Board Members

The NOVA Workforce Board (NOVA WB) addresses the workforce investment needs of Silicon Valley by directing and guiding NOVA and the NOVA Job Centers. Through its strategic initiatives, the Board works to promote economic opportunity and shared prosperity.

NOVA WB members come from leading-edge Silicon Valley companies and bring diverse and expert opinions that foster new and better ways of serving the community. These Board members help NOVA to create strategic alliances with businesses, the workforce development community, and other stakeholders.

The Board serves San Mateo County and the cities of Cupertino, Los Altos, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale within Santa Clara County. The City of Sunnyvale serves as lead on behalf of the eight jurisdictions in the NOVA consortium.

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Christopher Galy	Ten-X	Co-Chairperson
Jennifer Morrill	LinkedIn	Co-Chairperson
Julian Chu	Google	Vice Chairperson
Poncho Guevara	Sacred Heart Community Service	Vice Chairperson
Van Dang	Investor, Entrepreneur, Legal Advisor	Past Chairperson

Thomas Baity	RemX Specialty Staffing
Sinéad Borgersen	Veritas Technologies
Carl Cimino	Pipe Trades Training Center
Ladan S. Dalla Betta	Amazon
Lionel de Maine	Sequoia District Adult School
Ben Field	AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council
Rosanne Foust	San Mateo County Economic Development Association
Josué García	SC and SB Counties Building & Construction Trades Council
Dr. Hilary Goodkind	Cenetri Group
Brenda Guidry-Brown	Peninsula Family Service
Elaine Hamilton	MM Hamilton Financial Group
Katherine Harasz	Santa Clara County Housing Authority
Dr. James Hill	Organizational Performance Systems Inc.
Bruce Knopf	County of Santa Clara
Linda Labit	California Dept. of Rehabilitation
Stephen Levy	Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy
Maria Lucero	California Employment Development Department
Anita Manwani	Carobar Business Solutions
Micah Merrick	Emerald Cloud Lab Inc.
Dr. Judy Miner	Foothill-De Anza Community College District
James Ruigomez	San Mateo County Building & Construction Trades Council
Judy Sugiyama	Applied Materials
Andy Switky	Code Name Collective