SSV Staff and Volunteers
Marianna Grossman
Executive Director, Sustainable Silicon Valley
Ms. Grossman’s previous roles include Partner for Sustainability and Innovation for Minerva Consulting; investor in high tech startups; and corporate roles in the automotive, computer and semiconductor industries. She founded the Palo Alto Unified School District Sustainable Schools Committee and was convener of the Peninsula/South Bay Working Group of California Interfaith Power and Light. She is a member of Environmental Entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund. She earned an MBA from Yale University and a BA, cum laude, with distinction in Policy Studies from Dartmouth College.
Gerd Peter May
Director, Operations
Carol Medlin
Administration /Accounting
Margaret Govea
Bookkeeper (Govea Bookkeeping)
Jeffrey Risberg
Chief Technology Officer
Suparna Vashisht
Sustainability Leaders Forum
Manouri Nissanka
Program Director, EcoCloud
Jeremy Cunningham
HR Volunteer Coordinator
Linda Meiss
Sustainability Leaders Forum
Eva Yen
Sustainability Leaders Forum
Raj Padmanabhan
Business Development, Sr. Advisor
Ashok Chotai
Marketing/ Business Development
Chloe Fitzmaurice
Business Development
Mythili Joshi
HR Volunteer Coordinator
Holly Baral
HR Volunteer Coordinator
Liam Bayer
Social Media
Karl Baran
Marketing Manager
James Cabonce
Marketing
Tanya Ngo
Marketing
Saul Rosales
Marketing
Ashley Smaldino
Marketing
Paula Soffronoff
Marketing
Leon Kaye
Communications Specialist
Fran Lowe
Public Relations Advisor
Eric Rosenblum
Sr. Advisor, Water, EcoCloud
Mary Kean, PE
Water Lead, EcoCloud
Heather Trossman
Materials Lead, EcoCloud
Arthur O'Donnell
Energy Sr. Advisor, EcoCloud
Anuradha Munshi
Energy Lead, EcoCloud
Ursula Syrova
Sustainability Lead, EcoCloud
Alyssa Fisher
Marketing Associate, EcoCloud
Sonia Alvarado
EcoCloud
Carey Chen
EcoCloud
Dinh Nguyen
EcoCloud
Neeshi Patadia
EcoCloud
Smitha Ramaswamy
EcoCloud
Marilyn Twaites
Admin
Manuela Bair
Admin
Sandra Echeverria
Admin
Martina Frndova
WEST Summit Program Manager
Susan Greenback
WEST Summit
Nafisa Jhaveri
Grants
Kathy Wyland
Grants
Lydia Mukti
Grants
Sucharita Madhukar
Research and Development
Wei Liang
Annual Report
Luciana Meinking
Annual Report
Audra Schlaupitz
Annual Report
Sergio Arellano
Information Technology Lead
John Donelan
IT/Operations
Sakthii Kadaswamy
IT/Operations
Yen Ly
IT/Operations
Interns
Chris Hendey
Business Development
Volunteers and Associates
New Website Design and Development: Tim Whitman, CodeBrick
Graphic Design: Sonia Alvarado, Ling Wang stewart
Human Resources: Maithili Joshi, Jeremy Cunningham
Public Relations: Fran Lowe, Engage PR
Marketing: Karl Baran, Alyssa Fisher
Business Development: Raj Padmanabhan, Ashok Chotai, Chris Hendey
Organizational Development Consulting: Leann Pereira
Report Authors: Marianna Grossman, Fran Lowe
Grantwriting: Kathy Wyland, Nafissa Jhaveri
Website: Tim Whitman, CodeBrick
Some members of the great SSV Team (Photography by Balmiki Sur)
From left: Ashok Chotai, Gerd Peter May, Marilyn Twaites, Jeannice Fairrer Samani, Mary Kean, Roshini Varma, Manuela Bair, Manouri Nissanka, Dipti Kamdar, Jeremy Cunningham, Carol Medlin, Jeff Risberg, Marianna Grossman