Photography by Barbara Kyne and others
Board of Directors
Frank Teng
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Chair
Program Manager, Energy & Sustainability
Jones Lang LaSalle at Yahoo!
Carl Hekkert
Sustainable Silicon Valley Treasurer
Controller, Strategic Investments
SVB Financial Group
Chris Schwarz
Sustainable Silicon Valley Secretary
Associate
Canyon Snow, LLC.
Andrew “Drew” Clark
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Director of Strategy, IBM Venture Capital Group
Drew is a top strategist for many of IBM’s key business imperatives including Energy & Environment (Cleantech) and Cloud Computing. A serial “intrapreneur", Drew has led a range of internal startup initiatives, including a key role in formation of IBM's Internet Division. He has helped lead several of IBM's most innovative development initiatives – including creation of IBM’s Internet unit, Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing units. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Western Carolina University in 1978 and has completed coursework toward a PhD in Theoretical Plasma Physics at the University of Texas Austin.
Jamie McLeod
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Planner, Santa Clara Water District
As a policy maker and planner, Jamie works to promote the sustainable use of water and energy. She co-founded the Santa Clara County Green Building Coalition, and helped develop regional policy for phasing out single-use carryout bags and polystyrene for take-out food containers. Her experience includes environmental analysis and design of mitigation programs, organizational effectiveness and capacity building, community dispute mediation, reconstruction of schools in Bosnia and Kosovo, and assisting refugees attain self-sufficiency.
She holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MRP in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University, and completed the Senior Executives in State and Local Government program at Harvard University.
Heyward Robinson, Ph.D.
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Senior Scientist, SRI
Heyward's work focuses on developing novel optical and electronic materials for emerging applications in optics, renewable energy, and information processing. In 2006, Heyward was elected to the Menlo Park City Council. He served as Menlo Park’s Vice Mayor in 2008 and as Mayor in 2009. In 2007, he co-founded Menlo Park’s Green Ribbon Citizen’s Committee (GRCC). Heyward was also on the Board of Directors of the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (serving as Board Chair in 2009 and 2010), the Dumbarton Rail Policy Committee and the San Mateo County Congestion Management and Environmental Quality Committee.
Heyward and his wife Joanna Mountain were presented Menlo Park’s 2002 Environmental Quality Award for their “outstanding efforts to conserve energy and water and to reduce pollution and waste” as they remodeled their Menlo Park home. Heyward holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Duke University and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford.
Andrew Barnes
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Associate Director, Stan Johnson Company
Andrew Barnes is the Founder of Asia Cleantech Partners. He has ten years of experience with corporate real estate and facilities, energy efficiency initiatives, and utility cost recovery programs as the Managing Director of National NNN Investment Group and the Founder of Greenworks Utility Billing.
Prior to this he spent ten years in Tokyo and Hong Kong in the wireless and telecom sectors.
Andrew holds a Masters of Commerce from Waseda University in Tokyo and a B.A. from Penn State University. He has worked at the United Nations and has completed economics study at the Universitat zu Koln in Germany.
Ray Martin
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Founder and VP of Business Development at Advanced Lighting Technologies
Mr. Martin is a product developer who enjoys driving new product development programs to successful completion. He is founder and VP of Business Development at Advanced Lighting Technologies, a company developing high-efficiency LED lighting products. Ray previously worked at Asyst Technologies, Intel Corporation, Daewon, AlterLume, and Valence Energy. Ray holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Certificate of Energy Engineering from Georgia Tech, and a Masters of Science degree in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University. He has ten US patents, has published fifteen technical articles, is a trained facilitator, and was adjunct professor at Santa Clara University teaching a course in new product development with an emphasis on rapid time to market.
Jamie Orr, Ph.D.
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Physics & Engineering Instructor, Foothill College
Jamie Orr completed her PhD at UC Davis in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics. Her thesis work focused on applications to theoretical biophysics - specifically with the study of prion diseases, or those that involve the misfolding of proteins. More recent work includes curriculum development for Foothill's up and coming Energy & Sustainability program which includes courses in green and sustainable engineering, society and the environment.
Masaru (Mas) Sakamoto, M.B.A. Harvard
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Senior VP Asia/Japan, EcoPlexus
Mas Sakamoto is a skilled and experienced executive in international and new business development. Over his career, he has been involved in strategic planning, venture capital investment, new business incubation and cross border business operations with P&L responsibilities. He was a Senior Executive for NEC Corporation in the US and Latin America. He has also held numerous board seats with companies such as Vidient Systems, Niteo Partners, The Open Group, and The Enterprise Network..
He has been quoted in numerous publications, guest lecturer at NYU and UC Berkeley, and guest speaker/panelist at several industry conferences. He graduated from Keio University (BA Economics) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A.)
SSV Board Emeritus/ Emerita
Margaret Bruce
SSV Board Chair, Emeritus
Principal Solutionary at Manzanita Consulting Associates
Ephi Banaynal dela Cruz
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Vice-Chair,
Director, Social and Environmental Accountability (SEA) and Audit
Microsoft
Jim Crowley
SSV Board Chair, Emeritus
Engineering Unit Manager - Utility Support Programs
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Bonnie Nixon
SSV Board Chair, Emeritus
CEO, BonnEco
Jose Iglesias
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Executive at HP Software Professional Services
Rosemary Kamei
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Principal, Kamei Consulting Group
Mike Mielke
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Senior Director, Environmental Programs & Policy, Silicon Valley Leadership GroupDavid Kaneda
Principal
Integrated Design Associates (IDeAs)
Bruce Paton
SSV Board Chair, Emeritus
Chair, MBA Program, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Peter Melhus
Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University
Julia Miller
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
El Camino Hospital Board of Directors Member, Elected
Former Mayor, City of Sunnyvale
Former Board Member Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
Scott Green
City of San Jose
Jennifer Shepherd
Principal, Canyon Snow
Jennifer Smith Grubb
Jennifer Smith Grubb Consulting
SSV Legal Counsel
Brad Rock
General Counsel
DLA Piper
SSV Advisory Council
Jack Broadbent
Executive Officer/Air Pollution Control Officer
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Jeff Byron
VP Integrated Solutions
NRG Energy
Ralph Cavanagh
Senior Attorney
Natural Resources Defense Council
Rick DeGolia
Partner
Exigen Capital
Carl Guardino
CEO
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Winston Hickox
Partner
California Strategies LLC
Jerry Hill
State senator district 13
Environmental Quality Committee(Chair)
Paul Holland
General Partner, Head of Cleantech Practice
Foundation Capital
Margaret Bruce
SSV Board Chair, Emeritus
Principal Solutionary at Manzanita Consulting Associates
Jose Iglesias
Sustainable Silicon Valley Board Member
Vice President, Education and Enablement Services
Symantec Services Group (SSG)Symantec Corporation
Art Jensen
General Manager
Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency
Bruce Klafter
Advisor to the SVLG executive team
Executive Practitioner faculty member Presidio Graduate School
Liz Kniss
Board Chair
County of Santa Clara
Bob Lanz, CPA
Managing Partner
Ramp Partners, LLC
Linda J. LeZotte
Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District Board
Attorney, Law Office of Linda J. LeZotte
Julia Miller
El Camino Hospital Board of Directors Member, Elected
Former Mayor, City of Sunnyvale
Former Board Member Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
Nancy Noe
Senior Manager, Govt. Affairs
Alza Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson Company
Robert Parkhurst
Long Term Energy Policy
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Wendy Pulling
Director of Conservation Programs
The Nature Conservancy, California
Keith Smith
Sustainability Manager, retired
California Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Robert Stephens
United Nations Environmental Program Secretariat
Multi-State Working Group
Dr. James Sweeney
Director, Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency
Professor, Management Science and Engineering