Location - HMB Brewing Co, 390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay

We are delighted to have CEO Nicole Taylor and Chief Community Impact Officer Erica Wood of Silicon Valley Community Foundation join us to discuss this important topic, as well as other issues affecting our region.

Moderators

Lenny Mendonca is the Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School.

Speakers

Erica Wood serves as the chief community impact officer for Silicon Valley Community Foundation leading the institution’s efforts to identify and respond to the most challenging issues facing the San Francisco Bay Area region. In this role she oversees the institution’s discretionary grantmaking programs, strategic initiatives, research and convening activities as well as its public policy and advocacy work on board-prioritized issues. Erica serves on the board of the Destination Home in Santa Clara County and is a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum – Silicon Valley Chapter

Nicole Taylor is president and CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation. She brings together a rich background in Bay Area philanthropy, nonprofit administration and fundraising with extensive experience in both the private and public sectors.

In joining SVCF in December 2018, Nicole returns to the Bay Area from Arizona, where she served as vice president of the ASU Foundation. Nicole also spent more than 15 years with the East Bay Community Foundation, eventually serving as its president and CEO for six years. Nicole received both her M.A. in Education and A.B. in Human Biology from Stanford University, and she began her career as an educator in Oakland public schools. She served on the board of the Federal Reserve of San Francisco for six years and is currently a board member for Common Sense Media.