“The Bay Area job market is changing rapidly. While companies struggle to keep pace with their own talent needs, thousands of people still lack the skills necessary to find good jobs. JVS is laser focused on bridging this gap by working with employers to help job seekers develop the most in-demand skills through classroom training and work experience. In partnership with employers and community partners, we are creating life-transforming programs to address the highest poverty rate in the nation.”
Lisa Countryman-QuirozOur Leaders
Lisa Countryman-Quiroz
CHIEF Executive OFFICER
Under Lisa’s leadership at JVS, she has led the way to expand new apprenticeship programs to help close the skills gap with key employer partners. Her strategic initiatives have increased our footprint in the tech space to break down barriers for underrepresented communities to access free tech training, and has expanded our impact regionally through the development of new programming and partnerships in the South and East Bay. In 2018, Lisa was appointed a Commissioner on the State of California’s Inter-agency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship, under the Department of Industrial Relations.
Lisa has over 10 years of experience developing successful public and private grant proposals, managing strategic partner relationships and working closely with program staff to develop programs that achieve significant social impact. Prior to JVS, Lisa worked at St. Anthony Foundation in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco securing grants to support the organization’s Free Medical Clinic Operations. Lisa received her master’s degree in Comparative Literature from SUNY Buffalo and her bachelor’s degree in German and Classics from Loyola University Chicago.
Kathryn Beeley
Chief Financial Officer
Ben Doyle
Chief Program Officer
Rachael Brown
Chief Development Officer
Bekka Rosenbaum
Director of Program Development
Dina Plotkin
Director of Information Technology
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
Wendy Kesser, President
Community Volunteer
Guy Chicoine, Vice President
Medical Group Administrator, Kaiser Permanente
Kari Dohn Decker, Board Vice President
Managing Director, Corporate Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase
Max Simkoff, Board Vice President
Founder and CEO, States Title
Jeffrey Rosichan, Vice President
Managing Director, Citigroup
Kirsten Wolberg, Board Vice President
Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Docusign
Hubert Ban, Treasurer
Vice President, Reporting & Technical Accounting, Salesforce
René Kim, Secretary
Senior Vice President, Client Solutions, Charles Schwab Bank
Michael Walker, President Emeritus
Executive Vice President and Regional Executive, City National Bank
Board Members
Anjana Berde
Head of Talent Development for the Americas, HR Business Partner, Union Bank
Erran Berger
Vice President, Consumer Engineering, LinkedIn
Jeffrey Chiu
Vice President, Human Resources, UCSF
Mercedes Fuller
Managing Director, Accenture Strategy
Sahra Halpem
Senior Director, Strategic Lending Initiatives, Capital Impact Partners
Jerry Hurwitz
Founder, J&J Air Conditioning, Inc. (Retired)
Maynard L. Jenkins, III
Vice President, Human Resources, Sutter Health Bay Area
Heather Kesner
Senior Vice President, CBB Market Leader, US Bank
Maria Lazzarini
Executive Vice President, Northern California Division, Regional Banking Group, Bank of the West
Karla Lee
Regional Director of Consumer and Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase
Gioia McCarthy
Managing Director, San Francisco-North Bay Market Executive, Bank of America Private Bank
Hakeem Oseni II
Lead Business Systems Consultant, Wells Fargo
Rebecca Prozan
Chief of Public Affairs, Google, Inc.
Kumu Puri
Principal, Ernst & Young LLP
Ben Tulchin
President, Tulchin Research
Carrie Varoquiers
Vice President of Global Impact, Workday, Inc. President, Workday Foundation
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