In everything we do, we are working to build a strong, vibrant, and healthy Bay Area where neighbors work together to create opportunities for all. Our powerhouse Board of Directors and Advisory Council members embody this vision. Carefully cultivated from all sectors of our community, this distinguished group of leaders invests their time, passion, and resources to fight for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in the Bay Area. We could not do what we do without their strategic guidance and support, and we hold ourselves accountable to you and them.
ADAM BLAYLOCK
Audit Partner Ernst & Young LLP
MICHELLE BRANCH
Founding Attorney Branch Law Group
PIERRE BREBER
Executive Vice President Chevron Gas and Midstream
OUSMANE CABA
Partner PwC
JIM FOLEY
Lead Regional President Pacific North Region Wells Fargo Bank
DAVE HEACOCK
Community Volunteer
JAMES HERBERT III
President LendingHome Corporation, First Republic Bank
KEVIN JOHNSON
Vice President, Portfolio Manager & Investment Analyst Dodge & Cox
GOPA KUMAR
Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
TOM LEIBOWITZ
Vice President & Chief Actuary Delta Dental of California
DAVID LONGHURST
Treasurer Dodge & Cox Funds
PETE MANZO
Chief Executive Officer United Ways of California
GIOIA MCCARTHY
Managing Director, Northwest Division Executive Consumer Banking & Investments San Francisco-East Bay Markets President Bank of America
ANNA MOK
Regions Leader & Partner Deloitte & Touche LLP
JIM OLSON
Counsel (Retired) Jones Day
JASON RODRIGUEZ
Vice President and Head of WW Microsoft Alliance
MATT ROGERS
Director (Retired) McKinsey & Company
ERIC T. STREET
Group Controller Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of San Francisco, LLC
BOB WALKER
Community Volunteer
The Advisory Council ensures that United Way Bay Area has broad representation, insights, and perspectives from our eight-county Greater Bay Area region and includes members from our volunteers, supporters/donors, community partners, labor movement and people with lived experience with United Way programs and services. The Advisory Council, which can have up to 40 members, provides guidance on fundraising and community impact and reports to our Board of Directors. Meetings are held every 4 months, plus one additional meeting, for a total of 4 times per year.
If you have an interest in being considered for open positions on our Advisory Council, or you would like to nominate a candidate, please review the expectations and commitments of our Advisory Council. After review, please submit the nomination for consideration.
A full listing of our governance and advisory bodies and subcommittees can be found here.
If you have an interest in being considered for open positions on our Advisory Council, or you would like to nominate a candidate, please review the expectations and commitments of our Advisory Council. After review, please submit the nomination for consideration. A full listing of our governance and advisory bodies and subcommittees can be found below.
Advisory Council,: expectations and commitments Submit Nomination Full Listing of Governance and Advisory Bodies and Subcommittees