Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Executive Officers
Aaron Aknin
Chair of the Board
Principal & Co-Owner, Good City Company
Simon North
Vice Chair - Economic Development
Principal/Vice President, BKF Engineers
Manuel Martinez
Vice Chair - Membership Services, Funding & Communications
Owner, LV Mar / La Viga
Jamillah Moore
Vice Chair - Community Development
Vice President- Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, SFSU
Don Cecil
Vice Chair - Governmental Relations
Principal, MC2 Bay Area Public & Government Affairs Consulting
Bill Graham
Chief Financial Officer
Health Care Consultant
Lennies Gutierrez
Past Chair of the Board 2023 - 2025
Government Affairs Strategist
Rosanne Foust
Deputy Chair of the Board
President & CEO, San Mateo County Economic Development Association (SAMCEDA)
Amy Buckmaster
President & Chief Executive Officer
Chamber San Mateo County
Chamber San Mateo County Board
Term Expiring 2025
Evan Boyd
Vice President and Region Manager, Recology
John Fong
President, Kenson Ventures
Julie Lind
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, San Mateo Labor Council
Rich Sacher
Executive Vice President & District Manager, Graniterock
Charles Stone
Partner, Goethals & Stone, PC
Term Expiring 2026
April Chan
General Manager/CEO, Samtrans
Leah Cowan
Government Relations Manager, Sutter Health
Greg Greenway
Executive Director, Seaport Industrial Association
Dawn Jedkins
Co-CEO, DES Architects + Engineers
Kate Mosley
Owner, OrangeTheory Fitness Redwood City
Seamus Murphy
Executive Director, WETA
Mark Murray
Principal, Lane Partners
Jason Webb
Vice President, Real Estate and Operations, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Lucy Wicks
Assistant Vice President, Government Affairs, Stanford University
Term Expiring 2027
Diana Bautista
Government Relations Manager, Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Ellen Kamei
Director of Government Affairs and Public Information Officer Foothill/De Anza Community College District
Clay Jones
President & CEO, Heritage Bank of Commerce
Samantha Friesz
Development Executive, Google
Chris Weber
Director, Real Estate & Facilities, Oracle Corporation
Chris Lunny
Global Real Estate and Facilities, Meta
Rhovy Lyn Antonio
Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, California Apartment Association
Robert Tersini
Senior Vice President, Real Estate & Development, The Sobrato Organization
Kristine Zortman
Executive Director, Port of Redwood City
Term Expiring 2028
Yayu Lin
President, Commercial Development + Advisory, Sares Regis Group of Northern California
Elmer Martinez Saballos
Director of Community Engagement and Public Affairs, LifeMoves
Vincent Way
Area Operations Manager, Graniterock
Moses Zapien
Executive Vice President, Community Action, Initiatives and Policy, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Chamber San Mateo County Past Chair Council
Peter Tsai
Principal, Cadence Investments
2022
Mario Rendon
District Director, Office of Congressman Kevin Mullin
2020 & 2021
Steve Elliott
Managing Director of Real Estate Development, Stanford University
2017 & 2018
Stacey Wagner
Director of Public Affairs, Kaiser Permanente
2012 & 2013
Ben Paul
Executive Managing Director, Cushman and Wakefield
2011
Jeff Gee
Vice President, Swinerton Management & Consulting
2008
Rosanne Foust
President & CEO, San Mateo County Economic Development Association (SAMCEDA)
2003
Jim Hartnett
CEO, HJSR Solutions LLC
2002
Alyn Beals
President & CEO, Beals Martin, Inc.
2001 & 2010
Dani Gasparini
Owner, GB Consulting
1999
