“JVS is proud to be strengthening the Bay Area community by working with employers and community partners to train people with the in-demand skills and make the connections necessary for them to get good jobs and transform their lives.”
Abby SnayOur Leaders
Abby Snay
CHIEF Executive OFFICER
Abby began her career with JVS in 1975 and served as Assistant Director before becoming Executive Director of JVS in 1984. Since then she has become JVS’s Chief Executive Officer, and under her leadership, the JVS budget has increased from $300,000 to close to $13 million, the staff has grown from 15 to a team of almost 100. Abby is a board member and former chair of the National Skills Coalition, is a member of the OneCiti Forum, was appointed by Governor Brown to the California Workforce Investment Board and the State Rehabilitation Council and was appointed as the Workforce Representative of Mayor Lee’s Our Children, Our Families Council. Abby holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in Education from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She has also completed executive education programs at Harvard School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Kathryn Beeley
Chief Financial Officer
Aimee Durfee
Chief Program Officer
Rachael Brown
Vice President, Development
Lisa Countryman
Chief Strategy Officer
Lesley Davidson
Director of Human Resources
Bekka Rosenbaum
Director of Healthcare Programs
Kevin Hickey
Director of High School and Bridge Programs
Elizabeth Toups
Director of Utilities Training Programs
Board of Directors
JVS is led by community and business leaders who bring expertise in social change and the high-growth industries our job seekers are targeting.
Executive Committee
Michael Walker, Board President
Executive Vice President and Regional Executive, City National Bank
Jim Koshland, Board President Emeritus
Partner, DLA Piper US, LLP
Kari Dohn Decker, Board Vice President
Managing Director, Corporate Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase
Max Simkoff, Board Vice President
Founder and CEO, States Title
Kirsten Wolberg, Board Vice President
Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Docusign
René Kim, Board Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Client Solutions, Charles Schwab Bank
Ben Tulchin, Board Secretary
President, Tulchin Research
Board Members
Hubert Ban
Vice President, Reporting & Technical Accounting, Salesforce.com
Anjana Berde
Head of Talent Development for the Americas, HR Business Partner, Union Bank
Erran Berger
Vice President, Engineering for Feed and Content Products, LinkedIn
Guy Chicoine
Medical Group Administrator, Kaiser Permanente
Jeffrey Chiu
Vice President, Human Resources, UCSF
Mardi Dier
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Portola Pharmaceuticals
Michelle Di Gangi
Executive Vice President, Bank of the West
Mercedes Fuller
Managing Director, Accenture
Naomi Pilosof Ionita
Partner, Menlo Ventures
Maynard L. Jenkins, III
Vice President, Human Resources, Sutter Health Bay Area
Wendy Kesser
Community Volunteer
Karla Lee
Regional Director of Consumer and Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase
Gioia McCarthy
Managing Director, Northwest Division Executive, Bank of America
Rebecca Prozan
Chief of Public Affairs, Google, Inc.
Kumu Puri
Managing Director, Accenture Strategy, Accenture
Alexis L. Rask
Founder and CEO, Future Consulting, LLC
Jeffrey Rosichan
Senior Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets Group, Evercore
Emeritus Council
Jean Strunsky, Chair
Max Bernstein
Lynn B. Bunim
John Brown
Andy Elkind
Shari Freedman
Peter Friend
Craig A. Howard
Eleanor Johns
Thomas M. Kasten
Jeffrey Lager
Maria Lazzarini
Anne Libbin
Elaine Lindenmayer
Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann
Marlene Saritzky
Susan Portugal
Linda Rubinstein
Marty S. Schenker
Nancy Siegel
Dr. Linda Sonntag
Gabriel Speyer
Roselyne C. Swig
Lisa Toppin
Victoria Treyger
Sidney Tuchman
Melvin B. Wasserman
Judy Weil
Norman Zilber
Past Presidents
Dr. Natalie Berg*
Max Bernstein
John Brown
Lynn Bunim
Harry Cohn
Kenneth Colvin*
David Z. Cook
Andy Elkind
Shari Freedman
Larry Kamer
Tom Kasten
Mark Kelsey
Jim Koshland
Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann
Irving Rabin*
Leon Rosenthal*
Martin S. Schenker
Roselyne C. Swig
Sanford Tandowsky*
Michelle Waldgeir
Melvin B. Wasserman
Norman Zilber
Arthur Zimmerman*
*of blessed memory