Our Advisory Councils
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Our chapter is supported by several generous and active Advisory Councils. For more information on the Advisory Councils, contact Info@sf.wish.org.
Isha Clark, Board Member
Ethan Davis, Committee Member
David Feinberg, Board Member
Todd Harrington, Board Member
Shenna Huynh, Committee Member
John Lloyd, Committee Member
Rashi Mehta, Board Member
Bryan O’Connell, Board Member
Patty Robbins, Chair/Board Member
George Sammut, Board Member
Heidi Silber, Committee Member
Chandra Welsh, Board Member
Karen Douglas, Committee Member
Julie Giampaoli, Committee Member
Jill Kearns, Co-Chair
Jan Kincaid, Committee Member
Loren Kimura, Committee Member
Leslie Visbal, Co-Chair
Bob Montgomery, Committee Member
Carolyn Morris, Committee Member
| Amber Borucki, MD, Stanford Medicine Children's Health | Sonia Partap, MD, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford | |
| Yen Kim Bui, MD, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California | Neela Penumarthy, MD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California | |
| Wendy Celaya, MA, CCLS, Coastal Kids Home Care | David Pincus, MD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California | |
| Irene Chang, MD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital | Leigh Ann Pincus, MSN, PNP | |
| Karen Chao, MD, Stanford Medicine Children's Health – SF | Lauren Mikula Schneider, Psy.D., Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford | |
| Christine Chung, MD, John Muir/Alta Bates Summit | Ami Shah, MD, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford | |
| Gwynne Church, MD, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital | Joseph Sullivan, MD UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital – Mission Bay | |
| Alex Fay, MD, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital | Denah Taggart, MD, Sutter Health | |
| Melvin Heyman, MD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital – Mission Bay | Lena Winestone, MD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital – Mission Bay | |
Ali Wolf Boghaert, Committee Member
Deborah Delis, Committee Member
Antonia Ehlers, Committee Member
Amanda Higgins, Chair
Deborah Kirk, Committee Member
Tony Majowicz, Committee Member
Melinda Marks, Committee Member
Emily Miller, Committee Member
Vinutha Narayan, Committee Member
Katherine Ann Rowlands, Committee Member
Sarah Staley, Committee Member
Melanie Wellbeloved, Committee Member
Chris Beasley, Committee Member
Cindy Bernhardt, Committee Member
Joe Hurwich, Committee Member
David Lonergan, Committee Member
Jason Schlesinger, Committee Member
Shaily Sanghvi, Board Member
John Sun, Treasurer/Committee Chair
Eric Takaha, Committee Member
Michael Winter, Board Member
Phillip Yim, Committee Member
Joe Hurwich, Committee Member
David Jensen, Chair
Rick Bennett, Committee Member
Vincis Casuga, Committee Member
Susi Egger, Committee Member
Cristina Gonzalez, Committee Member
Denise Pepp, Committee Member
Gina Raible, Committee Member
Leah Sautelet, Committee Member
Joy Shmueli, Committee Member
Jessica Shobar, Committee Member
Dana Smith, Committee Member
Sherrill Sleeter, Chair
John Villanueva, Committee Member
Our Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC) members act as ambassadors for our chapter through fundraising and advocacy activities. The council is made up of professionals under 45 years old who are passionate about being active and philanthropic members of their community.
Zach Levin, Chair, GoodRx
Justin Battat, Vice Chair & Community Partnerships Lead, Checkr
Alexandra Armando, Secretary, Crosstown Management Group
Dana Diefendorf, Member Experience & Social Lead, Glue
Caley Goldblatt, Marketing Lead, Adobe
Michael Millstein, Sponsorship & Raffle Lead, PwC
Abhishek Puri, Treasurer, Jiko
Abby Semcken, Mission Lead, LinkedIn
Reed Semcken, Recruiting Lead, Fiserv
| Phoebe Archbell, Augment Code | Preeti Gogulapati |
| Nate Carzon, Apple | Jordan Jackson, University of California, San Francisco |
| Nick Centis, JP Morgan | Adam Jakubowitz, JP Morgan |
| Courtney Clavon, Relyance AI | Schuyler Kennedy |
| Lauren Diefendorf, Apple | Rachel Kozkowski, Stanford Children's Hospital |
| Zoe Fisher, Apple | Elana Levy, UCSF Medical Center |
| Brad Green, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland | Onofre Pulido, EY |
The Youth Board is a philanthropy and leadership program open to students ages 13 to 18 in the Greater Bay Area who want to support Make-A-Wish by actively fundraising and spreading awareness.
Children are at the heart of Make-A-Wish and it is our goal to have students as advocates for a mission that supports their peers. The Youth Board creatively fundraises in a kid-friendly way, shares ideas to get kids involved, and gives members the opportunity to learn from a network of mentors and community leaders.
Dylan Lachance, Chair
Hudson Deisseroth, Wish Leader
Apu Dutta, Wish Leader
GG Gallagher, Wish Leader
Maitland Wais, Wish Leader
Caitlin Loughran, Wish Leader
Eva Rosenberg, Wish Leader
Runa Fukuda, Social Chair
Miuccia Yeung, Social Chair
Kate Uffelman, Newsletter Chair
Ellie Blanchard, Newsletter Chair
Olivia Schmitt, Secretary
Tanya Momand, Secretary
| Mariam Ahmad | Annabelle Roark Greenstein | Toby Montalban | Samantha Sherman |
| Arman Amiri | Rithik Gupta | Ruby Mouat | Vivian Shi |
| Ruth Andrews | Abby Haimovici | Pranavi Nandyala | Lisa Beheshta Shokoor |
| Gabrielle Baumgarten | Courtney Hamill | Claire O'Connor | Myles Staples |
| Finley Brown | Angella Huang | Annie O'Connor | Jasminder Taylor |
| Ava Buchholz | Tova Jaffe | Jack O'Connor | Rishika Tellamsetty |
| Cecilia Burdeny | Elise Johanson | JiEun Park | Maika Ting |
| Sophia Cinader | Avery Johanson | Soha Sachin Patel | Audrey Tseng |
| Evangeline D'Souza | David Como Jr. | Gavin Perry | Julia Ulvestad |
| Hannah Daneshpanah | Navya Kalahasti | Gabriel Perry | Ishani Vaidya |
| Claire Dillon | John Laipply | Alexandra Plette | Mikaela Vital |
| Dillon Gaber | Andrew Levitt | Anika Sampath | Colin Wicks |
| Lauren Gallagher | Ronan McGinty | Aria Sanghvi | Sunny Yang |
| Sanjana Gidwani | Debanshi Mishra | Ava Marie Santos | |
| Yael Gottesman | Gianna Marie Monske | Elizabeth Selna |
Wish It Forward Greater Bay Area is an alumni group for families who have experienced a wish with our chapter. The Wish It Forward Council is an incredible group of wish parents and alumnae/i who have stepped forward to help build a community that lives on beyond the wish experience and offers families opportunities to stay connected with our mission.
Milan Alas
Isabel Bueso
Nick Duguid
Mel Gurunathan
Lia Hanson, Co-Chair
Amy Hoffman, Co-Chair
Dan Laufer
Carolyn Morris
Kristina Stein