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.
Beryl Potter (Chair), Private Attorney
Isha Clark, Menlo Medical Clinic
Ethan Davis, King & Spaulding
Shannon Ghia, BlackRock
Shenna Huynh, Redis Labs
Jen Kelly, D8taMine
Ash Kulkarni, Elastic
John Lloyd
Chris Mironov
Patty Robbins, DoorDash
Heidi Silber, Golden State Warriors
George Sammut, Black Bear Diner
Leslie Visbal, Chair
Loren Kimura
Jan Kincaid
Rich Link
Delbert Ross
Jillian Kearns
Celine Mactaggart
Tillie Ross
Kit Thompson
Karen Douglas
Barbara Pedersen (Chair), PG&E
Jonathan Polkinghorn (Past Chair), Edward Jones
Bobbi K Beehler, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Michelle Ausburn, BPM LLP
Serena Lienau, Santa Rosa Violence Prevention Partnership
Katy Moranda, Jason Krist Electric
Lindsey Ehrlicher Styles, Engel & Volkers
Megan Nelson, Studio H Designs
Misty Platt, Mason McDuffie Commercial Real Estate
Becky O’Connell
Heidi Silber, Golden State Warriors
Scott Ormerod, Leap Solutions Group, Inc.
Chris Meadors, Realtor
Kelly Engel, Financial Advisor
Erin Whittle, Senior Portfolio Manager, Foundations
| Amber Borucki, MD, Stanford Children's Health | Lauren Mikula Schneider, Psy.D., Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford | |
| Yen Kim Bui, MD PhD F.A.S.E, Kaiser Permanente Northern California | Sonia Partap, MD, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford | |
| Wendy Celaya, MA, CCLS, Kaiser Permanente Northern California | Neela Penumarthy, MD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California | |
| Irene Chang, MD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital | David Pincus, MD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California | |
| Karen Chao, MD, Stanford Children Health in SF | Leigh Ann Pincus, MSN, PNP | |
| Christine Chung, CHO/John Muir/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 | |
| Alexandar Fay, MD, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital | Denah Taggart, MD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California | |
| Melvin Heyman, MD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital–Mission Bay | Lena Winestone, MD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital–Mission Bay | |
Amanda Higgins (Chair), Kaiser Permanente Northern California Region
Deborah Delis, Netskrt Systems Inc
Antonia Ehlers, Kaiser Permanente
Deborah Kirk, Diablo Publications
Tony Majowicz, KRON-TV
Melinda Marks, Enterprise Strategy Group
Katherine Ann Rowlands, Bay City News Service & Foundation
Paulien Ruijssenaars, AWS
Sarah Staley, StaleySash
Ash Baraghoush, Board Member
Betsy Biern, CEO
Chris Beasley, Committee Member
David Feinberg, Committee Member
David Lonergan, Committee Member
Eric Takaha, Committee Member
George Madrigal, Board Member/Past Chair/Treasurer
Jason Schlesinger, Committee Member
Joe Hurwich, Committee Member
John Sun, Board Member/FY25 Treasurer/Committee Chair
Kathleen Backus, Chief Development Officer
Phillip Yim, Committee Member
Shaily Sanghvi, Board Member
Shannon O'Shea, Board Member
Sean Barton, VP of Operations & Finance
Sean Barton, VP of Operations & Finance
Betsy Biern, CEO
Joe Hurwich, Committee Member
David Jensen, Code Advisors
Scott Mandel, Board Member
David Millstein, PwC (Retired)
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.
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Nancy Cherry Melanie Gurunathan Gwen Harsch Deborah Huber Lia Hanson Stacy Keegan Mantra Robinson Erich Rodden Kristina Stein Joyce Yee |