The Team

Team Introduction

All successful organizations have successful people behind them.  Here is a list of the outstanding members of our community which comprise our Executive and Advisory Board Team.

Founder:

Joseph A. Ekman, Board Member 

Our Senior Executives:

Peter Passatino, CPA, Board Member, Chief Financial Officer, Dublin, California

Vince Barletta, Board Member, Engineering/Medical Device Executive, Greatbatch, New York

Adela Ekman, Board Member, Retired, Hewlett Packard Corporation, Palo Alto, California

Advisory Board Members

Business Team:

Joseph Barone, President of Barone's Restaurant, Pleasanton, California

Communications Team:

Renee Gonzalez, Director of North American Communications, Santa Cruz, California

Michele Mehl, Co-Founder of Buzz Builders, Seattle, Washington 

Anna Swanson, Consultant, Northern California

Energy & Clean Solutions Team:

Tamra Cihla, Project Manager, Chevron Energy Solutions, San Francisco, California

Vic Rodrigo, Technical Services Department, PG&E, Cupertino, California

Financial Services Team:

Vahe Hovakimian, Consultant, Oakland, California

John Palladino, President and Fiduciary Investment Advisor, 401(k) & 403(b) Fiduciary Advisors, Inc., San Mateo, California 

Charlene Walcker, Financial Services Advisor, Northwest Mutual Financial Network. Walnut Creek, California

Fundraising Counsel Team:

Dr. Joann Kleinneiur, President, Revision Grants, Redwood Shores, California

Healthcare & Insurance Team:

Jennifer Alexander, Sr. Manufacturing Contract Admin, Sunnyvale, California

Robert Amjad, EMT, Med-Tech Services, San Jose, California

Bruce H. Bess, Ph.D., Consultant, Private Practice, Menlo Park, California

Deborah S. Bird, Clinical Research Associate, Abbott Molecular, Inc., Des Plaines, Illinois
Jenna L. Bonfield, Medical Examiner, Hawthorne Police Department, Hawthorne, California 
Shelly L. Brunner, Nurse Practitioner, Smooth SF, San Francisco, California

Julia Cox, Teacher, Pleasanton Unified School District, Pleasanton, California

Dave Osborn, Consultant, Boulder, Colorado

Lacrosse Coaches:

Paul M. Crowell, Jr., Bank of America, San Mateo, California

Curtis Hadzicki, Student, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

Alexander M. Jagielo, Student, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, California

Santos Olmos, Student, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

Wade Tam, Teacher, San Jose, California

Carlos Trujillo, Sales Executive, Brand Athletics / Nike Rep, San Jose, California

Real Estate & Development Team:

Mikel Hornsey, President, Duralife Painting, Sunnyvale, California

Kristi Kaady, Realtor, Keller Williams, Castro Valley, California

Terry McElroy, President, McElroy Properties, Los Gatos, California

Stephanie L. Scott, Realtor, Century 21, San Jose, California

Juliet Stanton, Vice President, V.P. Paoli & Company, Monte Sereno, California

Sales & Marketing Team:

Steve Anderson, President of Ketuchum Integration, San Jose, California

Rene F. Bernier, OEM Account Manager, Microsoft, Chicago, Illinois

Adam Carosso, Manager, Enterprise Holdings, Inc, San Jose, California 

John P. DeBrocke, Chicago, Illinois

James M. DesJardins, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, San Francisco, California

Dorinna DiSesso, Senior Director of Western U.S. Sales, About The Kids Foundation, Pleasanton, California 

Michael Drake, Regional Sales Manager, MetLife, Northern California

Wallace A. Gallaway, Unified Communications & Collaboration Manager, Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, California

Russell Granger, Buyer, Deakin Partners, Danville, California

Michael Nicosia, Sr. Director Field Sales, Citrix Systems, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Angelo Rossi, Canada Consulting & Realtor, Woodside, California

Student & Student Athlete Team:

Jimmy l. Callinan, Jr., Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project for Stanford University

Steven Figone, Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project for California State University Chico

Vincent Giglierano, Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project for St. Augustines College

Chris Giotinis, St. Mary's College,Vice President The ICE Standard Project North America Universities & Colleges

Christina Giotinis, Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project for Nortre Dame High School, Belmont, California

Connor Gorman, Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project for University of Southern California

Alex M. Jagielo, Vice President The ICE Standard Project for Sonoma State University & Europe

Neil Johnston, Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project for St. Mary's College

Luke Longinotti, Junipero High School, San Mateo, California, Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project Western Region High Schools

Connor McLeod, Junipero High School, San Mateo, California, Vice President The ICE Standard Project North America High Schools

Alex Mills, Junipero High School, San Mateo, California, Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project Northern California High Schools

Vanessa Neumann, Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project Burlingame High School, Burlingame, California

Jamal Shouman, Sr. Director The ICE Standard Project College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California

Technical & Software Team:
Christopher Brignone, CRM Technical Specialist, Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, California

Christopher Fry, Chief Scientist and Founder of Clear Methods, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sundeep Jaswal, Technical Support, Apple Computer, Cupertino, California

Mike Little,  Field Technical Sales Specialist, Ciber, Inc., Austin, Texas 

Greg Milhem, President, Page Access Software, Campbell, California 

Toby Muresianu, Consultant, Los Angeles, California

Zach Shallcross, Designer, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Eric J. Stanton, Student, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California

Kevin V. Stanton, Student, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California