Wendy Chou

Director of Planned Giving and Advisor Relations

Wendy joined Silicon Valley Community Foundation in 2011 as the director of planned giving and advisor relations. Her primary responsibilities are to establish mutually beneficial working relationships with professional advisors and to generate interest and provide education about creative ways to fulfill donors' philanthropic objectives, especially in the area of planned gifts.

Prior to arriving at the community foundation, Wendy worked as a relationship manager for Kaspick & Company, a consulting and investment management company that specializes in working with charities and planned gift assets. While there, she provided planned giving program support to a number of non-profits. Before joining Kaspick, she worked at a number of universities, including Boston College, where she was the director of gift planning, and Santa Clara University, where she got her start in the planned giving field.

In 2010, Wendy completed a four-year term as a member of the Board of Directors for the Planned Giving Group of New England, where she served in a number of different capacities. She is an active volunteer for her alma mater, Tufts University, and conducts interviews of local high school students interested in attending Tufts. She is also a graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law.

Wendy is a native of New Jersey, but has spent most of her adult life moving between Boston and the Bay Area. When not working, Wendy enjoys reading, playing the violin and spending time outdoors with her toddler son and husband.