BUILDING A STRONGER SILICON VALLEY
Together, our leaders deliver positive community change.
Our Leaders
Jim Hori
President & CEO
For the last 22 years, Jim Hori has held leadership positions at the Silicon Valley Bank, most recently as Managing Director, in tandem with 19 years as the President of the Silicon Valley Bank Foundation. During his tenure, the foundation has substantially grown its financial impact within the community, and Jim has been recognized twice with both the President’s Award and the Community Service Award.
Deeply committed to serving his community, Hori has been on the YMCA of Silicon Valley Board of Directors for more than 10 years and served as Chairman for three years ending in 2021. He also served on the Hope Services Board of Directors for 15 years, including two years as Board Chair.
Deeply committed to serving his community, Hori has been on the YMCA of Silicon Valley Board of Directors for more than 10 years and served as Chairman for three years ending in 2021. He also served on the Hope Services Board of Directors for 15 years, including two years as Board Chair.
Mary Hoshiko Haughey
Chief Operating Officer
Mary is passionate about the programmatic magic found in the intersection between youth development, education and healthy living – creating impact for all members of our community. With over 42 years of YMCA leadership experience, Mary is committed to community partnerships; truly believing working together creates lasting change. Mary currently oversees our YMCA operations and serves as a national leader for the YMCA movement in expanded learning programs and youth health and wellness.
Karla Jessup
Chief Administrative & Strategy Officer
Karla joined the YMCA of Silicon Valley’s Human Resources team in 2016 following 13 years at YMCA of the Triangle in Raleigh, North Carolina. With 20+ years of human resources and management experience, that spans for-profit to nonprofit, her extensive experience leading HR initiatives supports the vision of YMCA of Silicon Valley. Karla’s expertise includes policy design, compensation, performance management, recruiting, compliance reporting, HRIS implementations, HR workflow development, and benefits administration.
Patty Rally
Chief Development Officer
Patty Rally brings to the YMCA decades of experience in leadership roles with corporate, community, sports, and service organizations. Most recently, she served as the Chief Development Officer for JobTrain, a long-standing workforce development organization, where she more than doubled the fund development budget, launched and led a $45M capital campaign, and helped the organization grow tremendously.
Patty is native to the Bay Area, has raised her family here, and has been committed to serving the lives of individuals and families to make our community better. Patty earned her BA in Political Economics from UC Berkeley, and her MA in Sport Management from the University of San Francisco.
Patty is native to the Bay Area, has raised her family here, and has been committed to serving the lives of individuals and families to make our community better. Patty earned her BA in Political Economics from UC Berkeley, and her MA in Sport Management from the University of San Francisco.
Jim McGowan
Vice President of Government Relations
With a career in advocacy and government relations spanning several decades, Jim began as a staffer with the Minnesota State Senate Finance Committee. He drew from that experience as a volunteer parent advocate before transitioning into professional roles, including as the State Advocacy Director for the American Diabetes Association, Executive Director of the Minnesota Alliance of YMCAs, and State Advocacy Director for the YMCA of the Y-USA.
Jim has earned numerous awards recognizing his advocacy in key areas such as health insurance reimbursement, access to diabetes education, nutritional counseling, school care improvement, and ending discrimination against children with Type 1 diabetes in schools, and adults with diabetes in their workplaces.
In 2023, Jim brought his experience to the YMCA of Silicon Valley. Here, he continues to support our community by advocating for the Y’s programs, services, and initiatives to public officials. He seeks Federal, State, and local opportunities for funding, and is instrumental in building our advocacy capacity to proactively influence public policy in the areas of Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility.
Jim has earned numerous awards recognizing his advocacy in key areas such as health insurance reimbursement, access to diabetes education, nutritional counseling, school care improvement, and ending discrimination against children with Type 1 diabetes in schools, and adults with diabetes in their workplaces.
In 2023, Jim brought his experience to the YMCA of Silicon Valley. Here, he continues to support our community by advocating for the Y’s programs, services, and initiatives to public officials. He seeks Federal, State, and local opportunities for funding, and is instrumental in building our advocacy capacity to proactively influence public policy in the areas of Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility.
Erin O’Toole
Vice President of Financial Development
Erin brings almost 20 years of success leading teams and strategic development initiatives for organizations including the Alzheimer’s Association, Habitat for Humanity, and Second Harvest. She has helped raise $20 million+ to support impacts of community benefit organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Through direct experience with the Y as a member and Project Cornerstone volunteer, she has seen the effects of Y programs on local youth and families, and is excited to work with the community to expand and deepen the Y impact throughout Silicon Valley.
Our Board
Gaurav Vijayvargiya, Chair
Entrepreneur, Founder, Moaiapp
Jill Bourne
City Librarian, San José Public Library
Mei Chui
Sector Head Credit Solutions, Silicon Valley Bank
Leah Cowan
Manager - Government Relations, Sutter Health
Janice Fry
Consultant; Retired Executive, Sun Microystems
Mark Johnsen
CEO, Wealth Architects LLC
David Kennedy
Vice President of Alumni Affairs, Duke University
Jill Kispert, Past Chair
Community Volunteer
Gay Krause
Executive Director, Center of Innovation at Foothill College
Michelle Lalljie
Chief of Staff and Operational Excellence Leader - Device Operations and Supply Chain, Amazon
Don Lee
Principal, Donald Lee Executive Search
David Low
Director of Public Policy & Communications, Destination: Home
Katie Martin
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Rahul Mathur
CFO, Alphawave Semi
Keeshia Moultrie
Head of Global HR Compliance, Standards & Integrity, Google
Scott Neely
Managing Partner, Lotus Capital Group
Vince Rocha
Senior Policy Advisor, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's Office
Carmen Román
Founder & Executive Director, Emotions in Harmony
John Savage
CEO GrowthPoint Technology Partners
Scott Seaman
Public Safety Consultant
Sonal Sinha
Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Ervie Smith
Principal, Ervie L Smith Inc.
Adam Stein
Principal, APS Marketing
Tom Squeri
Executive Vice Chairman, Graniterock
Elizabeth Vilardo, MD, MBA
CEO, Foundations - Sutter Health Bay Area
Steve Wagstaffe
District Attorney, San Mateo County
Nicole Wright
Managing Director, KPMG LLP