Board Officers
- Staci Slaughter (Chair), Senior Vice President, Communications and Special Advisor to the CEO, San Francisco Giants, San Francisco
- John Murray (Vice Chair), CEO, Paypro Corporation, San Francisco
- Gordon Ritter (Treasurer), Founder and General Partner Emergence Capital Partners, San Francisco
- Grace Won, (Secretary), Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Lynn Mellen Wendell (Assistant Secretary), Civic Leader, San Francisco
Board Trustees
- Odette Alcazaren-Keeley, President & Co-Founder, Global Media X; Director, Maynard Institute, Burlingame
- Eric Alt, Managing Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Hall Capital Partners LLC., San Francisco
- John C. Atwater, Co-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Prime Group, San Francisco
- Janice Barger, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Darren Bechtel, Founder & Managing Director, Brick & Mortar Ventures, San Francisco
- Jennifer Cabalquinto, Chief Financial Officer, 2k, Oakland
- Martha Ehmann Conte, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Charmaine Curtis, Real Estate Developer, Curtis Development, San Francisco
- Shane Douglas, Global Product Partnerships – Social Impact Google, Washington DC
- Jesse Eisenhardt, Cinematographer, San Francisco
- Julie Flynn, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Rodney Fong, President & CEO, Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco
- Vanessa Tapia Hartigan, Co-Founder and President, Muse, San Francisco
- Luis Herrera, City Librarian (retired), Benicia
- Linda Howell, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Patsy Ishiyama, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Dan Kingsley, Managing Partner, SKS Partners, San Francisco
- Martha Kropf, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Larry Low, Chief Operating Officer, Ascend Leadership, San Francisco
- Saul Macias, Vice President for Human Resources, Marin Community Foundation, Novato
- Whitney Mortimer, Partner, IDEO, Sebastopol
- Melanie Peña, Civic Leader, Mill Valley
- Jake Schatz, Chief Legal Officer, Electronic Arts Inc., San Francisco
- Jennie Lehua Watson, Civic Leader, San Francisco
Board Associates
- Frank Almeda, Ph.D., Senior Curator, Department of Botany, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
- Fritz Arko, President and General Manager, Pier 39, San Francisco (retired)
- Michael R. Barr, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco
- Leslie Browne, Partner, SSL Law Firm, San Francisco
- Mark W. Buell, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Virgil Caselli, Commercial Property Ventures, Belvedere
- Milton Chen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Executive Director Emeritus, The George Lucas Educational Foundation, San Rafael
- David Courtney, General Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Crosslink Capital, San Francisco
- Carlota del Portillo, Dean, Mission Campus, City College of San Francisco
- Phelps Dewey, President, Chronicle Publishing Company, Book Division, San Francisco
- Paula F. Downey, President, California State Automobile Association (retired)
- Millard Drexler, Chairman and CEO, J. Crew, New York
- Betsy Eisenhardt, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Gianni Fassio, Owner, Palio D’Asti (retired)
- Robert Fisher, Member, Board of Directors, Gap, Inc., San Francisco
- Randi Fisher, Pisces Foundation, San Francisco
- Jessica Galloway, Nurse Practioner, San Francisco Free Clinic, San Francisco
- John Gamble, Managing Partner, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, LLP, Carmel (retired)
- David Grubb, Chairman Emeritus, Swinerton, Inc., San Francisco
- Walter J. Haas, Member, Board of Directors, Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco
- Sally Hambrecht, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Charlene Harvey, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- S. Dale Hess, Executive Vice President, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (retired)
- Kit Hinrichs, Founder, Studio Hinrich, San Francisco
- Sujay Jaswa, Founder & Managing Partner, WndrCo LLC, San Francisco
- Colin Lin, Managing Partner, Blum Capital Partners (retired), Sausalito
- Phil Marineau, Partner, LNK Partners, New York
- John McCosker, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and First Chair of Aquatic Research, California Academy of Sciences (Retired), Mill Valley
- Amy McCombs, Lee Hills Chair of Free Press Studies, Missouri School of Journalism
- Nion McEvoy, Chairman and CEO, Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco
- Robert Morris, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., San Francisco (retired)
- Regina Liang Muehlhauser, President, Bank of America, (retired)
- Donald W. Murphy, Founder, The Andes Institute
- Jacob E. Perea, Ph.D., University Dean for Social Justice Initiatives, Emeritus, San Francisco State University
- Mark W. Perry, Strategic Advisor & General Partner, New Enterprise Associates (retired)
- Rob Price, Co-Chairman & Creative Director, Eleven, Inc., San Francisco
- John Pritzker, Founding Partner & Director, Geolo,Capital, San Francisco
- Toby Rosenblatt, Former Chair, Board of Directors, Presidio Trust, San Francisco
- Alexander H. Schilling, Chairman, Tangent Fund Management
- Helen Schwab, Civic Leader, Atherton
- Alan Seelenfreund, Chairman, McKesson Corporation, San Francisco (retired)
- West Shell III, Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman, Coversa Health, San Francisco
- Rich Silverstein, Co-Chairman & Creative Director, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco
- Cathy Simon, Principal, Perkins+Will, San Francisco
- Jessica Verrilli, General Partner at GV, Founding Partner #ANGELS, Seattle
- Michael Willis, Principal, Michael Willis Architects, San Francisco
- Sharon Y. Woo, Civic Leader, San Francisco
- Nuria Santamaria Wolfe, Co-Founder & CEO, Encantos Media Studios, San Francisco
- Rosemary Young, Former Chair, Peninsula Community Foundation, San Mateo
Board Liaisons
- Amanda Hoenigman, Civic Leader, Liaison to the Parks Conservancy Leaders Circle
- Julie Parish, Landscape Designer, Liaison to the Parks Conservancy Leaders Circle Emeritus
About
The leaders of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy bring decades of experience, innovation, and accomplishment to serve these parks and our communities. Alongside their passionate and dedicated staff, they are united in their vision and commitment to care for the Bay Area’s national parks and ensure the benefits are accessible to all.