Santa Clara University

Past Tech Awards Judges

Jump to Year

| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |

 

2011

 
Economic Development
 
Chris Bacon
Assistant Professor
Teaching and Research Vision: As an environmental social scientist, I am interested in deepening and diversifying a dialogue about interdependent society-nature relationships. Read the full profile »
Peter Gardner
Managing Director - Wavepoint Ventures
Peter brings 15 years of professional venture investing to Wavepoint and has extensive experience raising capital, managing investment portfolios, structuring financings, and building management teams. Read the full profile »
Michael Kevane
Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
Michael Kevane is Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at Santa Clara University. He also serves as chair of the Education category. Read the full profile »
Edwin Ou
Program Officer, Skoll Foundation
Edwin Ou is a program officer at Skoll Foundation. He also serves as a judge in the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
 
Education
 
Jennifer Bruckner
Executive Director - IISME
Jennifer Bruckner is the Executive Director for Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education (IISME). Read the full profile »
Stuart Gannes
Executive Director, Fab Foundation
Stuart Gannes is Executive Director of the Fab Foundation and serves as a judge in the Education category. Read the full profile »
Pedro Hernández-Ramos
Department Chair of Education, Coordinator, Science Technology, Environmental Education, Mathematics (STEEM) Program
His research interests are in teacher's technology integration and pedagogical applications of games and simulations. Read the full profile »
Emile McAnany
Faculty Fellow
Emile McAnany is former Walter E. Schmidet S.J. Professor (1997-2009) at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. He was chair of the Department of Communication (1997-2002) and has been associated with the Center for Science Technology and Society at the university since the Center?s inception in 1999. Read the full profile »
Emile McAnany
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications, Santa Clara University
Emile McAnay is the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards Read the full profile »
Paul Soukup S.J.
Associate Professor of Communication Santa Clara University
Academic/professional background: Fr. Soukup earned his Ph.D. in Communication from The University of Texas at Austin in 1985, concentrating on the philosophical grounding of communication research as it developed in the United States from 1920-1950. Read the full profile »
 
Environment
 
Mike Denzel
General Partner, McKenna Ventures
Mike Denzel is a General Partner at McKenna Ventures. He also serves as a judge for the Environment Category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Stephen Eglash
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Affiliates Program, Stanford University
Steve Eglash is the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Affiliates Program at Stanford University. He also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Leslie Gray
Director, Environmental Studies Institute, Santa Clara University
Leslie Gray is the Director of the Environmental Studies Institute at Santa Clara University. She also serves as the chair of the Envrionment category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Stephanie Hughes
Lecturer, Santa Clara University
Stephanie Hughes is a lecturer at Santa Clara University and an Industry consultant. She serves as a judge in the Environment category for The Tech Awards Read the full profile »
Douglas King
Jay Hall and Associates
Doug King, Ph.D., is Project Manager at Jay Hall and Associates. Doug earned his BS in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999. After graduation, he worked for 2 years with ICF International providing technical support to EPA?s ENERGY STAR for Homes Program. Read the full profile »
Iris Stewart-Frey
Assistant Professor
I believe that learning is an active process. In my classes I encourage students to become active participants in the debate over past current and future environmental issues through both the understanding of the underlying physical processes, as well as their societal, political, legal, and spiritual components. Read the full profile »
 
Equality
 
Jeffrey Baerwald
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology
Jeffrey Baerwald, S.J. joined the faculty at Santa Clara University in the Counseling Psychology Department in 2005 as an associate professor. Read the full profile »
Mark Aschheim
Professor of Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University
Mark Aschheim is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as the chair of the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Marc Krizack '06
Whirlwind Wheelchair International (USA, Worldwide)
Whirlwind designs wheelchairs that can be built and maintained through a small to medium scale production network in developing countries. In addition to standardized designs it provides training and support to the local businesses that build these wheelchairs and social marketing support through the independent living movement in developing countries. Read the full profile »
 
John Woldrich
Former COO, Fair, Issac & Co.
John Woldrich is the Former COO of Fair, Issac & Co. Now retired, he serves on serveral boards and is a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Matthew Mallet
Attorney - Law Offices of Kirk, Blaine, Freeman
Matthew A. Mallet is an experienced litigator who has already taken eleven cases to trial in his first eight years of practice. Read the full profile »
Perlita Dicochea
Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies
Perlita Dicochea is Assistant Professor in the Ethnic Studies Program at Santa Clara University. Read the full profile »
Lester Goodchild
Professor of Education/ Director, Higher Education Program and Higher Education Administration Emphasis, Santa Clara University
Dr. Goodchild is currently the Director of the Higher Education Program and Professor of Education at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Health
 
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Enoch Choi M.D.
Family Medicine Physician and Partner, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Dr. Enoch Choi, Family Medicine Physician and Partner in the Urgent Care Department of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), a Sutter Affiliate. Read the full profile »
 
Christine Cunningham
Quality and Patient Safety Strategy, Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital
Results-oriented marketing and business executive, with more than 20 years experience in enterprises focused on improving lives of women and their children through innovative medical procedures and treatments. Read the full profile »
Sally Lehrman
Knight-Ridder/San Jose Mercury News Chair in Journalism and the Public Interest, Communication Department
Lehrman is also an expert on diversity in journalism. She wrote News in a New America, a book that offers a fresh take on developing an inclusive U.S. news media. She has led diversity efforts in the Society of Professional Journalists as a national board member and is a University of Southern California Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism Senior Fellow on race. She contributes to the "Diversity at Work" blog maintained by the Poynter Institute, the leading center for journalism ethics and professional development. Read the full profile »
Tracy Ruscetti
Lecturer, Biology Department Santa Clara University
Tracy Ruscetti is a lecturer in the Biology department at Santa Clara University. She also serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Xavier Savarimuthu
Lecturer and Department Head, Environmental Science, Xavier College, Kolkata
Xavier is a Lecturer and the Department Head of Environmental Science at Xavier College, Kolkata Read the full profile »
Craig Stephens
Professor of Biology, Director of Public Health Program
Craig has a B.S. degree from Roanoke College and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Virginia, and was a post doctoral scholar in Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Read the full profile »
 
 
Economic Development
 
Michael Chertok
Vice President, Global Impact, Digital Divide Data
Michael Chertok is Vice President of Global Impact at Digitial Divide Data. He serves as a judge in the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
Alexander Field
Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics
Alexander Field is the Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics and is chair of the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
Linda Kamas
Associate Professor of Economics
Linda Kamas is an Associate Professor Economics at Santa Clara University and a judge in the Economic Development Category Read the full profile »
Edwin Ou
Program Officer, Skoll Foundation
Edwin Ou is a program officer at Skoll Foundation. He also serves as a judge in the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
Education
 
Stuart Gannes
Executive Director, Fab Foundation
Stuart Gannes is Executive Director of the Fab Foundation and serves as a judge in the Education category. Read the full profile »
Tracy Gray
Managing Director, American Institutes for Research
Tracy Gray is the Managing Director of the American Institutes for Research and serves as a judge in the Education category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Juan Enrique Hinostroza
Director, Instituto de Informática Educativa, Universidad de La Frontera
Juan Enrique Hinostroza is the Director of the Instituto de Informática Educativa at the Universidad de La Frontera in Temuco, Chile. He serves as a judge in the Education Category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Michael Kevane
Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
Michael Kevane is Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at Santa Clara University. He also serves as chair of the Education category. Read the full profile »
Jouko Salo
Senior Technical Advisor, TEKES NationalTechnology Agency of Finland
Jouko Salo joined the Finnish Funding Agency of Technology and Innovation (Tekes) in 1997 and has worked in the Silicon Valley office of Tekes 2001 - 2003 and again from August 2008. Read the full profile »
Environment
 
Mike Denzel
General Partner, McKenna Ventures
Mike Denzel is a General Partner at McKenna Ventures. He also serves as a judge for the Environment Category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Bill Eisinger
Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Bill Eisinger is a Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and also serves as a judge for the Environment category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Leslie Gray
Director, Environmental Studies Institute, Santa Clara University
Leslie Gray is the Director of the Environmental Studies Institute at Santa Clara University. She also serves as the chair of the Envrionment category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Ed Maurer
Associate Professor of Engineering, Santa Clara University
Ed Maurer is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Environment category for The Tech Awards Program. Read the full profile »
Equality
 
Mark Aschheim
Professor of Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University
Mark Aschheim is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as the chair of the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jeffrey Baerwald
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology
Jeffrey Baerwald, S.J. joined the faculty at Santa Clara University in the Counseling Psychology Department in 2005 as an associate professor. Read the full profile »
Lester Goodchild
Professor of Education/ Director, Higher Education Program and Higher Education Administration Emphasis, Santa Clara University
Dr. Goodchild is currently the Director of the Higher Education Program and Professor of Education at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Emile McAnany
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications, Santa Clara University
Emile McAnay is the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards Read the full profile »
 
John Woldrich
Former COO, Fair, Issac & Co.
John Woldrich is the Former COO of Fair, Issac & Co. Now retired, he serves on serveral boards and is a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Health
 
Peter Sullivan
Vice President of Emergency Medicine, California Pacific Medical Care
Peter Sullivan is the Vice President of Emergency Medicine at the California Pacific Medical Care. He also serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Russ Sampson
President and CEO, Sierra Surgical Technologies
Russ Sampson is the President and CEO of Sierra Surgical Technologies. He also serves a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Leilani Miller
Associate Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Leilani Miller is an Associate Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Ron Haak
Industry Consultant
Ron Haak is an industry consutant and serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Stephen Eglash
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Affiliates Program, Stanford University
Steve Eglash is the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Affiliates Program at Stanford University. He also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Tracy Ruscetti
Lecturer, Biology Department Santa Clara University
Tracy Ruscetti is a lecturer in the Biology department at Santa Clara University. She also serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
 
Economic Development
 
Dan Crisafulli
Senior Program Officer, The Skoll Foundation
Dan Crisafulli created Potrero Impact Advisors in October 2010, building on a long career as an early stage investor focused on emerging markets. Read the full profile »
Alexander Field
Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics
Alexander Field is the Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics and is chair of the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
 
Reiji Sano
Lifetime Honorary Member of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Japan
S. Andrew Starbird
Dean of the Leavey School of Business Professor of Operations & Management Information Systems Faculty Director, Undergraduate Business Program
Dr. Starbird has served on the Leavey School of Business rank and tenure committee, the dean search committee, the MBA policy committee, and the Leavey School's Undergraduate Leadership Team. Read the full profile »
Education
 
M. Caridad Araujo
Economist Human Development Sector- Social Protection East Asia and the Pacific Region The World Bank
Maria Caridad Araujo is a senior economist in the Social Protection and Health Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. Her work at the IDB has focused on early childhood development and poverty alleviation issues. Read the full profile »
Stuart Gannes
Executive Director, Fab Foundation
Stuart Gannes is Executive Director of the Fab Foundation and serves as a judge in the Education category. Read the full profile »
Carol Ann Gittens Ph.D.
Ph.D. Director, SCU Assessment Office Associate Professor of Teacher Education Santa Clara University
Dr. Carol Ann Gittens received her Ph.D. in social / personality psychology in 1996, from the University of California at Riverside. Read the full profile »
Michael Kevane
Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
Michael Kevane is Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at Santa Clara University. He also serves as chair of the Education category. Read the full profile »
Jouko Salo
Senior Technical Advisor, TEKES NationalTechnology Agency of Finland
Jouko Salo joined the Finnish Funding Agency of Technology and Innovation (Tekes) in 1997 and has worked in the Silicon Valley office of Tekes 2001 - 2003 and again from August 2008. Read the full profile »
Environment
 
Mike Denzel
General Partner, McKenna Ventures
Mike Denzel is a General Partner at McKenna Ventures. He also serves as a judge for the Environment Category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Dorothy Dickey
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Bill Eisinger
Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Bill Eisinger is a Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and also serves as a judge for the Environment category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Dorothy Glancy
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Brad Mattson
Brad is a renowned visionary, entrepreneur and executive in the Semiconductor Industry. He was the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Novellus Systems and Mattson Technology. Read the full profile »
Ed Maurer
Associate Professor of Engineering, Santa Clara University
Ed Maurer is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Environment category for The Tech Awards Program. Read the full profile »
Equality
 
Mark Aschheim
Professor of Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University
Mark Aschheim is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as the chair of the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Lester Goodchild
Professor of Education/ Director, Higher Education Program and Higher Education Administration Emphasis, Santa Clara University
Dr. Goodchild is currently the Director of the Higher Education Program and Professor of Education at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Emile McAnany
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications, Santa Clara University
Emile McAnay is the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards Read the full profile »
Vern Norviel
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Vern Norviel is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he leads the patents and innovation counseling practice. Vern has more than two decades of experience in formulating successful strategies for life science companies and the development of their IP programs. Read the full profile »
 
John Woldrich
Former COO, Fair, Issac & Co.
John Woldrich is the Former COO of Fair, Issac & Co. Now retired, he serves on serveral boards and is a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Health
 
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Stephen Eglash
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Affiliates Program, Stanford University
Steve Eglash is the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Affiliates Program at Stanford University. He also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Leilani Miller
Associate Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Leilani Miller is an Associate Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Russ Sampson
President and CEO, Sierra Surgical Technologies
Russ Sampson is the President and CEO of Sierra Surgical Technologies. He also serves a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jonathan Showstack PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Healthy Policy Assistant Vice Chancellor and Co-Chief Information Officer
Dr. Showstack's research focuses on evaluating the relationships among organizational characteristics, costs, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction; the impact of policies related to undergraduate and graduate health professions education; strategic planning in health care organizations; and the assessment of medical interventions and technologies. Read the full profile »
Craig Stephens
Professor of Biology, Director of Public Health Program
Craig has a B.S. degree from Roanoke College and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Virginia, and was a post doctoral scholar in Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Read the full profile »
 
 
Economic Development
 
Dan Crisafulli
Senior Program Officer, The Skoll Foundation
Dan Crisafulli created Potrero Impact Advisors in October 2010, building on a long career as an early stage investor focused on emerging markets. Read the full profile »
Alexander Field
Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics
Alexander Field is the Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics and is chair of the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
 
Reiji Sano
Lifetime Honorary Member of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Japan
S. Andrew Starbird
Dean of the Leavey School of Business Professor of Operations & Management Information Systems Faculty Director, Undergraduate Business Program
Dr. Starbird has served on the Leavey School of Business rank and tenure committee, the dean search committee, the MBA policy committee, and the Leavey School's Undergraduate Leadership Team. Read the full profile »
Education
 
M. Caridad Araujo
Economist Human Development Sector- Social Protection East Asia and the Pacific Region The World Bank
Maria Caridad Araujo is a senior economist in the Social Protection and Health Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. Her work at the IDB has focused on early childhood development and poverty alleviation issues. Read the full profile »
Stuart Gannes
Executive Director, Fab Foundation
Stuart Gannes is Executive Director of the Fab Foundation and serves as a judge in the Education category. Read the full profile »
Carol Ann Gittens Ph.D.
Ph.D. Director, SCU Assessment Office Associate Professor of Teacher Education Santa Clara University
Dr. Carol Ann Gittens received her Ph.D. in social / personality psychology in 1996, from the University of California at Riverside. Read the full profile »
Michael Kevane
Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
Michael Kevane is Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at Santa Clara University. He also serves as chair of the Education category. Read the full profile »
Jouko Salo
Senior Technical Advisor, TEKES NationalTechnology Agency of Finland
Jouko Salo joined the Finnish Funding Agency of Technology and Innovation (Tekes) in 1997 and has worked in the Silicon Valley office of Tekes 2001 - 2003 and again from August 2008. Read the full profile »
Environment
 
Mike Denzel
General Partner, McKenna Ventures
Mike Denzel is a General Partner at McKenna Ventures. He also serves as a judge for the Environment Category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Dorothy Dickey
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Bill Eisinger
Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Bill Eisinger is a Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and also serves as a judge for the Environment category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Dorothy Glancy
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Brad Mattson
Brad is a renowned visionary, entrepreneur and executive in the Semiconductor Industry. He was the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Novellus Systems and Mattson Technology. Read the full profile »
Ed Maurer
Associate Professor of Engineering, Santa Clara University
Ed Maurer is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Environment category for The Tech Awards Program. Read the full profile »
Equality
 
Mark Aschheim
Professor of Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University
Mark Aschheim is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as the chair of the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Lester Goodchild
Professor of Education/ Director, Higher Education Program and Higher Education Administration Emphasis, Santa Clara University
Dr. Goodchild is currently the Director of the Higher Education Program and Professor of Education at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Emile McAnany
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications, Santa Clara University
Emile McAnay is the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards Read the full profile »
Vern Norviel
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Vern Norviel is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he leads the patents and innovation counseling practice. Vern has more than two decades of experience in formulating successful strategies for life science companies and the development of their IP programs. Read the full profile »
 
John Woldrich
Former COO, Fair, Issac & Co.
John Woldrich is the Former COO of Fair, Issac & Co. Now retired, he serves on serveral boards and is a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Health
 
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Stephen Eglash
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Affiliates Program, Stanford University
Steve Eglash is the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Affiliates Program at Stanford University. He also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Leilani Miller
Associate Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Leilani Miller is an Associate Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Russ Sampson
President and CEO, Sierra Surgical Technologies
Russ Sampson is the President and CEO of Sierra Surgical Technologies. He also serves a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jonathan Showstack PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Healthy Policy Assistant Vice Chancellor and Co-Chief Information Officer
Dr. Showstack's research focuses on evaluating the relationships among organizational characteristics, costs, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction; the impact of policies related to undergraduate and graduate health professions education; strategic planning in health care organizations; and the assessment of medical interventions and technologies. Read the full profile »
Craig Stephens
Professor of Biology, Director of Public Health Program
Craig has a B.S. degree from Roanoke College and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Virginia, and was a post doctoral scholar in Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Read the full profile »
 
 
Economic Development
 
Dan Crisafulli
Senior Program Officer, The Skoll Foundation
Dan Crisafulli created Potrero Impact Advisors in October 2010, building on a long career as an early stage investor focused on emerging markets. Read the full profile »
Alexander Field
Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics
Alexander Field is the Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics and is chair of the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
 
Reiji Sano
Lifetime Honorary Member of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Japan
S. Andrew Starbird
Dean of the Leavey School of Business Professor of Operations & Management Information Systems Faculty Director, Undergraduate Business Program
Dr. Starbird has served on the Leavey School of Business rank and tenure committee, the dean search committee, the MBA policy committee, and the Leavey School's Undergraduate Leadership Team. Read the full profile »
Education
 
Stuart Gannes
Executive Director, Fab Foundation
Stuart Gannes is Executive Director of the Fab Foundation and serves as a judge in the Education category. Read the full profile »
Carol Ann Gittens Ph.D.
Ph.D. Director, SCU Assessment Office Associate Professor of Teacher Education Santa Clara University
Dr. Carol Ann Gittens received her Ph.D. in social / personality psychology in 1996, from the University of California at Riverside. Read the full profile »
Michael Kevane
Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
Michael Kevane is Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at Santa Clara University. He also serves as chair of the Education category. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Riku Mäkelä
Senior Technical Advisor TEKES National Technology Agency of Finland
Currently helping Finnish and Indian organizations to find cooperation possibilities. Experience about global marketing, entrepreneurship, management consulting, IT consulting, teaching, summer camp business, project management, programming and database management, e-learning, e-business and public funding. Studied at Helsinki University of Technology HUT, Helsinki University Extension and University California Los Angeles UCLA Extension. Read the full profile »
Paul Soukup S.J.
Associate Professor of Communication Santa Clara University
Academic/professional background: Fr. Soukup earned his Ph.D. in Communication from The University of Texas at Austin in 1985, concentrating on the philosophical grounding of communication research as it developed in the United States from 1920-1950. Read the full profile »
Environment
 
Mike Denzel
General Partner, McKenna Ventures
Mike Denzel is a General Partner at McKenna Ventures. He also serves as a judge for the Environment Category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Dorothy Dickey
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
 
Dorothy Glancy
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Kenneth Manaster
Professor of Law Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good Santa Clara University
A respected scholar of environmental law, Professor Manaster joined the Santa Clara Law faculty in 1972. Since 1990 he has served as Counsel to the environmental law group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco. Read the full profile »
Brad Mattson
Brad is a renowned visionary, entrepreneur and executive in the Semiconductor Industry. He was the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Novellus Systems and Mattson Technology. Read the full profile »
Ed Maurer
Associate Professor of Engineering, Santa Clara University
Ed Maurer is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Environment category for The Tech Awards Program. Read the full profile »
Equality
 
Mark Aschheim
Professor of Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University
Mark Aschheim is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as the chair of the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jeffrey Baerwald
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology
Jeffrey Baerwald, S.J. joined the faculty at Santa Clara University in the Counseling Psychology Department in 2005 as an associate professor. Read the full profile »
Juliana Chang
Associate Professor of English Director, Ethnic Studies Program Santa Clara University
Juliana Chang has been an Assistant Professor with Santa Clara University since 2001. She received her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, and has previously taught at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and at Boston College. Read the full profile »
Vern Norviel
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Vern Norviel is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he leads the patents and innovation counseling practice. Vern has more than two decades of experience in formulating successful strategies for life science companies and the development of their IP programs. Read the full profile »
 
John Woldrich
Former COO, Fair, Issac & Co.
John Woldrich is the Former COO of Fair, Issac & Co. Now retired, he serves on serveral boards and is a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Health
 
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Stephen Eglash
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Affiliates Program, Stanford University
Steve Eglash is the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Affiliates Program at Stanford University. He also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Leilani Miller
Associate Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Leilani Miller is an Associate Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Russ Sampson
President and CEO, Sierra Surgical Technologies
Russ Sampson is the President and CEO of Sierra Surgical Technologies. He also serves a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jonathan Showstack PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Healthy Policy Assistant Vice Chancellor and Co-Chief Information Officer
Dr. Showstack's research focuses on evaluating the relationships among organizational characteristics, costs, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction; the impact of policies related to undergraduate and graduate health professions education; strategic planning in health care organizations; and the assessment of medical interventions and technologies. Read the full profile »
Craig Stephens
Professor of Biology, Director of Public Health Program
Craig has a B.S. degree from Roanoke College and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Virginia, and was a post doctoral scholar in Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Read the full profile »
Peter Sullivan
Vice President of Emergency Medicine, California Pacific Medical Care
Peter Sullivan is the Vice President of Emergency Medicine at the California Pacific Medical Care. He also serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
 
Economic Development
 
Dan Crisafulli
Senior Program Officer, The Skoll Foundation
Dan Crisafulli created Potrero Impact Advisors in October 2010, building on a long career as an early stage investor focused on emerging markets. Read the full profile »
Alexander Field
Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics
Alexander Field is the Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics and is chair of the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
 
Shahid Firoz
Former Vice Chairman, Economic Development Council President of the World Trade Center Karachi, Pakistan
Shahid Firoz is a dynamic and prosperous professional from one of the old business families of Pakistan. Read the full profile »
 
Reiji Sano
Lifetime Honorary Member of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Japan
S. Andrew Starbird
Dean of the Leavey School of Business Professor of Operations & Management Information Systems Faculty Director, Undergraduate Business Program
Dr. Starbird has served on the Leavey School of Business rank and tenure committee, the dean search committee, the MBA policy committee, and the Leavey School's Undergraduate Leadership Team. Read the full profile »
Education
 
Stuart Gannes
Executive Director, Fab Foundation
Stuart Gannes is Executive Director of the Fab Foundation and serves as a judge in the Education category. Read the full profile »
Carol Ann Gittens Ph.D.
Ph.D. Director, SCU Assessment Office Associate Professor of Teacher Education Santa Clara University
Dr. Carol Ann Gittens received her Ph.D. in social / personality psychology in 1996, from the University of California at Riverside. Read the full profile »
Michael Kevane
Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
Michael Kevane is Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at Santa Clara University. He also serves as chair of the Education category. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Riku Mäkelä
Senior Technical Advisor TEKES National Technology Agency of Finland
Currently helping Finnish and Indian organizations to find cooperation possibilities. Experience about global marketing, entrepreneurship, management consulting, IT consulting, teaching, summer camp business, project management, programming and database management, e-learning, e-business and public funding. Studied at Helsinki University of Technology HUT, Helsinki University Extension and University California Los Angeles UCLA Extension. Read the full profile »
Paul Soukup S.J.
Associate Professor of Communication Santa Clara University
Academic/professional background: Fr. Soukup earned his Ph.D. in Communication from The University of Texas at Austin in 1985, concentrating on the philosophical grounding of communication research as it developed in the United States from 1920-1950. Read the full profile »
Environment
 
Margaret Caldwell
Senior Lecturer in Law Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program Senior Lecturer, Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford University
Meg Caldwell '85 has dedicated her career to environmental law, having worked as an attorney, professor, and board member in the field. Read the full profile »
Mike Denzel
General Partner, McKenna Ventures
Mike Denzel is a General Partner at McKenna Ventures. He also serves as a judge for the Environment Category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Dorothy Glancy
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Kenneth Manaster
Professor of Law Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good Santa Clara University
A respected scholar of environmental law, Professor Manaster joined the Santa Clara Law faculty in 1972. Since 1990 he has served as Counsel to the environmental law group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco. Read the full profile »
Brad Mattson
Brad is a renowned visionary, entrepreneur and executive in the Semiconductor Industry. He was the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Novellus Systems and Mattson Technology. Read the full profile »
Ed Maurer
Associate Professor of Engineering, Santa Clara University
Ed Maurer is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Environment category for The Tech Awards Program. Read the full profile »
Equality
 
Mark Aschheim
Professor of Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University
Mark Aschheim is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as the chair of the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jeffrey Baerwald
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology
Jeffrey Baerwald, S.J. joined the faculty at Santa Clara University in the Counseling Psychology Department in 2005 as an associate professor. Read the full profile »
Emile McAnany
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications, Santa Clara University
Emile McAnay is the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards Read the full profile »
 
John Woldrich
Former COO, Fair, Issac & Co.
John Woldrich is the Former COO of Fair, Issac & Co. Now retired, he serves on serveral boards and is a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Health
 
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Stephen Eglash
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Affiliates Program, Stanford University
Steve Eglash is the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Affiliates Program at Stanford University. He also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Leilani Miller
Associate Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Leilani Miller is an Associate Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Russ Sampson
President and CEO, Sierra Surgical Technologies
Russ Sampson is the President and CEO of Sierra Surgical Technologies. He also serves a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jonathan Showstack PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Healthy Policy Assistant Vice Chancellor and Co-Chief Information Officer
Dr. Showstack's research focuses on evaluating the relationships among organizational characteristics, costs, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction; the impact of policies related to undergraduate and graduate health professions education; strategic planning in health care organizations; and the assessment of medical interventions and technologies. Read the full profile »
Craig Stephens
Professor of Biology, Director of Public Health Program
Craig has a B.S. degree from Roanoke College and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Virginia, and was a post doctoral scholar in Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Read the full profile »
Peter Sullivan
Vice President of Emergency Medicine, California Pacific Medical Care
Peter Sullivan is the Vice President of Emergency Medicine at the California Pacific Medical Care. He also serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
 
Economic Development
 
Alexander Field
Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics
Alexander Field is the Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics and is chair of the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
 
Shahid Firoz
Former Vice Chairman, Economic Development Council President of the World Trade Center Karachi, Pakistan
Shahid Firoz is a dynamic and prosperous professional from one of the old business families of Pakistan. Read the full profile »
 
Reiji Sano
Lifetime Honorary Member of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Japan
S. Andrew Starbird
Dean of the Leavey School of Business Professor of Operations & Management Information Systems Faculty Director, Undergraduate Business Program
Dr. Starbird has served on the Leavey School of Business rank and tenure committee, the dean search committee, the MBA policy committee, and the Leavey School's Undergraduate Leadership Team. Read the full profile »
Education
 
Hans-Peter Dommel
Hans-Peter Dommel is Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University in California in the heart of Silicon Valley. Read the full profile »
Stuart Gannes
Executive Director, Fab Foundation
Stuart Gannes is Executive Director of the Fab Foundation and serves as a judge in the Education category. Read the full profile »
Michael Kevane
Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
Michael Kevane is Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at Santa Clara University. He also serves as chair of the Education category. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Riku Mäkelä
Senior Technical Advisor TEKES National Technology Agency of Finland
Currently helping Finnish and Indian organizations to find cooperation possibilities. Experience about global marketing, entrepreneurship, management consulting, IT consulting, teaching, summer camp business, project management, programming and database management, e-learning, e-business and public funding. Studied at Helsinki University of Technology HUT, Helsinki University Extension and University California Los Angeles UCLA Extension. Read the full profile »
Chad Raphael
Associate Professor of Communication- Department Chair
Academic/professional background: Dr. Raphael received a B.A. in English from Harvard University in 1989 and a Ph.D. in Radio-TV-Film from Northwestern University in 1997. Teaching areas/responsibilities: Professor Raphael is the current Department Chair. He also teaches Technology and Communication, History and Theory of News, Communication Law, and Environmental Communication. Research interests: Political communication, journalism, public deliberation, media and civic engagement. Read the full profile »
Paul Soukup S.J.
Associate Professor of Communication Santa Clara University
Academic/professional background: Fr. Soukup earned his Ph.D. in Communication from The University of Texas at Austin in 1985, concentrating on the philosophical grounding of communication research as it developed in the United States from 1920-1950. Read the full profile »
Environment
 
Margaret Caldwell
Senior Lecturer in Law Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program Senior Lecturer, Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford University
Meg Caldwell '85 has dedicated her career to environmental law, having worked as an attorney, professor, and board member in the field. Read the full profile »
 
Dorothy Glancy
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Tim Haley
Founding Partner, Redpoint Ventures
Tim Haley is a founding partner of Redpoint Ventures. Prior to founding Redpoint, Tim was a general partner with IVP, a firm he began working with in 1987 and joined in 1998. Read the full profile »
Kenneth Manaster
Professor of Law Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good Santa Clara University
A respected scholar of environmental law, Professor Manaster joined the Santa Clara Law faculty in 1972. Since 1990 he has served as Counsel to the environmental law group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco. Read the full profile »
Brad Mattson
Brad is a renowned visionary, entrepreneur and executive in the Semiconductor Industry. He was the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Novellus Systems and Mattson Technology. Read the full profile »
Ed Maurer
Associate Professor of Engineering, Santa Clara University
Ed Maurer is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Environment category for The Tech Awards Program. Read the full profile »
Tatsuo Okada
Executive Director, Global Sports Alliance, Japan
Tatsuo is Executive Director of NPO Global Sports Alliance, which he founded in 1999 in Japan. He has established GSA Teams across Africa and Asia, and in 2007 he founded GSA-USA, of which he is now Chairman. An avid sailor and dedicated to the environment, Tatsuo is Chairman of the Japan Sailing Federation?s Environment Committee, as well as Chairman of Preserve Planet Earth Committee, Rotary International. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Read the full profile »
Equality
 
Mark Aschheim
Professor of Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University
Mark Aschheim is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as the chair of the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Emile McAnany
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications, Santa Clara University
Emile McAnay is the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards Read the full profile »
 
John Woldrich
Former COO, Fair, Issac & Co.
John Woldrich is the Former COO of Fair, Issac & Co. Now retired, he serves on serveral boards and is a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Health
 
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Stephen Eglash
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Affiliates Program, Stanford University
Steve Eglash is the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Affiliates Program at Stanford University. He also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Leilani Miller
Associate Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Leilani Miller is an Associate Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Russ Sampson
President and CEO, Sierra Surgical Technologies
Russ Sampson is the President and CEO of Sierra Surgical Technologies. He also serves a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jonathan Showstack PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Healthy Policy Assistant Vice Chancellor and Co-Chief Information Officer
Dr. Showstack's research focuses on evaluating the relationships among organizational characteristics, costs, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction; the impact of policies related to undergraduate and graduate health professions education; strategic planning in health care organizations; and the assessment of medical interventions and technologies. Read the full profile »
Craig Stephens
Professor of Biology, Director of Public Health Program
Craig has a B.S. degree from Roanoke College and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Virginia, and was a post doctoral scholar in Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Read the full profile »
Peter Sullivan
Vice President of Emergency Medicine, California Pacific Medical Care
Peter Sullivan is the Vice President of Emergency Medicine at the California Pacific Medical Care. He also serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
 
Economic Development
 
Alexander Field
Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics
Alexander Field is the Michel and Mary Orradre Professor of Economics and is chair of the Economic Development category. Read the full profile »
 
Shahid Firoz
Former Vice Chairman, Economic Development Council President of the World Trade Center Karachi, Pakistan
Shahid Firoz is a dynamic and prosperous professional from one of the old business families of Pakistan. Read the full profile »
Brooke Partridge
Director, Market and Business Development Emerging Market Solutions Hewlett-Packard Company
Brooke Partridge is CEO and founder of Vital Wave Consulting. She created the company to further emerging markets as a new discipline in business management. Read the full profile »
 
Reiji Sano
Lifetime Honorary Member of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Japan
S. Andrew Starbird
Dean of the Leavey School of Business Professor of Operations & Management Information Systems Faculty Director, Undergraduate Business Program
Dr. Starbird has served on the Leavey School of Business rank and tenure committee, the dean search committee, the MBA policy committee, and the Leavey School's Undergraduate Leadership Team. Read the full profile »
Education
 
Christine Bachen
Associate Professor of Communication
Academic/professional background: Dr. Bachen joined the Santa Clara faculty in 1989. She received her B.A. in Communication Studies from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Communication Theory and Research from Stanford University. Read the full profile »
Hans-Peter Dommel
Hans-Peter Dommel is Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University in California in the heart of Silicon Valley. Read the full profile »
Stuart Gannes
Executive Director, Fab Foundation
Stuart Gannes is Executive Director of the Fab Foundation and serves as a judge in the Education category. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Riku Mäkelä
Senior Technical Advisor TEKES National Technology Agency of Finland
Currently helping Finnish and Indian organizations to find cooperation possibilities. Experience about global marketing, entrepreneurship, management consulting, IT consulting, teaching, summer camp business, project management, programming and database management, e-learning, e-business and public funding. Studied at Helsinki University of Technology HUT, Helsinki University Extension and University California Los Angeles UCLA Extension. Read the full profile »
Chad Raphael
Associate Professor of Communication- Department Chair
Academic/professional background: Dr. Raphael received a B.A. in English from Harvard University in 1989 and a Ph.D. in Radio-TV-Film from Northwestern University in 1997. Teaching areas/responsibilities: Professor Raphael is the current Department Chair. He also teaches Technology and Communication, History and Theory of News, Communication Law, and Environmental Communication. Research interests: Political communication, journalism, public deliberation, media and civic engagement. Read the full profile »
Environment
 
 
Dorothy Glancy
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Kenneth Manaster
Professor of Law Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good Santa Clara University
A respected scholar of environmental law, Professor Manaster joined the Santa Clara Law faculty in 1972. Since 1990 he has served as Counsel to the environmental law group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco. Read the full profile »
Ed Maurer
Associate Professor of Engineering, Santa Clara University
Ed Maurer is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Environment category for The Tech Awards Program. Read the full profile »
 
Sarah McCue
Senior Partnership Advisor World Bank Institute
Tatsuo Okada
Executive Director, Global Sports Alliance, Japan
Tatsuo is Executive Director of NPO Global Sports Alliance, which he founded in 1999 in Japan. He has established GSA Teams across Africa and Asia, and in 2007 he founded GSA-USA, of which he is now Chairman. An avid sailor and dedicated to the environment, Tatsuo is Chairman of the Japan Sailing Federation?s Environment Committee, as well as Chairman of Preserve Planet Earth Committee, Rotary International. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Read the full profile »
 
Mike Taylor
President Syleum, Inc.
Equality
 
Christine Bachen
Associate Professor of Communication
Academic/professional background: Dr. Bachen joined the Santa Clara faculty in 1989. She received her B.A. in Communication Studies from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Communication Theory and Research from Stanford University. Read the full profile »
 
Leon Beauchman
Director of External Affairs SBC
 
William Behrman
Consulting Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Stanford University
Research Interests The development of student skills in innovation and entrepreneurship The use of lean startup methodology (customer development, agile development, and business model generation) in social enterprise Learning analytics and the use of improvement science in education Teaching Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Articles Big Ideas: Little Packages, National Geographic The Light Brigade, Stanford Magazine Read the full profile »
 
Jorge Gonzalez
Professor of Mechanical Engineering Santa Clara University
September 2003-Present, Professor and David Packard Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA Read the full profile »
Emile McAnany
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications, Santa Clara University
Emile McAnay is the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards Read the full profile »
Health
 
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Stephen Eglash
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Affiliates Program, Stanford University
Steve Eglash is the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Affiliates Program at Stanford University. He also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Russ Sampson
President and CEO, Sierra Surgical Technologies
Russ Sampson is the President and CEO of Sierra Surgical Technologies. He also serves a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jonathan Showstack PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Healthy Policy Assistant Vice Chancellor and Co-Chief Information Officer
Dr. Showstack's research focuses on evaluating the relationships among organizational characteristics, costs, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction; the impact of policies related to undergraduate and graduate health professions education; strategic planning in health care organizations; and the assessment of medical interventions and technologies. Read the full profile »
Craig Stephens
Professor of Biology, Director of Public Health Program
Craig has a B.S. degree from Roanoke College and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Virginia, and was a post doctoral scholar in Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Read the full profile »
Peter Sullivan
Vice President of Emergency Medicine, California Pacific Medical Care
Peter Sullivan is the Vice President of Emergency Medicine at the California Pacific Medical Care. He also serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
 
Economic Development
 
Jonathan Showstack PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Healthy Policy Assistant Vice Chancellor and Co-Chief Information Officer
Dr. Showstack's research focuses on evaluating the relationships among organizational characteristics, costs, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction; the impact of policies related to undergraduate and graduate health professions education; strategic planning in health care organizations; and the assessment of medical interventions and technologies. Read the full profile »
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Craig Stephens
Professor of Biology, Director of Public Health Program
Craig has a B.S. degree from Roanoke College and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Virginia, and was a post doctoral scholar in Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Read the full profile »
Leilani Miller
Associate Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Leilani Miller is an Associate Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Education
 
Christine Bachen
Associate Professor of Communication
Academic/professional background: Dr. Bachen joined the Santa Clara faculty in 1989. She received her B.A. in Communication Studies from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Communication Theory and Research from Stanford University. Read the full profile »
Hans-Peter Dommel
Hans-Peter Dommel is Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University in California in the heart of Silicon Valley. Read the full profile »
Pedro Hernández-Ramos
Department Chair of Education, Coordinator, Science Technology, Environmental Education, Mathematics (STEEM) Program
His research interests are in teacher's technology integration and pedagogical applications of games and simulations. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Riku Mäkelä
Senior Technical Advisor TEKES National Technology Agency of Finland
Currently helping Finnish and Indian organizations to find cooperation possibilities. Experience about global marketing, entrepreneurship, management consulting, IT consulting, teaching, summer camp business, project management, programming and database management, e-learning, e-business and public funding. Studied at Helsinki University of Technology HUT, Helsinki University Extension and University California Los Angeles UCLA Extension. Read the full profile »
Paul Soukup S.J.
Associate Professor of Communication Santa Clara University
Academic/professional background: Fr. Soukup earned his Ph.D. in Communication from The University of Texas at Austin in 1985, concentrating on the philosophical grounding of communication research as it developed in the United States from 1920-1950. Read the full profile »
Keith Yocam
Consultant EduAction
Keith Yocam was Director of Programs for Schools Online, a nonprofit, 501(c)3 public benefit organization from 1999 - 2002. Read the full profile »
Environment
 
Bill Eisinger
Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Bill Eisinger is a Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and also serves as a judge for the Environment category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Dorothy Glancy
Senior Staff Counsel Office of Chief Counsel State Water Resources Control Board Regional Counsel San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Kenneth Manaster
Professor of Law Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good Santa Clara University
A respected scholar of environmental law, Professor Manaster joined the Santa Clara Law faculty in 1972. Since 1990 he has served as Counsel to the environmental law group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in San Francisco. Read the full profile »
Tatsuo Okada
Executive Director, Global Sports Alliance, Japan
Tatsuo is Executive Director of NPO Global Sports Alliance, which he founded in 1999 in Japan. He has established GSA Teams across Africa and Asia, and in 2007 he founded GSA-USA, of which he is now Chairman. An avid sailor and dedicated to the environment, Tatsuo is Chairman of the Japan Sailing Federation?s Environment Committee, as well as Chairman of Preserve Planet Earth Committee, Rotary International. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Read the full profile »
 
Amy Shachter
Director, Environmental Studies Institute Associate Professor of Chemistry Santa Clara University
Amy M. Shachter is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Santa Clara University. She earned her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Colorado and her B.A. in chemistry from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Read the full profile »
 
Mike Taylor
President Syleum, Inc.
Equality
 
Christine Bachen
Associate Professor of Communication
Academic/professional background: Dr. Bachen joined the Santa Clara faculty in 1989. She received her B.A. in Communication Studies from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Communication Theory and Research from Stanford University. Read the full profile »
 
William Behrman
Consulting Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Stanford University
Research Interests The development of student skills in innovation and entrepreneurship The use of lean startup methodology (customer development, agile development, and business model generation) in social enterprise Learning analytics and the use of improvement science in education Teaching Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Articles Big Ideas: Little Packages, National Geographic The Light Brigade, Stanford Magazine Read the full profile »
Javier Elguea
President, INTTELMEX
Javier Elguea is currently President of the Education Institute of the Carlos Slim Foundation, President of Instituto Tecnológico de Telefonos de Mexico (INTTELMEX) and Director of the Telmex Lab at Mit's Media Lab. Read the full profile »
Emile McAnany
Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications, Santa Clara University
Emile McAnay is the Walter E. Schmidt, S.J. Professor of Communications at Santa Clara University. He also serves as a judge in the Equality category for The Tech Awards Read the full profile »
Neil Quinn
Senior Lecturer in Computer Engineering Senior Fellow, Center for Science, Technology, and Society Santa Clara University
 
Dale Spender
University of Queensland Management Consultant on Intellectual Property and e-Learning Australia
Dale Spender is a knowledge management consultant with special interests in intellectual property and e-learning. Read the full profile »
Health
 
Marie Barry
Consultant, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
Marie Barry is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries consultant. She also serves as the co-chair in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
 
Ewan McPhie
Chairman bridges.org Board of Directors Senior Managing Director Diligence USA LLC
Ewan McPhie Senior Managing Director, Washington, DC With over 15 years of experience with the U.K. Security Service (MI5), McPhie performed in a number of analytical and operational roles and was a member of MI5's senior management group. Prior to joining Diligence, he served as policy director of a leading nongovernmental organization working on the "digital divide", the nexus between information technology and economic development. Read the full profile »
Leilani Miller
Associate Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University
Leilani Miller is an Associate Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and serves as a judge in the Health category for The Tech Awards. Read the full profile »
Jonathan Showstack PhD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Healthy Policy Assistant Vice Chancellor and Co-Chief Information Officer
Dr. Showstack's research focuses on evaluating the relationships among organizational characteristics, costs, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction; the impact of policies related to undergraduate and graduate health professions education; strategic planning in health care organizations; and the assessment of medical interventions and technologies. Read the full profile »
Craig Stephens
Professor of Biology, Director of Public Health Program
Craig has a B.S. degree from Roanoke College and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Virginia, and was a post doctoral scholar in Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Read the full profile »
 

Stay Connected

GSBI

TechAwards

Support