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Larry Aceves serves in his 11th year as Superintendent of the highly diverse Franklin McKinley School District. Prior to his current position, Larry served as Superintendent of the Alum Rock Union School District for three years. Additionally, he was Deputy Superintendent in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, as well as a Director, Principal, and Classroom Teacher in San Diego. Larry has been actively involved in both professional and community organizations during his fourteen years in San Jose. He is currently past president of the 16,000 member Association of California School Administrators and is a past president of the California Latino Superintendent's Association. He has been appointed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O’Connell to serve on the prestigious state Quality Education Commission. A Senior Fellow with the American Leadership Forum, Larry sits on the Governing Board and has been a member of various charitable boards, including United Way of Santa Cruz, Alum Rock Counseling Center, and Santa Clara County Youth Foundation.
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Muhammed Chaudhry serves as Executive Director for the Franklin McKinley Education Foundation (FMEF). During his three year tenure, FMEF has seen a period of rapid growth both financially and in service delivery. Prior to FMEF, Muhammed held various management positions in marketing with Dazzle Multimedia and The Clorox Company. Muhammed serves as Vice President of MKA USA and Board Member of the California Consortium of Education Foundations, the San Jose Arena Authority and the Hispanic Foundation Silicon Valley. His personal interests include golf and long distance running. Muhammed holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University. He resides in San Jose with his wife, Rabia.
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Dustin DeRollo is a partner with Saggau & DeRollo, a political consulting and government relations firm in San Jose where he advises clients that range from multinational corporations, to local labor unions, poltical campaigns and elected officials. He previously served as San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales' Deputy Chief of Staff, during which he led the mayor's neighborhood revitalization and public safety efforts, including the Strong Neighborhood Initiative. A political science graduate from San Jose State University, Dustin lives in San Jose with his wife Daniela, an up-and-coming Bay Area chef.
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Ammar Hanafi
as head of Cisco's New Business Ventures, Ammar is helping to fulfill Cisco's vision as a provider of comprehensive networking solutions that create immediate and long-term business value for Cisco . Ammar, a seven year Cisco veteran, was named Vice President of New Business Ventures in September 2002. Previously, Ammar was Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Prior positions at Cisco include Vice President of Corporate Business Development and Director of Mergers and Acquisitions. Prior to Cisco, Ammar held positions at PanAmSat Corporation, Morgan Stanley and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Ammar received his MBA from Stanford University and his B.S. in Engineering Physics from Cornell University. Married with two daughters, he enjoys scuba diving and photography.
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Paul Luciano has been with Merrill Lynch for over 11 years, and is currently a Senior Partner on a team that works with high net worth families in achieving financial planning goals. Paul was born and raised in New Rochelle, NY and educated in Finance at Northeastern University, Boston and Cal State University, Long Beach. Growing up in a single parent household, Paul received guidance from 'father figures' at the local Boys and Girls Club and various school and city sports programs; he attributes much of his success to lessons learned from volunteers who helped shape his growth. Paul serves as board member for both FMEF and the Mid-Peninsula Boys and Girls Club of San Mateo. His service on these youth focused boards reflects Paul's belief in giving back to children, schools, and community. Paul is engaged to be married and his interests include physical fitness, skiing, wine, and world economics.
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Martin Renteria moved to San Jose in 1970.
As a resident of the Fair/Santee community, Martin takes
pride in being a part of efforts to make his neighborhood
a “good place to live”. As a member of the
Santee Homeowners’ Association, Martin is actively
involved in issues important to owners and renters.
Martin serves as President of the Fair Exchange Community
Board, member of the Community Action Team, and Neighborhood
Advisory Council for San Jose’s Strong Neighborhoods
Initiative (SNI), and volunteer for Our City Forest,
a non-profit organization working to beautify San Jose
communities. Martin believes that everyone should do
his/her part in contributing to the future of children,
ensuring that youth have a clean, safe, and vibrant
environment to grow and develop. Martin believes that
a “high quality of life” can be achieved
when everyone contributes. His interests include racquetball
and bike-riding.
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Tim Silva is
Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank. He began his career at
Wells Fargo 29 years ago as a teller then moved to retail
banking management positions including Division Manager
and Vice President and Operations Manager. In addition
to overall management responsibilities, he is actively
involved in community outreach through the Wells Fargo
Foundation and serves as a board member for the San
Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. Tim is also
the Vice Chair of the California State University Hayward’s
Education Foundation. He holds a trustee position with
the San Jose Museum of Art. A California native, he
graduated from California State University Hayward with
a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies and completed
the Retail Bank Management School of Banking in Virginia.
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Faysal Sohail is a General Partner with CMEA Ventures. Mr. Sohail has more than a decade of senior executive experience in engineering, marketing and business development. He was CEO of Cadabra Design Automation and managed its acquisition by Numerical Technologies (NMTC) where he served as Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations. Prior to Numerical Technologies, Faysal was Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Synopsys Inc. (SNPS). He is currently on the Board of Directors of Alien Technology, Applied Wave Research and Inovys Corporation. Mr. Sohail holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) where he also serves on the College of Engineering Advisory Board (CEAB). He is also on the boards of Pyxis Technology and Zenasis Technology. Married with 4 kids he enjoys golf and spending time with his kids.
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Sajid Sohail is a founding partner of Altair Ventures. Mr. Sohail has more than 20 years of experience in the high tech area. Most recently he founded the company Dazzle Multimedia and served as its CTO and CEO and managed its acquisition by SCM Microsystems (SCMM). After the acquisition he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Digital TV and Video division. Mr. Sohail was the visionary behind the new consumer video editing market that Dazzle created and maintained number one position with as much as 70% market share. Mr. Sohail served as Director of engineering for C-Cube Microsystems prior to Dazzle Multimedia. He joined C-Cube in 1992 and stayed through the company IPO in 1994 and left in 1996 to start Dazzle Multimedia. Before C-Cube Mr. Sohail was at another startup Tera Microsystems which was building SPARC chipset and workstation. Prior to Tera Mr. Sohail spent seven years at Digital Equipment Corporation in various engineering positions in chip and system design areas. Mr. Sohail has a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign).
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Cora Tomalinas
More information to come.
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Advisory Board:
Ron Gonzales was reelected as Mayor of San
José in the March Primary of 2002. His goals
as mayor include strengthening neighborhoods, improvement
of public education, and ensuring the continuing economic
vitality of the city with high quality public services
and effective solutions to affordable housing and traffic
congestion in the region. The commitment of Mayor Gonzales
to San Jose neighborhoods and residents has led to a
renewed emphasis on the reinvestment and redevelopment
of communities throughout the city in collaboration
with residents, grassroots organizations and local businesses.
He has led the city’s successful efforts to curtail
graffiti, improve pedestrian
and traffic safety, and expand parks and libraries throughout
San Jose.
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Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren represents
California’s 16th district which encompasses much
of the City of San Jose. She served on the Board of
Supervisors of Santa Clara County from 1981 until 1995,
when she became a Member of Congress. In her second
term in Congress, she led the fight to ensure that schools
receive Internet access, and she is always advocating
for schools and crime-prevention projects in her district.
Zoe continues to concentrate on education and high-technology
issues in her third term in Congress. She reintroduced
the SAFE Act, which would preserve the privacy of confidential
files and communications in the Information Age while
supporting the sale of strong U.S. encryption products
around the world.
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