SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
LEADERSHIP TEAM GROWS FURTHER
Appointments Continue from CEO and President

It has been 10 weeks since the doors opened at Silicon Valley Community Foundation and energy and expansion continue to be defining characteristics of the new community foundation. Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the result of two parent foundations merging together and now, is one of the largest community foundations in the nation, with more than $1.5 billion in assets under management and 1,400 philanthropic funds.

For the near future, the community foundation will continue the existing grantmaking programs of the parent foundations as it evaluates and plans future programs and initiatives. However, the community foundation is also expected to ultimately provide more than $190 million per year in grants through its charitable funds, its supporting organizations and the Community Endowment Fund. To support this expectation and lead the giving division, CEO and president Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. appointed Eleanor Clement Glass to the role of chief giving officer.

“Eleanor is just the sort of visionary leader that we need as we build a community foundation that is a leading voice and catalyst for innovative solutions to the region’s most challenging problems,” said Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. “She brings a wealth of leadership and a national reputation for excellence to her new role as chief giving officer.”

Additionally, the community foundation’s first vice president of development has also been appointed. Bheesham Sethi has more than 16 years of experience in institutional development and management, with key emphases in fundraising, financial management, grassroots organizing, staff management and program planning and development. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing individual giving, planned gifts, corporate donations and other fundraising efforts.

Other key leadership appointments include:

• Karen DeMers, vice president, facilities & services, former director of administration at CFSV
  
• Bert Feuss, senior director, investments, former director of professional services at PCF
  
• Catherine Gowen, director, institutional giving, former development officer and Cisco giving counselor at CFSV
  
• Carol Welsh Gray, executive director, Raising A Reader®
  
• Frank Lalle, director of grantmaking, former senior program officer at PCF
  
• Michelle McGurk, senior director, media and community relations, former director of communications and marketing at CFSV
  
• Clint Mosso, creative director, former web designer/creative services officer at CFSV
  
• Anna Olsen, chief operating officer, Raising A Reader®
  
• Mauricio Palma, director, early learning initiatives, former project manager of the Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth and Families at PCF
  
• Jennifer Rowe, J.D., director, planned giving, former planned giving officer at CFSV
  
• Bheesham Sethi, vice president of development, director of development at Common Sense Media
  
• Debbie Silveira, senior director, former donor services manager at CFSV
• Leigh Stilwell, director, donor learning and connection, former senior program manager of philanthropic services at PCF
• Erica Wood, vice president, community initiatives, convening and research, former director of the Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth and Families