Rebecca Salner,
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
650.450.5525 orrsalner@siliconvalleycf.org

Two New Members Join Community Foundation Board

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Retired San Mateo County school superintendent Samuel Johnson Jr. and Robert A. Keller of JP Morgan have joined the board of directors of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

Johnson, who spent more than four decades in secondary education, is the former superintendent of the San Mateo Union High School District. He began his career as a mathematics teacher and over the years served the district as a principal, personnel director and associate superintendent of human relations and administrative services. Under his leadership and with voter approval, the district in 2006 received $298 million through Measure M to finance new construction and modernization.

Johnson has received numerous awards and recognition for his leadership and service to students. He has served on the boards of the San Mateo YMCA, the Mid-Peninsula Boys and Girls Club and United Way and currently is chairman of the Provident Credit Union Board of Directors.

Keller is a managing director in JPMorgan’s San Francisco office. Prior to joining JP Morgan, he had been a general partner of Rosewood Capital in San Francisco and an investment banker at Hambrecht & Quist, where he was head of the Internet investment banking group from 1995-2000.

Keller serves as vice chair of the Board of Directors of the Children’s Health Council in Palo Alto and is a member of the executive committee, finance committee and chair of the investment committee. He also serves on the board of the Hillsborough Schools Foundation.

"We are pleased that both Samuel and Robert have agreed to join the board," said Nancy H. Handel, chair of the community foundation's Board of Directors. "With Samuel’s expertise in education and Robert’s financial and investment experience, we are getting additional depth of knowledge in two areas that are critical to our core work."

Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge and a master’s degree from Stanford University, both in mathematics.

Keller, who grew up in New York City, received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Tufts University and his MBA from Harvard University.

About Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a catalyst and leader for innovative solutions to our region’s most challenging problems. Serving all of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, the community foundation has $1.7 billion in assets under management and 1,500 philanthropic funds. The community foundation provides grants through donor advised and corporate funds in addition to its own endowment funds. The community foundation serves as a regional center for philanthropy, providing donors simple and effective ways to give locally and around the world. Find out more at www.siliconvalleycf.org.