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SVASE Management

The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) is managed almost entirely by a large group of dedicated volunteers organized by program under volunteer managers. We always welcome new volunteers to help us serve our community's goals: to explore Volunteer opportunities with SVASE, click here.

Staff
President & CEO
Chris Gill
 
Marketing & Finance Manager
Laura Weigant
 
Events Manager
Liz Caldwell
 
Executive Management Team
Affiliates
Laura Weigant
 
BIGs (Business Interface Groups)
Liz Caldwell (Speaking Opportunities), Trevor Cornwell (Digital Media), Henry Huang, Kai Mai (Mobility), Dr. Sudhi Gautum (Life Sciences)
 
Communications Director
Jeff Lettes
 
East Bay Series
Dana Shultz, Kevin Matsushita, and Christina Ellwood 
 
First Impressions
Chad Salinas
 
Forum
Jim Connor,  Ram Sriram
  
Main Event
Laura Weigant, Liz Caldwell
 
Marketing
Laura Weigant
 
Membership
Chris Gill
 
Online Marketing
LeadForce1
 
Startup-U
Anne Donker, Dan Grosh
 
VC Breakfast Club
Jai Kumar
 
Volunteers at Events
Mike Harris
 
Board of Directors
Steve Bengston
PricewaterhouseCoopers
 
Chris Gill
SVASE
 
Jeff Grabow
Ernst & Young
 
Michele Klein
Applied Materials
 
Ed Lambert
Bridge Bank
 
Michael Madison
Cocoon Ventures
 
Laura Pickering
Network Appliance, Inc.
 
Philip Wickham
Copan Venture Capital
 
 
Board Directors Emeritus
Mark Addison
Rocket Science
 
Joe Becker
Dolphin Ventures
 
Ken Brenner
Bridge Bank
 
Jim Chapman, Chairman
Nixon Peabody
 
Richard J. Elkus, Jr.
KLA-Tencor
 
Rick Fezell
Ernst & Young LLP
 
John Gale
Taligo LLC
 
Kelly Hudson
Rich’s Business Guides
 
Mark Jensen
Deloitt & Touche
 
Bill Keating
Executive Consultant
 
Alfred Kenrick
Silicon Valley Bank
 
Casey McGlynn
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
 
John Metz
Credit Suisse First Boston
 
Sally Pera
Peraconnect
 
Anand Ramanathan
WebEx Communications
 
Laura Roden
VC Prive
 
Denise Ryan
Blumarble
 
Steve Stephenson
Sand Hill Angels
 
Ben Templin
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
 
Francisco Terrizzano
Bank of Walnut Creek
 
Rosemary Remacle
Sevin Rosen Funds
 
Ed Van Deman
Financial Navigator
 
Sun Jen Yung
DB Alex Brown
 
Advisory Board
Jonathan Abrams
Socializr
 
Joe Davison
Technalysis
 
Murali Devarakonda
Ridestation
 
Stephane DuPont
UBS
 
Nat Goldhaber
Claremont Creek Ventures
 
Charles Hsu
Pappas Ventures
 
Guy Kawasaki
Garage Technology Ventures
 
Robert LoPresto
Ruscher Loscavio LoPresto
 
Sachin Maheshwari
Opus Capital
 
Larry Marcus
Walden VC
 
Susan Mason
Onset Ventures
 
John Occhipinti
Woodside Fund
 
Corey Reese
Alsop-Louie Partners
 
Bill Reichert
Garage Technology Ventures
 
Andrew Roberts
Ephox
 
Laura Roden
VC Prive
 
Heidi Roizen
Mobius Ventures
 
Carol Sands
The Angels Forum LLC
 
John Steuart
Claremont Creek Ventures
 
Pankaj Sukla
Trex Global
 
Blair Swedeen
Partenza
 
Sriram Viswanathan
Intel Capital
 
Ron Weissman
Apax Partners
 

The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs is a virtual non-profit corporation, located wherever our members, sponsors and volunteers support our community. Snail mail can be sent to us at SVASE, PO Box 5646, South San Francisco, CA 94083. See Contact Us for more detail on how to reach us with specific questions.