Valley Council Advisors Membership Benefits
Members of the Valley Council Advisors receive the following benefits:

  • An invitation to an annual event to network amongst fellow Valley Council Advisors members, the community foundation’s CEO and president, and other community foundation leaders;
  • Your name and firm listed on the community foundation’s website in the Valley Council Advisors section;
  • Priority access to community foundation resources for professional advisors;
  • Invitations, as available, to participate in special focus groups, educational trainings and other events for professional advisors; and
  • Networking access to other Valley Council Advisors members.

Valley Council Advisors Membership Qualification

As a professional advisor, you qualify to be a member of the Valley Council Advisors for three years if you do at least one of the following:

  • Refer a client to Silicon Valley Community Foundation who consequently opens a fund or makes an outright gift (or previously referred a client to its parent organizations).
  • Attend at least one community foundation event (professional advisor seminar, educational training, reception, etc.).

Your three-year membership term begins with the most recent client referred or event attended. We will ask you to complete a form in order to renew your membership. If you qualify for Valley Council Advisors, complete our Valley Council Advisors membership form (PDF) to join.

Valley Council Advisors Members

Jeffrey Abadie
Sand Hill Global Advisors, LLC

Deborah Abel
Deborah Abel, CFP

Vanessa Anderson
UBS Financial Services

Victoria Bailey
JP Morgan Private Bank

Leslie Beck
Beck Investment Management, LLC

Nicola Boone
JP Morgan Private Bank

Bryon Botsford
The Citigroup Private Bank

Alexey Bulankov, CFP
Charles Schwab & Co.

James Cashman
Berliner Cohen

Danielle Conkling
JP Morgan Private Bank

Charles Corley
Morgan Stanley

Carolyn Crow
American Investors Company

Leslie Daniels
Groom and Cave, LLP

Christopher De Souza-Lawrence
Morgan Stanley

Darin Donovan
Hopkins & Carley

Richard Ehrman
Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean

Frank Espina
Shea Labagh Dobberstein CPAs, Inc.

David Faulk
The Portola Group, Inc.

Enrique Figueroa
Merrill Lynch

Judith Finn Jones

Bob Fitzwilson
The Portola Group, Inc.

Ben Fort
Merrill Lynch

Mary Foust
Merrill Lynch

Timothy Gavin
Timothy J. Gavin, Attorney at Law

Diana Gendotti
Law Office of Diana Gendotti

Hilary Giles
Merrill Lynch

John Golden
Bayse & Golden

Emilie Goldman, CFA
Blue Oak Capital LLC

Judith Gordon
Grant and Gordon LLP

Russell Hall
Legacy Venture Management, LLC

John Harrington
Harrington Investments, Inc.

Linda Hayes
Morgan Stanley

Gillian Hays
Hays & Ting LLP

David Hettig
Lakin Spears, LLP

David Holland
Sorensen & Holland

Jeffrey Holman
Kaye Holman Law Group

Jon Huang
New England Financial

Matthew Ives
Morgan Stanley

James Jackson
James E. Jackson, A Professional Corporation

Mark Johnsen
Wealth Architects

Jeffrey Keimer
Stanford Investment Group, Inc.

Pete LaBoskey
Hopkins & Carley

Peter Landes
Peter K. Landes Attorney At Law

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee Financial Services

Matthew Leek
Wealth Strategies Group - MetLife

Sharon Lennox
LifePath Insurance Services

Robert Lew
Planning & Financial Advisors

JoAnn Luehring
Roberts and Holland LLP

Rob Lyman
Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors

Joe Martin
The Golub Group

Keith McWilliams
Mt. Eden Investment Advisors

Karen Meckstroth
Law Office of Karen Meckstroth

Ken Milano
Merrill Lynch

Martin Miller
Miller & Associates Private Wealth

David Mitchell
Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Inc.

Sandra Moll
Mayer, Moll & Associates

George Montgomery, II, Esq.
Friedman, McCubbin, Spalding, Bilter, Roosevelt & Montgomery

Lynne Mosier
Jurika, Mills & Keifer

Meghan O'Neill
MacCorkle Insurance Service

Marisa Otto
Edward Jones

Charles Packer, Esq.
Hopkins & Carley

Shannon Parker
Smith Barney Citigroup

Mike Patterson

Daniela Pedley
Barclays Wealth

Matthew Pemberton
Northwestern Mutual Life

Leonard Perlson

Stephen Peterson
Sand Hill Global Advisors, LLC

Stephen Potts
Merrill Lynch

Ronald G. Pray
Ronald G. Pray Company

James Quillinan
Hopkins & Carley

Barbara Rosen
Evans & Rosen LLP

Daniel Rozansky
Wells Fargo Bank

Edwin Ryu
Legacy Wealth Advisors

David Sacarelos
Seiler LLP

Laura Sanchez
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Zachary Schiller, CFP
Merrill Lynch

Theo Schwabacher
Morgan Stanley

Elizabeth Sevilla
Seiler LLP

Ray Sheffield
Sheffield Law Office

Neil Shroff
Orion Capital Group

Burnie Sparks, Jr.
Bailard

George Stafford
George Stafford & Assocates

Robert Temmerman, Jr.
Temmerman, Cilley & Kohlmann, LLP

John Tregenza
The Whittier Trust Co.

David Waitrovich
Merrill Lynch

Rick Wardenburg
Merrill Lynch

Carol Weeks Acker
Nancy K. Weeks Associates, LLC

Curt Weil
Lasecke Weil Wealth Advisory Group

Selwyn Wener
New England Financial

David Wheeler Newman
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Marcee Yager
Financial Vision West, LLC

Anne M. Yamamoto
Frank, Rimerman + Co., LLP

Jeffrey Yoakum
Lasecke Weil Wealth Advisory Group

Dennis Young
RSM McGladrey

Carol Elias Zolla
Zolla Law Firm

To learn more about Valley Council Advisors, contact Karyn Cilker, professional advisor relations officer, at kjcilker@siliconvalleycf.org or 650.450.5517.