Staff & Volunteers


Courtney LaCava, Programs Director/Interim Executive Director

Anisha Desai, Community Outreach Manager

Sharon Ou, Book Keeper

Maggie Chan, International Marketing Intern

Staff & Board Bios

Board of Directors


Mary Lyons, President
Senior Vice-President,
TRI Commercial

Allan Ng, Vice-President
Senior Manager, Brand Strategy and Advertising,
Yahoo!

Susie Shoaf, Vice-President
Special Events, The Nature Conservancy

Joanne Ferris, CPA, Treasurer
Tax Associate,
Delagnes, Mitchell & Linder, LLP

Lewis Dolinsky
Journalist

Marilyn Herand
Program Coordinator, Fulbright Visiting Scholars Enrichment Program

Brian Landa
Vice-President, Small Business Product Development,
Wells Fargo Bank

Ismet Pekin
Business Development Manager,
Cisco Systems

Alan Unger
International Consultant


Advisory Committee


Prem Abraham
Chairman, Gladstone Abraham Group

Margaret J. Grover
Partner, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, LLP

Jennifer Kuiper
Former Executive Director, Metta Center

Allen Stansbury
Senior Associate,
Center for Community Futures

Kimberley Weichel
President,
United Nations Association of Marin County

Jerry Yoachum
Managing Director,
Sutter Securities Incorporated

Carl Zachrisson
Former Director,
Institute of International Education, West Coast