Our Events
Who We Are What We Do Get Involved Contact Us
     
 

Who We Are

Our Mission

WE ARE The Human Relations People

WE DO
  1. Youth Leadership for an inclusive community
  2. Educational programs to reduce prejudice & teach respect
  3. Inter-religious partnership & understanding
  4. Conflict & Violence prevention
  5. Advocacy & assistance for crime victims

You May Know Us By Our Programs

  • Camp Everytown
  • Leadership Today
  • Common Ground Enrichment Institute
  • Building Connections (formerly Growing Circle)
  • Flash Judgments
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Student Contest
  • Extremes of Hate: Holocaust Studies & Critical Thinking
  • Experiencing Diversity & Interrupting Prejudice
  • Interfaith Dialogues
  • Victim Witness Assistance

SV FACES
Board Officers & Executive Committee

Chair Gordon Yamate Knight Ridder (ret.)
Treasurer Mandeep S. Dhillon Togetherville, Inc.
Council of Chairmen Irwin Federman US Venture Partners
Founders Circle Chair Larry Sonsini Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
  Carl E. Cookson Alliance Title (ret.)
  David Heagerty Coakley Heagerty Co.
Executive Director Pat Mitchell, SFCC  

top ^

Board of Directors
Chief Robert Davis San Jose Police Department
Hon. Len Edwards S. C. County Superior Court
Dr. Frank Fiscalini City of San Jose (ret.)
Phil Kipnis Pacific Coast Visions
Craig Nordlund Agilent Technologies, Inc
Larry Olmstead Leading Edge Associates
Rabbi Daniel Pressman Congregation Beth David
Amy Reid Reid & Reid Law
Joyce Steakley Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Joel Suty Lockheed Martin Space Systems (ret.)
De Tran V-Times

top ^

Executive Advisory Committee
Lon Allan Allan Advisors, Inc.
Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio Sierra Ventures
Illeana Benhamou  
Dr. Leo Chavez San Jose City College
Paul M. Cook AgileTV
Hon. LaDoris Cordell Stanford University
Hon. Joe Coto State Assembly of California
Phillip Drayer Kalydus
Robert Finnochio, Sr.  
Michael E. Fox, Sr. ME Fox Distributing
Robert Fox Fox Properties
Hon. Ron Gonzales City of San Jose
Dr. Frank S. Greene New Vista Capital
Hon. Susan W. Hammer City of San Jose (ret.)
Charles C. Harwood GE (ret.)
Larry Jinks San Jose Mercury News (ret.)
Dr. David Lam Lam Research (ret.)
Sydney Levin Levin Enterprises
Fr. Paul Locatelli, SJ Santa Clara University
Robert Marshall Selby Venture Partners
Sherman Naymark General Electric (ret.)
Myra Reinhard Pepper Lane Properties
Richard Previte MarketFusion, Inc.
Robert J. Saldich Commonwealth Club, Raychem (ret.)
Ann Skeet American Leadership Forum
William D. Smythe Smythe European (ret.)
Thomas W. Steipp Symmetricom, Inc.
Linda W. Sullivan NBC11 & Telemundo
Richard Tanaka Steinberg Group
Glen Toney Applied Materials (ret.)
Papken der Torossian Therma Wave
Rev. Ralph York United Methodist Church (ret.)