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Advisory Council

The Advisory Council of the San Francisco School Alliance keeps the organization up to date and in line with the needs of our city’s business community, particularly regarding workforce needs.

Warren Hellman, Co-Chair

(1934 - 2011)
Chairman
Hellman & Friedman, LLC

Phil Halperin, Co-Chair

President
Silver Giving Foundation

Katie Albright

Executive Director
San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center

Lee Blitch

Vice President for University Advancement
San Francisco State University

Franco Cirelli

Chief Financial Officer
SeatSub, Inc.

Mary Cranston

Firm Senior Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Suzanne Di Bianca

Executive Director
Salesforce.com Foundation

Sam Enoka

President & CFO
Viasyn

Steve Falk

President & CEO
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

Linda Galliher

Vice President, Public Policy
Bay Area Council

Dan Grossman

Founder & CEO
Wild Planet Toys

Dr. Sandra Hernandez

Chief Executive Officer
San Francisco Foundation

Susan Hirsch

Principal
Hirsch & Associates 

Natasha Hoehn

Executive Director
Silver Giving Foundation

Mary Huss

Publisher
San Francisco Business Times

Doug Ismail

Executive Vice President & Chief Philanthropy Officer
California Masonic Foundation

Larry Kane

Partner
Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe, LLP

David Lee

Executive Director
Chinese American Voters Education Committee (CAVEC)

Steve Mayer

Founder, Chairman & CEO
Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP

Eric McDonnell

Executive Vice-President
United Way of the Bay Area

Lenny Mendonca

Director of Firm Knowledge
McKinsey & Co, Inc.

Hydra Mendoza

Mayor Edwin Lee’s Education Advisor,
Member, San Francisco Board of Education

James A. Moore

Founder & Managing Partner
J. Moore Partners

Mark Nieker

President & Executive Director
Pearson Foundation

Steve Phillips

Co-Founder & Board Chair
Powerpac.org

Joanna Rees

Founder & Managing Director
VSP Capital

Claudia Sandoval

Senior Program Officer, Education
Stuart Foundation

Lisa Stevens

Executive Vice President and Regional President for California Retail Banking
Wells Fargo Bank

Jim Sutton

Founding Partner
The Sutton Law Firm

Alex Tourk

Founder & Principal
Ground Floor Public Affairs

Lisa Villarreal

Program Officer for Education
San Francisco Foundation

Jim Wunderman

President & CEO
Bay Area Council