Advisory Boards

Bay Area Advisory Board

Bora Chung: Senior Director, PayPal
Karen Clancy: Member, Belmont-Redwood Shores School Board
Scott Clark: Investment Manager, Fairview Capital
Odette Go: Treasurer, Genentech (most recent position)
Timothy Harwood: Partner, Impact Recruiting
Henry Li: Venture Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Marina Pol Longo: Consultant, FSG Social Impact Advisors
Dave Rogers: Web Analytics and Optimization Researcher
Vivek Shah: Vice President, Laminar Direct Capital (Member of D.E. Shaw Group)
Tom Yankowski: President, Center for Career Evaluations
Kurt Koptish: Regional Operations Director, DaVita
Mark Loewenstein: Director, Business Development, Appregatta Technologies
Austin Long: Senior Analyst, Corporate Executive Board

LA Executive Board

Charlie Cohen: COO, MGM

LA Advisory Board

Pedro Marti: Senior Vice President Wealth Advisor, Wells Fargo
Kate Pletcher: Director of Global Brand Licensings, Sketchers
Ryan Malone: President, Youngstown Glove Co.
Joan I. Chu: Senior Partner, Monitor Group

Leadership Council

Jim Heerwagen: CEO, Sunvolt Nanoystems.
Roy Hunt: Vice President of Stores, Operations and Marketing, Gap, Inc.
Neal Jacobs: Partner, Cambrian Capital LP
Scott Johnston: Entrepreneur in Residence, Alloi Ventures

Additional members pending

 

 

Team-Building Games

Each group of Spark students participates in team-building games and other leadership development workshops.