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CONTACT JOE EYRE
650-949-5908
Joe.eyre@losaltoscf.org
BOARD OFFICERS
Sherie Dodsworth, Co-Chair
Claudia Coleman, Co-Chair
Kevin Schick, Treasurer
Henry Roux
Corporate Secretary
Dennis Young
Past Board Chair
BOARD MEMBERS
Cam and Albert Chan
Christina Chu
Claudia Coleman
Sherie Dodsworth
Judy Hannemann
Mike Kasperzak
Crysta Krames
Bob Kresek
George Limbach
Marilyn Manning Lonergan
Nancy Manning
Scott Riches
Henry Roux
Kevin Schick
George Stafford
Emy & Jim Thurber
Dennis Young
PROGRAMS
Anabel Pelham
Center for Age Friendly Excellence
Emy Thurber
Community Grants
Claudia Coleman
Leadership Education
Advancement (LEAD)
Annette Graff
Los Altos Mediation Program (LAMP)
Sherie Dodsworth
Los Altos Prepare
Dee Gibson/Janet Tornow
MVLA Community Scholars
King Lear
Neutra House
Karen Duncan
PrimeTime
Ruth Patrick
WOMEN~SV
Skye Delano
Youth in Philanthropy (E3)
STAFF
Joe Eyre, Executive Director
Roy Lave, Executive Director, Emeritus
Monica Davis, Administration
Geneva DePaola, Accounting
Hank Drew, IT
Vanessa Yamzon, Finance
November 27, 2013
Los Altos Community Foundation adds active community volunteers to its
Board of Directors.
Los Altos Community Foundation has added six new active community
volunteers to its Board of Directors: Christina Chu, Mike Kasperzak, Crysta
Krames, Bob Kresek, Kevin Schick, and Brenda Taussig have all joined within
the last two quarters. The Board now contains 18 members.
“The new board members add to the talent, perspective, and community focus
of the LACF Board and will further enable the Foundation to positively impact
our community,” said Joe Eyre, Executive Director.
Los Altos Community Foundation, founded in 1991, improves Los Altos, Los
Altos Hills, and Mountain View by promoting, fostering, and sponsoring
philanthropy. It does this through grantmaking, program management and
fiscal sponsorship, charitable funds, and community leadership.
Christina Chu who grew up in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, currently owns her
real estate firm, Silicon Tech Realty Inc. She has volunteered with Child
Advocates, and has fundraised and donated to the Mountain View El Camino
YMCA.
Crysta Krames has a Masters in Public Administration from San Jose State
University. She currently is the Development Director for Family & Children
Services of Silicon Valley. She is a member of the Los Altos Rotary, serving as
the Director of Fine Art and the Park for the past two years.
Mike Kasperzak has extensive public service experience. He is serving in his
fourth term on the Mountain View City Council and has served twice as Mayor.
He has been on a number of Bay Area boards and commissions, has been
President of the League of California Cities and is now on the Board of the
National League of Cities. Mike is a commercial mediator with Silicon Valley
Mediation Group and has practiced law for 11 years. He is now a member of
the Advisory Board of Nextdoor.com and on the Board of Acterra.
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Bob Kresek, CFP®, CIMC®, is a Principal at Buckingham Asset Management LLC, where he is a
personal financial advisor to Silicon Valley executives and venture capital firm partners. Previously
Bob served as vice president of two high-technology start-ups and held numerous management
positions over 18 years with Hewlett-Packard Company. Bob formerly served as Board Member and
Board President for the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford.
Kevin Schick has a Finance degree from Marquette University and MBA from Northwestern. During
his career he served in a number of financial executive roles with several companies, including 27
years with Con-Way, Inc., a $5.5B freight transportation and logistics company. He is now an active
community volunteer with the Los Altos Rotary, Roadrunners, and the El Camino Hospital.
Brenda Taussig is currently the Government and Community Relations Manager for El Camino
Hospital, collaborating with community leaders to improve the health and quality of life in the
cities the hospital serves, and working with elected leaders on health policy and legislation.
Prior to her tenure at El Camino, she worked for two members of the California legislature,
mostly recently state Senator Joe Simitian. Brenda was also an executive with Planned
Parenthood affiliates in Arizona and Chicago, and taught at the community college level.
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