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I've lived here since I was 8 years old. I always thought I was an American citizen. But when I applied for a Social Security card and a college scholarship, I learned my parents had never properly secured my legal status.

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Board of Directors

Our distinguished board of directors is representative of Silicon Valley's legal, corporate and community leadership.

Co-Chairs

  • Mark Malovos
    Bank of America
  • Neal Potischman
    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Treasurer

  • Thomas W. Kellerman       
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Secretary

  • Brendan Cullen
    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Immediate Past Co-Chairs

  • William F. Abrams
    Bingham McCutchen LLP

  • Matthew H. Poppe
    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • Denis R. Salmon
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Members

  • Patricia M. Aguilar
    Coldwell Banker
  • Craig Y. Allison
    Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
  • Daniel W. Ballesteros
    Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel Inc
  • Mary Dent
    SVB Financial Group
  • Michelle T. Friedland
    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
  • Hon. Catherine Gallagher (Ret.)
    JAMS
  • Patrick E. Gibbs
    Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Philip Hammer
    Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel Inc
  • Brian Hunt
    ALM
  • Andy Huntington
    Bay Area News Group
  • Edward D. Johnson
    Mayer Brown LLP
  • Bill Klein
    Hopkins & Carley
  • Ken Kuwayti
    Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • Brian Martin
    KLA-Tencor Inc.
  • Suzan A. Miller
    Intel Corporation
  • Brian Napper
    FTI Consulting
  • Kenneth L. Nissly  
    O'Melveny & Myers LLP
  • James Pampinella
    Navigant Consulting LLP
  • Anne Rogaski
    Kilpatrick Townsend LLP
  • Peter Root
    Kaye Scholer LLP
  • Timothy Scott
    King & Spalding LLP
  • Paul Searles
    Haynes & Boone LLP
  • James Snell
    Bingham McCutchen LLP
  • Emmett C. Stanton
    Fenwick & West LLP
  • Shannon Stein
    Law Office of Shannon Stein
  • Joseph Sweeney
    Applied Materials, Inc.
  • Robert Taylor
    Arnold & Porter LLP
  • Chester Te
    SVB Financial Group
  • Garrett Waltzer
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

General Counsel Committee Chair

  • Andy Huntington
    Bay Area News Group

Amicus Committee Co-Chairs

  • Julie Davies
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • Ilan Hornstein
    Sidley Austin LLP

Ex-Officio

  • Christine Burdick
    Santa Clara County Bar Association

Consulting Director

  • Barbara Beerstein
    Beerstein Associates

Emeritus Board Members

  • Christopher Braun
    ALM
  • Boris Feldman
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP
  • Ian Feinberg
    Mayer Brown LLP
  • Hon. John Flaherty (Ret.)
    JAMS
  • A.C. Johnston
    Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • Luther Orton
    Snyder Miller & Orton LLP
  • John Place
  • William Priest
    The Priest Law Offices
  • James E. Towery
    The State Bar of California
  • Hon. Erica R. Yew
    Santa Clara County Superior Court