Lydia Sirotka
Satelite Reception & Conference Center Coordinator, San Mateo

Lydia Sirotka serves as Silicon Valley Community Foundation's conference center coordinator for the San Mateo office and Peninsula conference center facility. Lydia is responsible for managing all internal and external reservations for the Peninsula conference center. She is the key point of contact for various vendors and for those requesting use of the community foundation's facilities.

With more than 20 years of office and facilities management experience in the private sector, Lydia began her career in the nonprofit sector in 1987 at Samaritan House. Witnessing client needs first hand and using her command of the Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian languages she was able to be an effective ambassador to the local community. In 1999, Lydia joined Peninsula Community Foundation and worked as office manager for nine years.

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina with Slavic parents, Lydia lives in San Mateo with her husband while remodeling a bed-and-breakfast vacation rental property in Calistoga.

In her spare time, Lydia enjoys traveling, entertaining, gardening and occasionally playing an old tune on the mandolin.