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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
  • 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.
  Carl E. Cookson Alliance Title (ret.)
  David Heagerty Coakley Heagerty Co.
  Joel Suty Lockheed Martin Space Systems (ret.)
Executive Director Pat Mitchell, SFCC  
Council of Chairmen Irwin Federman US Venture Partners
Founders Circle Chair Larry Sonsini Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati

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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.)
Craig Nordlund Agilent Technologies, Inc
Rabbi Daniel Pressman Congregation Beth David
Amy Purchase Reid Lombardo & Gilles LLP
Joyce Steakley Lockheed Martin Space Systems
De Tran V-Times
   
Meeting Times  

The Executive Committee usually meets
on the fourth Monday of each month, 8:30am - 10:00 am.

  • Next Executive meeting: Monday, June 29, 2009

The Board of Directors usually meets
on the fourth Thursday of each month, 8:30am - 10:00 am.

  • Next Board Meeting: Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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Past Board Members
Lon Allan The Harker School
Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio Sierra Ventures
Roy Avondet Deloitte & Touche LLP
Charles H. Brock Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel
Maryles Casto Casto Travel, Inc.
Dr. Leo Chavez  
Rich Christopher  
Paul M. Cook AgileTV
Hon. LaDoris Cordell Stanford University
Hon. Joe Coto State Assembly of California
Papken der Torossian Therma Wave
Phillip Drayer Kalydus
Robert Finnochio, Sr.  
Michael E. Fox, Sr. ME Fox Distributing
Robert Fox Fox Properties
Peter Giles The Tech Museum of Innovation
Hon. Ron Gonzales City of San Jose
Dr. Frank S. Greene New Vista Capital
Hon. Susan W. Hammer City of San Jose (ret.)
Dan Hancock Shapell Industries of No. California
Jay T. Harris  
Charles C. Harwood GE (ret.)
Mark Jensen Deloitte & Touche LLP
Larry Jinks San Jose Mercury News (ret.)
Phil Kipnis Pacific Coast Visions
Dr. David Klinger Lockheed, retired
Sandra Kurtzig  
Dr. David Lam Lam Research (ret.)
Chief William Lansdowne  
Abraham D. Lev  
Sydney Levin Levin Enterprises
Kenneth Levy KLA-Tencor Corporation
Fr. Paul Locatelli, SJ Santa Clara University
Arthur Lund  
Robert Marshall Selby Venture Partners
Sherman Naymark General Electric (ret.)
Larry Olmstead Leading Edge Associates
Richard Previte MarketFusion, Inc.
Myra Reinhard Pepper Lane Properties
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.)
Jack Tramiel  
Henry T. Yamate Petrinovich, Pugh & Co., LLP