Over 200 needy children are on our wait list for an Advocate
Board of Directors
Our board, staff and volunteer committees spearhead our efforts to provide stability and hope to abused and neglected children in Santa Clara County.
We have a diverse, active board representing a range of professional expertise in education, economic development, law, business planning, accounting and fundraising.
Officers
Mike Byrd (Chair) is a certified public accountant with more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience at high-tech companies, such as Ernst & Young and Maxim Integrated Products. Most recently, he was president and COO of Brocade Communications, responsible for operations, sales, services, and marketing.
Sridhar Ramanathan (Vice Chair) is General Partner and co-founder of Aventi Group, a consulting firm that specializes in accelerating revenue for technology companies. Sridhar is a 20-year veteran of enterprise technology companies with a long tenure at Hewlett-Packard where his last role was the Marketing executive and services portfolio manager for HP's Managed Services business. Sridhar holds a BS Engineering Physics from U.C. Berkeley and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. He and his wife, Gina, have four children and live in Livermore, California.
Howard Slayen (Treasurer) has over 35 years of experience in tax, merger and acquisition, and financial advisory services. He was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers for 23 years, prior to being CFO of a number of start-up enterprises. He is both a CPA (inactive) and an attorney (inactive). He now spends his time as a professional board member for a variety of nonprofit and publicly and privately held corporations.
Shirley Cantu (Secretary) is a retired Deputy Chief Probation Officer with 32 years of service. As a volunteer Shirley Cantu has been actively involved with programs that provide services to youth in our community. This includes volunteering with Eastfield Ming Quong, The United Way of Silicon Valley, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Bay Area. In 2006, she was the recipient of the Crystal Bowl Award presented by the Junior League of San Jose at their 37th annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon.
Vickie Scott Grove (Executive Director) is responsible for strategic direction, organizational management, fundraising, Board relations, program development and supervision of 23 staff and 450 volunteers. She has been an active Education Advocate since 2006. Vickie is also the Director of Development and oversees all aspects of fund development, public relations and communications. She has more than 28 years of finance, fundraising and nonprofit management consulting experience.
Directors
Lenny Alugas is senior vice president of Worldwide eCommerce at Symantec Corporation. He has over 25 years of experience in high-technology companies including several senior level management positions at Multitude, Excite@Home and Hewlett-Packard. Lenny is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana and holds a degree in Physics and Mechanical engineering.
Xavier Campos is a San Jose City Council Member. Before being elected to the city council, Xavier served on the San Jose Planning Commission for 8 years where he was able to direct land use policies and applications for new developments. Xavier is the former Chief Operating Officer of the Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA). During his 20 years at MACSA, Xavier designed and operated programs for East San Jose's most vulnerable populations including youth education, gang-prevention, senior housing and support. Xavier grew up in East San Jose , and attended local public schools his whole life. He also serves on the boards of the Greater San Jose After School All-Stars and is a founding member of the Latino Leadership Alliance.
David Enemark is a partner of The Hall Walsworth Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and has been in the financial services industry for six years. His primary focus is creating wealth analysis and planning strategies for the team's clients. David graduated with All Ivy Honors for Brown University with B.A. degrees in Economics and Sociology. To earn his certified financial planner™ designation, David completed two years worth of educational requirements and passed a 10-hour certification examination. As part of his career-long commitment to meet the ever-changing needs of his clients, David spends 30 hours every two years in continuing education classes. David abides by the CFP® Board's Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility and the Financial Planning Practice Standards. David rows competitively around the country and holds the Brown University school record for the individual 20,000 meter time. David is an active Child Advocate volunteer and he serves on the El Camino Hospital Planned Giving Council. David lives with his wife in Palo Alto.
Terence Fox is President of M.E. Fox & Company; a family owned and operated beer and beverage distributorship. He has over 15 years of sales and marketing experience having worked as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for M.E. Fox & Company and Sales Manager for the Gordon Biersch Brewing Company. He received a BA degree in Political Science from the University of San Diego.
Kevin Gardner is a marketing consultant with 25 years of experience in product marketing and marketing communications in semiconductors, networking and computing services. He was a Child Advocate volunteer for two teenage boys and has served on the Child Advocates board for ten years, including two years as it Chair. Kevin is also Board President of the California CASA Association, and Chair of the Steering Committee of the Outlet Program in Mountain View.
André Luu is Vice President and Regional Director of The Private Bank at Union Bank. Andre has more than 25 years experience in banking and the financial services industry. Prior to returning Union Bank of California in 2007, he was a Senior Private Banker at Wells Fargo PCS, where he provided comprehensive wealth management services to high net worth individuals and their families. Previously, he spent ten years with large global financial institutions in Singapore and Hong Kong where he assisted multinational companies with their global financing needs. Andre is fluent in French, Cantonese, Mandarin and is conversant in Vietnamese. Andre has an MBA from the University of Southern California in addition to a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He holds a series 7 and 63 NASD licenses and State of California Life and Health license.
Mark MacLennan is president of SVB Capital, responsible for the company's significant network of relationships with venture capitalists and investment funds. MacLennan was previously head of SVB’s Global Financial Services. Prior to joining SVB Financial Group, MacLennan was a managing director of the Private Equity Group at Century Capital Management, Inc. in Boston, where he managed a portfolio of private equity investments and led fundraising for the company's latest private equity fund. During his 21 years at BankBoston, MacLennan held a variety of management and leadership positions, including serving on the Board of Directors and Investment Committee of BancBoston Capital, one of the largest and most diversified of bank-oriented investors. During his tenure, MacLennan also had responsibility for the Global, Multinational and Specialized Lending businesses, which included managing the global High Technology lending area for several years.
Raul Mujica is CEO of KinKast, a recently launched startup looking to take social engagement to the next level by making it effortless, impulsive and visceral. Raul has been building products and brands at leading companies and start-ups for more than 17 years. Mr Mujica has held marketing executive and managerial positions at several technology companies including Untangle, Elance, AOL, Netscape, and Hewlett Packard where he introduced innovative products and increased market share. Raul holds a B.S. in Finance from Georgetown University and an MBA from New York University. He lives in Los Altos, CA and is an avid skier, digital photographer and coach of his sons’ sports teams.
Dana Nunn is an independent marketing consultant with more than 15 years of experience in marketing and business strategy. She has worked with a wide range of technology companies, academic institutions, and venture capital firms, and is passionate about merging her business expertise with the non-profit sector serving at risk youth. She holds a PhD in Marketing from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
James Otieno has over 20 years of experience in Compensation, Benefits, and Human Resources. He recently retired from Hewlett-Packard where he was the Vice President of Executive Compensation and Services. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, a member of the Conference Board Council on Executive Compensation, and serves on the board of World at Work.
Kathryn J. Williams has been a longtime Advocate for women and children. She is a well-known lecturer on domestic violence education and prevention and has spoken regularly to police officers, healthcare professionals, cosmetologists and students at numerous colleges and universities since 1994. Additionally, she has developed and implemented a state-mandated domestic violence training sequence for Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). Kathryn has served as a Child Advocate since 1997, Chair, Vice Chair, and Treasurer and is currently the Secretary of the Board of Directors for Child Advocates of Silicon Valley.