LeaderSpring’s Annual Luncheon
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of San Francisco
Join the San Francisco Bay Area's best and brightest leaders for LeaderSpring's annual
luncheon to explore untapped possibilities for our leadership, individually and
collectively. Learn and be inspired from accomplished leaders who are at the forefront of
change in our neighborhoods and network with LeaderSpring’s growing community. Over
150 of the top social sector leaders will be in attendance.
Confirmed speakers and event leaders include:
Deborah Alvarez
– Rodriguez
Interim President
and CEO at East
Bay Community
Foundation
Sandra Pham
Vice President at
Kaiser
Permanente
Kaushik Roy
Executive
Director at The
Shanti Project
Sponsorship Levels
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Visionary Leadership Sponsors—$25,000
Commitment to Excellence Sponsors—$15,000
Innovation Sponsors—$10,000
Best Practices Sponsors—$5,000
Mentor Sponsors—$2,500
Community Sponsors—$1,000
*See bios below
Mahla Shaghafi
Senior Vice
President at
Union Bank
Mary Stutts
Leadership
Expert, Speaker,
and Author
Confirmed Speakers
Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez is the Interim Executive Director of the East Bay Community
Foundation and former CEO of Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin
Counties. She serves on the board of the East Bay Community Foundation, The Harwood Institute,
and Independent Sector. With over 25 years of executive management experience spanning the
non-profit, philanthropic, public, and private sectors, Deborah has a track record of catalyzing
change within organizations, and leading them toward greater innovation, accountability, and
responsiveness.
Kaushik Roy has served as the Executive Director of The Shanti Project since 2008. Shanti is one
of San Francisco’s oldest community organizations supporting people with HIV/AIDS or cancer.
Kaushik started volunteering at Shanti in 2004 and joined Shanti’s staff in 2006. He holds a B.A.
from UC Berkeley and is a graduate of the Metta Institute's End-of-Life Care Practitioner Program.
He recently completed the LeaderSpring Fellowship Program and currently serves on the City of
San Francisco’s LGBT Aging Policy Task Force.
Mary Stutts, Vice President of External Affairs at Comcast California, has built a career committed
to the pursuit of excellence. She has worked extensively in the health care industry, including
corporate relations and public affairs leadership positions at Genentech, Bristol-Myers Squibb,
Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Elan, United Health Group, and Kaiser Permanente. She is regularly
featured at conferences and in broadcast and print media, and has authored articles for publications
including Leadership Excellence and Entrepreneur magazines. Mary is author of the book, The
Missing Mentor: Women Advising Women on Power, Progress and Priorities.
Host Committee Co-Chairs
Sandra Pham, Vice President at Kaiser Permanente, has a strong reputation in executive
leadership, strategic planning, accountable care organization development, physician integration
and alignment, business development, and financial management. Previously, Sandra worked in the
area of international healthcare as a consultant for international relief organizations. Today, Sandra
serves on the boards of LeaderSpring, Women's Initiative for Self Employment, and the Yale
Healthcare Conference. As a leadership coach, Sandra helps individuals navigate transitions,
unleashing their full potential and facilitating their ability to achieve their goals.
Mahla Shaghafi, Senior Vice President at Union Bank, leads a team of specialists in wealth
planning, investments, risk management, fiduciary services, and banking. She is chair of Union
Bank’s Foundation – Northern/Central California, and is on the board of the California State
University of East Bay Education Foundation, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre Corporate Advisory
Council, and the Executive Council Women’s Initiative. The San Francisco Business Times named
Mahla one of the "Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business" every year between 2009 and
2012, and named her the “Forever Most Influential” in 2013. Other honors include CSU East Bay’s
Alumni of the Year Award in 2003 and the Women's Initiative for Self-Improvement Founder's
Award in 2011.