Board & Committees

The work2future 41 member Board of Directors is comprised of individuals representing diverse industries within the San Jose-Silicon Valley private and public sector.  This broad base of local experience and expertise helps to guide the work2future staff in developing and implementing targeted strategies and solutions that meet local workforce investment needs. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Ralph Aceves – Founder/CEO & President, Ovalpath, Inc.

Rose Amador – President & CEO, Center for Training and Careers

Denise Boland – DEBS Administrator, County of Santa Clara Social Services Agency

Benny Boveda – District Manager, Target

Brian Chrisman – President & CEO, Borgata Recycling

Janeen Dittrick – Employment Program Manager, Employment Development Dept.

Jack Estill – CFO & Chairman, Appian Engineering, Inc.

Tom Fink – Political Director, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265

Joseph Flynn – Founder/CEO & President, Lavante

Richard Friberg – Consultant, Grow Strategically

Leslie Gilroy - Career Systems Development Corporation/San Jose Job Corps Center Director

Jose Gonzalez – President & CEO, Infolink

Scott Green – Clean Tech and Regional Policy Officer, City of San Jose

Bill Guthrie – Business Representative, United Association Local 393

Susan Koepp-Baker – Principal, Enviro-Tech Services

Van Le – Agent, State Farm Insurance

Glenn Ledet – Customer Svc./Public Outreach Manager, California Waste Solutions

Marcia Lillis – President & CEO, National First Credit Union

David London – Sr. Director, U.S. Government Relations, eBay, Inc.

Rocky Maddex – Principal, Adava, LLC

David Matuszak – Director, Santa Clara County Regional Occupational Program

Olivier Minkowski – CEO, SiliconFrench and BrilTX

Pamela Moore – Rehabilitation Supervisor, Department of Rehabilitation

Ananth Nagaraj – Senior Analyst, Global Mobile Finance & Operations, Google

Matt Navarro – Regional Vice President, Staples, Inc.

Dr. Mark Novak – Dean of Extended Education, San Jose State University

Rachel Perez – Associate Dean, Gavilan Community College

Steve Preminger – Director, Union Community Resources, Working Partnerships USA

Rashad Said – Executive Director, Advanced Vocational Institute

Hermelinda Sapien – President & CEO, Center for Employment Training

Mitch Schoch - Presient & Ceo, Bentek, Inc.

Dani Sellers – Sales Agent, Prudential Financial

Fernando Sepulveda - Founding Partner & CEO, IMpulsa Group

Sajeev Sidher – Senior Manager, Global Transfer Pricing, Deloitte & Touche

Alex Torres – Vice President, Community Development, Wells Fargo

Lloyd Tran – President, International Association of Nanotechnology

Bryan VanHuystee – District Manager, Chase Bank

Henri Villalovoz – Director, Senior Employment, Council on Aging Silicon Valley

Sima Yazdani - Sr. Manager, Process Refinement and Information Architecture, Strategic Planning,Cisco Corporate Affairs, Networking Academies; Cisco Systems, Inc.

Erin Wright – HR Employment Representative, Safeway, Inc.

Jorge Zavala – Director General & CEO, Technology Business Accelerator

 

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Board & Committees