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Comprised of distinguished members of the off-campus community, the Advisory Board provides ideas and counsel from an independent perspective, assists in planning and fundraising, and enhances communication between the Center and its external constituencies.

 

Advisory Board Members

  • Kathy Almazol

    Superintendent of Schools, Diocese of San Jose

    Kathy Almazol is the Superintendent of the elementary and secondary schools in the Diocese of San Jose. She has been an administrator in the elementary schools for the past twenty years.

  • Kristi Bowers

    Director, Markkula Foundation; Trustee, Santa Clara University

    Kristi Bowers is a community volunteer, Director of Sales Marketing for Kings Mountain Vineyard, and nonprofit board member. Kristi has served on the Advisory Board since 1999 and on its executive committee since 2007.

  • John S. Bronson

    Consultant

    John Bronson is an expert in the field of strategic corporate and operational development. Having spent the better part of his 28-year career helping high-growth companies build big brands through careful attention to the people who run them, Mr. Bronson is a strong advocate for the principles behind strategic planning and hiring.

  • Doug Chance

    Retired, Wyse Technology, Octel, Hewlett-Packard Company

    Doug Chance was previously Executive V.P. of Hewlett Packard’s Network Systems Sector. He has served on many corporate and non-profit boards of directors in Silicon Valley including Community Foundation Silicon Valley. He is a graduate of Princeton University, BSE ‘64, and Stanford University, MBA ‘66.

  • Art Courville

    Retired, Symantec Corporation

    Prior to retiring on October 31, 2009, Art Courville was the Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for Symantec Corporation, a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management software for consumers and businesses.

  • Teresa Elder

    Former CEO, Vodafone Ireland

    Teresa Elder has led businesses with up to $4B revenue in the wireless and cable industries in the US and Europe. She has experience on commercial and non-profit boards. Teresa advises businesses in strategy, scaling and operations. She is the former CEO of Vodafone Ireland, making her the first female CEO of any Vodafone business globally.

  • Chris Foster

    Labor Attorney, DLA Piper

    Christopher Foster is a labor attorney at DLA Piper in San Francisco, where he represents employers in a variety of industries, including healthcare, solid waste,media, and education. Christopher negotiates collective bargaining agreements, advises regarding strike management, and handles unfair labor practice claims before the National Labor Relations Board.

  • Michael E. Fox Sr.

    Chairman, M.E. Fox & Company, Inc.

    Mr. Fox has served on many boards in the community, which have included a chairmanship of the Eastfield Ming Quong. He founded and chaired the very successful Santa Clara County Valley Medical Center Foundation with an initial gift. Today, this foundation is most prominent and serves many thousands of people in our community.

  • Charles Geschke

    Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Adobe Systems, Inc.

    Charles (Chuck) Geschke co-founded Adobe Systems Incorporated in 1982. A leader in the software industry for more than 35 years, Geschke retired from his position as president of Adobe in 2000 and continues to share the chairmanship of the board with Adobe’s cofounder John Warnock.

  • Jonathan Hoak

    Former Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Flex

    Jonathan S. Hoak, former executive vice president and general counsel of Flex, a leading electronics manufacturing services provider, is an active member of the Center’s Business Ethics Partnership. Hoak served as senior vice president and general counsel at NCR Corporation for 13 years where he oversaw all legal matters for NCR's global operations. Hoak also served as vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer at Hewlett Packard, where he led the strategy and implementation of HP's ethics and compliance program, including adherence to the company's Standards of Business Conduct.

  • Michael Kelly

    Chairman and CEO, Kinsale Associates

    Mr. Kelly is CEO of Kinsale Associates, Inc, an LLC providing strategic advice to corporate management teams considering mergers or acquisitions, growth capital, or other change in control matters, particularly in the semiconductor, software, wireless, and capital equipment sectors. Mr. Kelly has successfully built and sold three consulting businesses to multinational buyers.

  • Lori Laub

    Co-Founder/Business Development, Yiftee

    Lori Laub has held executive management positions as Vice President of Customer Care for Great Plains Software, Intuit Corporation, and Vantive Corporation, General Manager Entry Business Unit for Microsoft/Great Plains Software, VP Support Products at Ziff-Davis Publishing, and was Chief Information Officer and VP Information Services at Remedy Corporation.

  • Gary Lauder

    Managing Partner, Lauder Partners LLC

    Gary Lauder is the Managing Director of Lauder Partners LLC, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing primarily in information technologies. He has been a venture capitalist since 1985, investing in over 80 private companies. He is also Chairman of ActiveVideo Networks.

  • Dick Levy

    Board Member and Former Chairman, Sutter Health

    Dick Levy is former chairman of the board of Sutter Health, the chair of the Finance and Planning Committee for the Bay Area Region of Sutter Health, and a board member of the Sutter Health Peninsula Coastal Region. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the board and former CEO of Varian Medical Systems. This leading Silicon Valley-based company provides high-energy radiation equipment, hardware and software for treating cancer, as well as X-ray tubes for diagnostic radiology.

  • Carol Mayer Marshall

    Retired Superintendent, San Francisco Mint

    Ms. Marshall (formerly Carol M. Khosrovi) has extensive and distinguished government and private sector experience. Her career highlights include becoming the first woman Congressional Relations Director in any government agency and the first woman Director of VISTA (Domestic Peace Corps).

  • Katharine A. Martin

    Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

    Katharine (Katie) Martin is a partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Palo Alto office, where she practices corporate and securities law. She currently serves as a member of the firm's board of directors, its governing body, and previously served as a member of the Policy Committee and as the leader of the firm's business law department.

  • Marty Melone

    Retired, Ernst & Young

    Martin R. Melone is a retired partner of Ernst & Young LLP, where he was responsible for global clients in a wide range of industries. He was a partner of that firm from 1975 to 2001. He is a member of the board of directors of Internet Brands, Inc., and chairs its audit and ethics committee. He is also a director of Public Counsel, the country’s largest pro bono law firm, and a trustee and Treasurer of the California Science Center Foundation.

  • C.S. Park

    Chair, Board of Directors, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

    C.S. Park is currently serving as the Lead Independent Director of Seagate Technology, a world-wide leader in data storage solutions, and as a member of the Global Board of DLA Piper, a global law firm. He has served as Board Chair of Silicon Valley Community Foundation since January, 2015.

  • George W. Pasha, IV

    President and CEO, The Pasha Group

    George W. Pasha, IV is Chief Executive Officer of The Pasha Group. He is responsible for worldwide operations of The Pasha Group’s three main divisions: Automotive, Maritime and Relocation/Transportation, as well as Corporate Services. He is also President of Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines, a joint venture with Hawaii Ship Management LLC, which provides ocean liner service for shipment of vehicles and other rolling stock between the West Coast and Hawaii.

  • F. Noel Perry

    Managing Director, Baccharis Capital, Inc.

    Noel Perry is the Founder and Managing Director of Baccharis Capital, Inc., a private venture capital firm, started in 1991, located in Menlo Park, CA. The company's focus is on early stage investments in educational software, educational toys, organic food, health, and other consumer products.

  • Risë R. Pichon

    Presiding Superior Court Judge, Superior Court of Santa Clara

    Judge Risë R. Pichon has been a Superior Court Judge of the County of Santa Clara, State of California since 1998. She previously served as a Judge on the Municipal Court from 1984 to 1998 and also as a Court Commissioner from 1983 to 1984. She received a Juris Doctor Degree from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1976 and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics in 1973 from Santa Clara University after having transferred from Xavier University in New Orleans in 1971.

  • Byron A. Scordelis

    Retired Chairman and CEO, Greater Bay Bancorp

    Byron A. Scordelis, Director, served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Greater Bay Bancorp from January 1, 2004 until its sale in October 1, 2007. He joined Greater Bay Bancorp in 2001 as its Chief Operating Officer and President of the Greater Bay Banking Group, which was comprised of the company's banking subsidiaries as well as its business and technology operations, trust services and human resources activities.

  • Richard Slavin

    Retired CEO, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

    Richard Slavin, M.D., is chief executive officer for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). Slavin previously served as the president of the Camino Division of PAMF and as executive vice president. Along with David Druker, Slavin was the principal architect of the affiliation of Camino Medical Group into the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Raised in San Francisco, Slavin attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduated from Washington University Medical School, and received his surgical training at Stanford University Medical Center.

  • Susan C. Smarr

    Physician-in-Chief, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara

    Dr. Smarr serves on the Board of Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network and on the Smart Health Task Force. Most recently she ws invited to join the Santa Clara University Advisory Board of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Additionally, she is a member of the Population Health Sub-Group of the Operations Management Group, as well as the Compensation Committee and Administrative Issues Committee of the TPMG Board of Directors.

  • Ervie Smith

    Consultant, Non-Profit Management, Ervie L. Smith, Inc.

    Ervie Smith is the President/CEO of Ervie L. Smith, Inc. She has had a very a successful consulting practice since 1974 working primarily with nonprofits in Silicon Valley in the areas of fund raising, board development, strategic planning, organizational development and capital campaigns.

  • Charmaine Warmenhoven

    Community Volunteer; Trustee, Santa Clara University

    Charmaine Warmenhoven has had a 25-year career as a teacher and administrator in Special Education and Disability Ministry. From 1988 through 2001, she was the Associate Director of Special Ministries at the Diocese of San Jose. This ministry assists parishes with the inclusion of people with disabilities into all aspects of parish life.

  • Don Watters

    Director Emeritus, McKinsey and Company

    Don Watters is a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company, the global management consulting firm. During his 28 years with the Firm, Don and his family lived and worked in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Netherlands and Australia. He served primarily private sector clients in nearly 20 different industries on issues of strategy, organization and operations. In the late 1980’s, he led the team that opened McKinsey’s Silicon Valley Office.

Ex Officio Members

  • Michael Engh
    President, SCU
  • Dennis Jacobs
    Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, SCU
  • Jim Lyons
    Vice President for University Relations, SCU

 

Emeritus Members

  • A.C. "Mike" Markkula Jr.

    Owner, A.C.M. Investments

    A. C. "Mike" Markkula, Jr. has been associated with Santa Clara University in various capacities since 1984, and was Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2003-2009. Mr. Markkula and his wife Linda, provided initial funding for the Center for Applied Ethics and served as Chairman of the Board of Advisors and a member of the steering committee. The University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree in 1992.

  • William Terry

    Retired Executive Vice President, Hewlett-Packard Company

    Prior to retirement in November 1993, William E. (Bill) Terry was Executive Vice President of the Measurement Systems Sector and a Director of the Hewlett-Packard Company, located in Palo Alto, California.