Chairman, Scojo Foundation. In 1999, Jordan co-founded VisionSpring (formerly Scojo Vision LLC), a leading designer and distributor of high-end reading glasses and accessories in the United States, Europe, Canada and Japan. A year later, he and his partner designated 5% of the company's profits to fund the Scojo Foundation, a social enterprise that trains entrepreneurs in developing countries to give basic eye exams and sell low-cost reading glasses in their communities. Jordan is also a practicing optometrist and senior partner at Drs. Farkas, Kassalow, Resnick, PC. Prior to founding Scojo, he created the Global Health Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he served for five years as an adjunct senior fellow. Jordan is on the board of Lighthouse International, on the medical advisory board of Helen Keller International, and is a lifetime member at the Council on Foreign Relations. He earned a BA from the University of Vermont, and graduated Beta Sigma Kappa from the New England College of Optometry. In 1990-91 he spent an academic year on a research fellowship in preventive ophthalmology at John Hopkins School of Medicine and concurrently received his Masters of Public Health (MPH) at John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. He and his wife, Erica, and their three children live in New York City.

Scarlett Li

Scarlett Li, Co-Founder, Zebra Media, Beijing, China. Scarlett Li is the Co-Founder of Zebra Media. In 2004, Scarlett also co-founded R2G, one of the leading companies in China that focuses on online / mobile music distribution and licensing business. R2G's corporate mission is to promote the consumption of legitimate digital content through a transparent licensing and piracy monitoring platform in China, and Scarlett remains a shareholder and a member of the company’s board of directors. Recognized as one of China's leading media executives, Scarlett previously ran StarTV's Channel [V] (News Corporation Company) music channel in China where she launched the first ever Channel [V] Chinese Music Awards (CMA). The events broke viewership records for music awards shows in China, reaching more than 150 million homes. In 2000, she was appointed director of government relations and business development for STAR, and in 2002, became general manager of Channel [V]. Scarlett localized the channel's operation in China, and launched the popular "Made in China" campaign to increase pride and sense of ownership in modern Chinese music by China's youth. The "Made in China" campaign has turned Channel [V] into the most popular youth/music brand in China. Scarlett obtained her bachelor degree in Australia, majoring in Information Technology and Business Management and her EMBA from Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is currently a fellow with the Asia Society. 

Sylvia Mathews

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA.  Sylvia is the president of the Global Development program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, overseeing Global Libraries, Financial Services for the Poor, Agricultural Development, and Special Initiatives.  She joined the Foundation in 2001 as Executive Vice President and served as its Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director from 2002 to April 2006. Prior to joining the foundation, Sylvia served in the Clinton administration as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Assistant to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, and Chief of Staff to Secretary of the Treasury, Robert E. Rubin. She also worked for McKinsey and Company. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for MetLife Inc., the Governing Council of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, and as a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, the CSIS Smart Power Commission, and the Nike Foundation Advisory Group. Sylvia earned an AB degree in Government, cum laude, from Harvard University and a BA with honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.  Sylvia and her family are based in Seattle, WA.

Paul Meyer

Paul Meyer, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Voxiva, Inc. Paul and his partners developed Voxiva, Inc. to be a leading provider of phone and web-based information solutions for organizations in the developing world. Before co-founding Voxiva, Paul was founder and chairman of IPKO, the first and largest Internet service provider in Kosovo. Started in the weeks following the 1999 war, IPKO was hailed by the U.N. Secretary General as "a model for future humanitarian emergencies." He previously served as a senior fellow at the Markle Foundation studying efforts to bridge the global digital divide; worked for the International Rescue Committee, using technology to reunify separated refugee children and families in West Africa and the Balkans; and was COO of the Endeavor Initiative. From 1993 to 1995, he served as one of President Clinton's White House speechwriters. In 2003, Paul was named one of "100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum in Davos, and "Humanitarian of the Year" by MIT's Technology Review Magazine. He is a fellow of the Foreign Policy Association and a member of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness. Paul earned a JD from Yale Law School and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University.

Ranji Nagaswami

Ranji Nagaswami, Chief Investment Officer, AllianceBernstein Investment Research and Management, New York, NY.  As CIO of AllianceBernstein, Ranji is responsible for integrating the company's investing disciplines for growth, value and core equities, and fixed income and communicating them to shareholders and their financial advisors. She also serves as a senior portfolio manager in the Bernstein U.S. Large-Cap Value Equity team and chairs the Retail Investors Investment Policy Group. From 1986 to 1999, she was at UBS Asset Management, and its predecessor organizations, and progressed from quantitative analyst to managing director and co-head of U.S. Fixed Income. Ranji is currently a fellow of the Foreign Policy Association in New York, and was previously a member of the Yale School of Management Alumni Association Board, a trustee of Greenwich Academy, a member of the board of the Covenant House of New York, and head of the New York chapter of Ashoka. Ranji also served on the board of advisors of the Institutional Investor's Fixed Income Forum. She earned a Bachelor of Commerce from Bombay University in India and an MBA from Yale School of Management, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Ranji and her family make their home in Greenwich, CT.

James A. Pickup

James A. Pickup, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP, Washington DC.  Jim joined the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand in 1996. In 2002 they merged with Piper Rudnick, now DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, and Jim continued as an associate before becoming partner in 2004. One of his most notable accomplishments during this period has been his service as an advisor to the American Red Cross on the management and distribution of the Liberty Disaster Relief Fund to benefit the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Jim previously served as a congressional aide and Budget Committee associate. In 2000 and 2001, he worked with Senator George Mitchell, representing him as a member of the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact Finding Committee, an international committee formed to examine the crisis between the Israelis and Palestinians and make recommendations to prevent its recurrence. Jim played a significant role in the Committee's activities and the drafting of its report, which is now known as the "Mitchell Plan". He is currently serving as general counsel to the Congressional Economic Leadership Institute, a bi-partisan forum to discuss vital economic issues in the U.S. Jim earned an MA with honors from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University, and graduated magna cum laude with a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.

Randi K. Shade

Randi K. Shade, City Council Member, Austin, TX.  In May 2008, Randi Shade, an 18 year resident of Austin, Texas, ran for and won a spot on the city’s City Council. Prior to that she served as the Executive Director of the Austin Entrepreneurs Foundation, and as CEO of CharityGift, an Internet company she founded in 1999 and sold to a publicly traded company in 2005.  Randi began her career at Procter & Gamble, and later worked for Texas Governors Ann Richards and George W. Bush, serving as founding executive director of the Texas Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, during which time she launched and managed the AmeriCorps program statewide. She also served as director of national development for City Year, and was awarded an Echoing Green Foundation-Harvard Public Management Fellowship to work for Teach for America in its inaugural year. Randi has always been an active community volunteer and has served on the boards of the Association of Women in Technology–Austin, Austin Clean Energy Initiative, Austin Entrepreneurs Foundation, Central Texas Better Business Bureau, Foundation for Women’s Resources Committee of the Board, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Austin, OneStar Foundation, PeopleFund, Sigma Delta Tau Sorority’s Texas Education Foundation, TexChange, Texas Hillel Foundation, UT Commission on 125, and the Volunteer Center (now Hands on Central Texas). She earned a BA at the University of Texas at Austin, and an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business. She and her partner Kayla and their son Ethan make their home in Austin, TX. 

Dhiren Shah

Dhiren H. Shah, Managing Director, Greenhill & Co., New York, NY. In Jan. 2006 Dhiren joined independent global investment banking firm Greenhill & Co.   Prior to that he served as head of Morgan Stanley’s global technology banking group, leading a team across six offices worldwide and advising leading technology companies on corporate finance and mergers, acquisitions and restructurings. He joined Morgan Stanley in New York in 1988, working in areas of increasing responsibility as head of the Princes Gate Private Equity Fund, as deputy head of European Mergers & Acquisitions and as co-head of Global Technology Banking. In 1996, he led a new team rebuilding the firm's European technology banking practice from the London office. Dhiren began his career in finance in 1982 working for Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. He currently serves on the board of overseers for the University of Pennsylvania Library and on the board of Camfed USA Foundation. Headquartered in Cambridge, England, Camfed supports girls' education in Zimbabwe, Ghana and Zambia. Dhiren also supports Teach for America; the Center for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania; and the Student Sponsor Program in New York City. He earned a BS in Economics summa cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1982. Dhiren, his wife Katie and their four children live in New York City.

Desmond Shum

Desmond Shum, Vice Chairman, Airport City Logistics Park, Co, Ltd., Beijing, China.  In addition to serving as vice chairman of Airport City Logistics Park, Desmond is also chairman and CEO of Ocean Pacific Investment Management Co. Ltd and a member of the Standing Committee of the Institute of Finance & Banking-Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.  His business interests include real estate, financial services and logistics. He previously served as the chief representative of ChinaVest Limited, which manages a $300 million private equity fund.  Desmond has devoted much of his time to the exchange between China and the international community, particularly as it relates to the financial services industry, and is the founder of the Desmond & Whitney Shum Fellowship at Harvard University to promote the study of contemporary China.  He is also co-chairman of the steering committee of the China & Globalization Program at the Foreign Policy Center of the U.K.  He received his BA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.  He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.  Desmond and his wife live in Beijing, China. 

R. Keith Walton

R. Keith Walton, Principal and Chief Administrative Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners, New York, NY.   Keith joined Global Infrastructure Partners in 2007 as a Principal and Chief Admin. Officer.   Prior to that, he spent over ten years as executive vice president and secretary of Columbia University, working closely with the president of the university formulating and implementing university-wide policies and managing strategic projects.  From 1994 to 1996, Keith worked at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as deputy chief of staff and chief of staff to the Undersecretary of Enforcement, the Treasury’s chief law enforcement official, and assisted the Undersecretary in supervising the U.S. Secret Service; U.S. Customs Service; ATF; IRS-Criminal Investigative Division; the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; and the Office of Foreign Assets Control.  While at the Treasury, Keith also served as deputy director of the White House Security Review.  He began his career at the Atlanta law firm of King & Spalding.  Keith serves on the boards of the Apollo Theatre Foundation, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and The Trinity School, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  He also is a member of the American Law Institute, the Council for the U.S. and Italy, and the Foreign Policy Association.  He earned a BA, from Yale, and a JD from the Harvard Law School.  Keith and his wife Aubria and their three children make their home in New York City.

Angela F. Williams