Board of Directors

Meet the visionary leaders and dedicated board members guiding our mission and shaping our future.

Board Leadership

Our Board Chair and CEO work closely with the Executive Board and Full Board to help guide the organization.

Ahmad Thomas

Ahmad Thomas

President and CEO
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Tarkan Maner

Tarkan Maner

SVLG Board Chair
Nutanix
Ahmad Thomas

Ahmad Thomas

President and CEO
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Tarkan Maner

Tarkan Maner

SVLG Board Chair
Nutanix
Eric S. Yuan*

Eric S. Yuan*

Zoom Communications Inc
Vintage Foster*

Vintage Foster*

Piccadilly
Dr. Rao Mulpuri*

Dr. Rao Mulpuri*

Leaderinc.ai
Kim Polese*

Kim Polese*

CrowdSmart.ai
Sharon Ryan*

Sharon Ryan*

Bay Area News Group
Tarkan Maner

Tarkan Maner

SVLG Board Chair
Nutanix

Vicki Eckert*

Google

Board Members

Our Board of Directors comes to us from some of the world’s most innovative companies. They are hard-working, forward-thinking people, dedicated to our mission of advocating Silicon Valley as a better place to live, work and play. With their help, we will continue our work as we move into an exciting, new future.

Toni Vanwinkle

Adobe, Inc.

Raquel Gonzalez

Bank of America

Sharon Ryan*

Bay Area News Group

Justin Femmer

CFGI

Kim Polese*

CrowdSmart.ai

Carina Ruiz Singh

Deloitte

Dean Fealk

DLA Piper

David Chun

Equilar

Adam Blaylock

EY

Nikki Depold

Genentech

Vicki Eckert*

Google

Ken Goldman

Hillspire LLP

Jeff Wesler

IBM

Jaime Wong, MD

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Eric Henry

Kaiser Permanente

Sandra Mahadwar

KLA Corp.

Dr. Rao Mulpuri*

Leaderinc.ai

Dave Gunter

Meta Platforms Inc.

Jeff Thomas

Nasdaq

Chris Patterson

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Vintage Foster*

Piccadilly

Bryan McLaughlin

PwC

Cynthia Teniente-Matson, Ph.D.

San José State University

Julie H. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Santa Clara University

Yaad Oren

SAP Labs

Kevin Cook

Sutter Health

Papia Gambelin

United Airlines Inc.

Rudy Reyes

Verizon

Steve Conly

Waters Corporation

Eric Houser

Wells Fargo & Co.

Cynthia Tregillis

Western Digital Corp.

Eric S. Yuan*

Zoom Communications Inc

Toni Vanwinkle

Adobe, Inc.

Raquel Gonzalez

Bank of America

Sharon Ryan*

Bay Area News Group

Justin Femmer

CFGI

Kim Polese*

CrowdSmart.ai

Carina Ruiz Singh

Deloitte

Dean Fealk

DLA Piper

David Chun

Equilar

Adam Blaylock

EY

Nikki Depold

Genentech

Vicki Eckert*

Google

Ken Goldman

Hillspire LLP

Jeff Wesler

IBM

Jaime Wong, MD

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Eric Henry

Kaiser Permanente

Sandra Mahadwar

KLA Corp.

Dr. Rao Mulpuri*

Leaderinc.ai

Dave Gunter

Meta Platforms Inc.

Jeff Thomas

Nasdaq

Chris Patterson

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Vintage Foster*

Piccadilly

Bryan McLaughlin

PwC

Cynthia Teniente-Matson, Ph.D.

San José State University

Julie H. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Santa Clara University

Yaad Oren

SAP Labs

Kevin Cook

Sutter Health

Papia Gambelin

United Airlines Inc.

Rudy Reyes

Verizon

Steve Conly

Waters Corporation

Eric Houser

Wells Fargo & Co.

Cynthia Tregillis

Western Digital Corp.

Eric S. Yuan*

Zoom Communications Inc

*Execuctive Board Members