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Adams</strong><br>Senior Staff Software Engineer, <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google</a> </p> <p><strong>Willie Adams</strong><br>President, <a href="https://www.ilwu.org/">International Longshore and Warehouse Union</a>; Vice President, <a href="https://sfport.com/port-commission">The San Francisco Port Commission</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.bankofthewest.com/author/anderson_scott/"><strong>Scott Anderson</strong></a><br>Chief Economist, Bank of the West </p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/sigurd-anderson/"><strong>Sigurd Anderson</strong></a><br>Founding Partner, City Center Realty Partners LLC</p> <p><strong>Dan Ashley</strong><br>Anchor, <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/">ABC7 News</a></p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/michael-baker/"><strong>Michael Baker</strong></a><br>Retired General and Trauma Surgeon</p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/jeff-l-bleich/"><strong>Jeff L. Bleich</strong></a><br>Chief Legal Officer, Cruise LLC</p> <p><strong>Dr. Mary G. F. Bitterman</strong> (Past Board Chair)<br>President, <a href="http://www.osherfoundation.org/">The Bernard Osher Foundation</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.claudinechengsf.com/claudinecheng-bio"><strong>Claudine Cheng</strong></a><br>Chair, RENEW SF</p> <p><strong>David Chun</strong><br>CEO, <a href="http://equilar.com">Equilar</a></p> <p><strong>Charles M. Collins</strong><br>President Emeritus, <a href="https://www.ymcasf.org/">YMCA of San Francisco</a></p> <p><strong>Susie Cranston</strong><br>COO, <a href="https://www.firstrepublic.com/aboutus/companyprofile">First Republic Bank</a> </p> <p><strong>Dr. Kerry P. Curtis</strong><br>Professor Emeritus, Ageno School of Business, <a href="http://www.ggu.edu/">Golden Gate University</a></p> <p><strong>Dorian Daley</strong><br>Executive Vice President (Retired), General Counsel and Secretary, <a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/index.html">Oracle Corporation</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/evelyn-dilsaver-9071805/"><strong>Evelyn Dilsaver</strong></a><strong> </strong>(Past Board Chair)<br>Independent Board Director </p> <p><strong>Joseph I. Epstein</strong> (Past Board President)<br>President, <a href="http://sierrasteeltrading.com/">Sierra Steel Trading LLC</a></p> <p><strong>Jeffrey A. Farber</strong><br>CEO, <a href="http://www.koretfoundation.org/">Koret Foundation</a></p> <p><strong>John Farmer </strong>(Past Board Chair)<br>Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs</p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/dean-fealk/"><strong>Dean Fealk</strong></a><br>San Francisco Managing Partner, DLA Piper</p> <p><strong>Dr. Carol A. Fleming</strong><br>Principal, <a href="http://www.speechtraining.com/">The Sound of Your Voice</a></p> <p><strong>Leslie Saul Garvin</strong><br>Associate Director of Program Development in Executive Education, <a href="https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/" target="_blank">Stanford University Graduate School of Business</a> </p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/kenneth-guernsey/"><strong>Kenneth Guernsey</strong></a><br>Partner, Cooley LLP</p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/richard-guggenhime/"><strong>Richard Guggenhime</strong></a><br>Senior Counsel, Perkins Coie, LLP</p> <p><strong>Gerald Harris</strong><br>President, <a href="https://artofquantumplanning.com/">Quantum Planning Group</a> </p> <p><strong>Peter Hill</strong><br>Executive Chairman, <a href="https://www.bailard.com/">Bailard</a></p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/ben-holzemer/"><strong>Ben Holzemer</strong></a><br>Partner, Global Head of Human Capital, TPG Global</p> <p><strong>Mary Huss</strong><br>Publisher, <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/"><em>San Francisco Business Times</em></a></p> <p><strong>Nora James</strong><br>Vice Chair, <a href="http://www.humanitiestrust.org/">National Trust for the Humanities</a> </p> <p><strong>Dr. Robert Lee Kilpatrick</strong><br>Ph.D., Chief Strategic Development Officer, <a href="http://phenomehealth.org/" data-feathr-click-track="true">Phenome Health</a> </p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/stanley-knight/"><strong>Stanley Knight</strong></a><br>Travel Entrepreneur</p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/steve-krausz/"><strong>Steve Krausz</strong></a><br>General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners</p> <p><a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/alexis-krivkovich"><strong>Alexis Krivkovich</strong></a><br>Senior Partner, McKinsey </p> <p><strong>David Leimsieder</strong><br>Senior Vice President, <a href="https://www.bankofamerica.com/">Bank of America</a></p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/dave-mcmurtry/"><strong>Dave McMurtry</strong></a><br>Chief Business Officer, Aqua Metals, INC.</p> <p><a href="http://www.jointventure.org/about-us/profiles/42-about-us/profiles/872-meet-lenny-mendonca-mckinsey-a-company"><strong>Lenny Mendonca</strong></a><br>Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company</p> <p><strong>Michelle Meow</strong><br>Producer and Host, "<a href="http://michellemeow.com">The Michelle Meow Show</a>"</p> <p><strong>Anna W.M. Mok</strong> (Past Board Chair)<br>Partner, <a href="http://www.deloitte.com/">Deloitte & Touche LLP</a></p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/james-a-moore/"><strong>James A. Moore</strong></a><br>Former Managing Partner, J. Moore Partners LLC</p> <p><strong>DJ Patil</strong><br>Head of Technology, <a href="https://www.devoted.com/">Devoted Health</a> </p> <p><strong>Ken Petrilla</strong><br>Board Member and Treasurer, <a href="https://gruberfamilyfoundation.org/">Gruber Family Foundation</a> </p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/jason-phillips/"><strong>Jason Phillips</strong></a><br>Partner, McKinsey & Co.</p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/ravi-potharlanka/"><strong>Ravi Potharlanka</strong></a><br>President & CEO, Wine Country Radio</p> <p><strong>Carol Possin</strong><br>Retired Psychologist, Professor, School District Administrator, Teacher, Community Organizer</p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/andrew-powell/"><strong>Andrew Powell</strong></a><br>Board Chairman, Landec Corporation</p> <p><strong>Skip Rhodes</strong> (Past Board President)<br>President, <a href="http://skiprhodes.com/">Skip Rhodes and Associates LLC</a></p> <p><a href="http://worldaffairs.org/team/avanish-sahai/"><strong>Avanish Sahai</strong></a><br>Managing Director, Exbourne Group LLC</p> <p><a href="https://worldaffairs.org/team/yumi-sera/"><strong>Yumi Sera</strong></a><br>Executive Director of the State of California, Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research</p> <p><strong>George D. Smith Jr.</strong><br>President and Publisher, <a href="http://signaturebooks.com/">Signature Books</a></p> <p><strong>David Spencer</strong><br>Founder, <a href="https://www.senspa.com/">SenSpa</a></p> <p><a href="https://worldaffairs.org/team/francesca-sterling/"><strong>Francesca Sterling</strong></a><br>Board Member</p> <p><strong>James Strother</strong><br>Senior Executive VP and General Counsel (retired), <a href="http://www.wellsfargo.com/">Wells Fargo & Company</a></p> <p><strong>Hon. Tad Taube</strong><br>Founder and Chairman, Taube Investments; Founder and Chairman, <a href="http://www.taubephilanthropies.org/" title="Taube Philanthropies">Taube Philanthropies</a>; Honorary Consul, Poland</p> <p><a href="https://worldaffairs.org/team/sriram-viswanathan/"><strong>Sriram Viswanathan</strong></a><br>Founding Managing Partner, Celesta Capital</p> <p><a href="https://worldaffairs.org/team/terry-vogt/"><strong>Terry Vogt</strong></a><br>Managing Director, Terra Global Capital</p> <p><a href="https://worldaffairs.org/team/bryan-weisbard/"><strong>Bryan Weisbard</strong></a><br>Director, Privacy Planning & Operations, Meta</p> <p><strong>Don Wen</strong><br>Operations Leader, <a href="https://www.pwc.com/us/en/private-company-services.html" title="PwC's Private Company Services">PwC’s Private Company Services</a></p> <p><strong>Dr. Colleen B. 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