
The Bay Area Council unites top business leaders to help solve the region’s toughest challenges and steward its leadership in a connected world.
Mark AdkinsPresidentSan Francisco Chronicle | Gregg Alton, J.D.Executive Vice President, Corporate and Medical AffairsGilead Sciences Inc. | Gilbert AmelioSenior PartnerSienna Ventures |
Chris ApostolopoulosPresident, South Bay DivisionKB HOME Northern California | Laurence BaerPresidentSan Francisco Giants | Anne Bakar *President & CEOTelecare Corporation |
Andrew BallPresident & CEOWebcor Builders | Gregory BeckerPresident and CEOSVB Financial Group | Omar BenjaminExecutive DirectorPort of Oakland |
Thomas BishopSVP, West & Construction Services/VP, StrategyURS Corporation | Kofi BonnerPresidentLennar/BVHP | Teresa BriggsManaging Partner, San Francisco PracticeDeloitte |
William BrownCEOCentral Garden & Pet Company | Steven BusterPresident and CEOMechanics Bank | Mike CaprioArea President, Northern CaliforniaRepublic Services |
Keith CastoPartnerShook, Hardy & Bacon LLP | Richard CerussiPresident & General ManagerNBC 11 KNTV | Rachelle ChongVice President of Government AffairsComcast |
A. W. ClausenRetired Chairman & CEOBank of America | Paul CookChairman EmeritusSRI International | Joseph Cook IISenior Managing Director, CaliforniaCushman & Wakefield, Inc. |
Michael CovarrubiasChairman & CEOTMG Partners | Ronald CowanChairman & CEOHarbor Bay Isle Associates | Steven CurrallDean, Graduate School of ManagementUniversity of California, Davis |
C. David CushPresident and CEOVirgin America | Laura D'Andrea Tyson *S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global ManagementUniversity of California, Berkeley | Weili DaiCo-FounderMarvell Technology Group Ltd. |
John De Luca, Ph.D.Senior AdvisorE & J Gallo Winery | Lloyd DeanPresident & CEODignity Health | Christopher DiGiorgioNorthern California Managing DirectorAccenture LLP |
Paula DowneyPresident and CEOAAA Northern California Nevada & Utah Insurance Exchange | Robert DuffyPartnerA T Kearney, Inc. | Lee Dutra *Office Managing PartnerErnst & Young LLP |
John Eddy *PrincipalArup North America Ltd. | Mark EdmundsVice Chairman & Regional Managing PartnerDeloitte | Christopher EldridgeDirector, Regional DevelopmentT-Mobile |
Kevin ElliottSenior Vice PresidentHill & Knowlton | Ted FangEditorAsian Week | Joseph Fink *President EmeritusDominican University |
Guy GechtCEOElectronics For Imaging | Michael GhielmettiPresidentSignature Development Group | Andrew GiacominiManaging PartnerHanson Bridgett LLP |
Jim GonzalezManaging PartnerJim Gonzalez & Associates, LLC | George HalvorsonChairman & CEOKaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Hospitals | Joerg HeidrichSVP/Global Head, Product Supply Biotech & Berkeley Site HeadBayer Corporation |
Jeffrey HellerPresidentHeller Manus Architects | Richard HenryPresident, North Pacific DivisionMcCarthy Building Companies, Inc. | Jim HenryMarket Managing PartnerPriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP |
Peter HillanSenior Vice PresidentFleishman-Hillard, Inc. | Jeffrey HoopesPresidentSwinerton Incorporated | Timothy HoxiePartnerJones Day |
Mary HussPublisherSan Francisco Business Times | Robert JamesPartnerPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | Greg JohnsonPresident & CEO, Franklin Resources, Inc.Franklin Templeton Investments |
Todd KaufmanDirector, State and Local Government AffairsGenentech, Inc. | James KeenanSenior Vice President, United ServicesUnited Airlines | Donald KnaussChairman & CEOThe Clorox Company |
Luke KowalskiVice President, Corporate Architecture GroupOracle Corporation | Richard KramlichGeneral Partner/Co-FounderNew Enterprise Associates | Sylvia KwanChairmanKwan Henmi Architecture & Planning, Inc. |
Janet LamkinCalifornia State PresidentBank of America | Matthew Le Merle *Vice PresidentBooz & Company Inc. | James LevineManaging PartnerMontezuma Wetlands LLC |
Ronald LonginottiPresident & General ManagerKPIX/KBCW TV | Erik LundhManaging DirectorJ. Robert Scott | Rebecca Macieira-KaufmannPresident, Citibank CaliforniaCiti |
Stacy MagillCFOGhilotti Construction Company | Tarkan Maner *President & CEOWYSE Technology | George MarcusChairmanMarcus & Millichap |
Paul MarkovichSenior Vice President & Chief ExecutiveBlue Shield of California | John MartinDirectorSan Francisco International Airport | Duncan MattesonChairmanThe Matteson Companies |
Stephen MayerPresident & CEOBurr, Pilger & Mayer LLP | Peg McAllisterSenior Vice PresidentLee Hecht Harrison | George McCownManaging DirectorAmerican Infrastructure Funds |
James McKennaPresident and CEOPacific Maritime Association | Kenneth McNeelyPresident, AT&T CaliforniaAT&T | Alexander MehranPresident and CEOSunset Development Company |
Lenny MendoncaDirectorMcKinsey & Company | Deborah MessemerManaging PartnerKPMG | Harold MessmerChairman and CEORobert Half International Inc. |
Mark MidkiffVice Chairman and Chief Risk OfficerUnion Bank | Constance Moore *President and Chief Executive OfficerBRE Properties, Inc. | R. Clark MorrisonPartnerCox, Castle & Nicholson LLP |
Monique MoyerExecutive DirectorPort of San Francisco | Narayan NallicheriPartnerOliver Wyman Financial Services | Steve NealChairman and CEOCooley LLP |
Jack NelsonSilicon Valley Office Managing PartnerReed Smith LLP | Jay PaxtonManaging Director AttorneyBuchalter Nemer | Perry PelosHead of Commercial BankingWells Fargo & Company |
Mohammad QayoumiPresidentSan Jose State University | David RadcliffeVice President, Real Estate and Workplace ServicesGoogle Inc. | Gary RadinePresident & CEODelta Dental of California |
Kausik RajgopalPrincipalMcKinsey & Company | Clinton ReillyChairman & PresidentClinton Reilly Holdings | Jon ReynoldsChairman of the BoardReynolds & Brown |
Tuck Rickards *Managing DirectorRussell Reynolds Associates, Inc. | George RobertsFounding PartnerKohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. | T. Gary RogersFormer Chairman & CEONestlé Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Company |
Richard RosenbergChairman & CEO (Retired)Bank of America | Garth SalonerDean, Graduate School of BusinessStanford University | Julie SattlerVice President, SSC OperationsLockheed Martin Space Systems Company |
Joseph SaundersChairman & CEOVisa Inc. | Leslie Tang SchillingPresidentL.T.Diversified Development, Inc. | Karl SchroederPresident, Northern California DivisionSafeway, Inc. |
Glenn ShannonPresident & COOShorenstein Properties LLC | J. Michael ShepherdChairman & CEOBank of the West | L. Stephen SmithChairman & CEOThe PMI Group, Inc. |
John SobratoChairmanThe Sobrato Organization | Larry SonsiniChairmanWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Thomas SprinkleManaging PrincipalROMA Design Group |
Thomas SullivanManaging PartnerWilson Meany Sullivan | Stanley TaylorPartnerNossaman LLP | John TrefethenChairmanTrefethen Vineyards Winery |
James VohsChairman EmeritusKaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Hospitals | Michael WalkerPresident, Northern CaliforniaU.S. Bank | Keith WetmoreChairMorrison & Foerster LLP |
Mark WhiteleyPrincipal & Global Science and Technology Practice LeaderCannon Design | John Williams *President & CEOFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | Daniel Winey *Managing Principal, Pacific Northwest and AsiaGensler |
Paul WitkayFounder & CEOAlliance of Chief Executives | Jed YorkPresident & CEOSan Francisco Forty Niners, Ltd. | Kevin ZavagliaRegional President, NorCal/Nevada RegionVerizon Wireless |
Rhonda ZygockiExecutive Vice President, Policy & PlanningChevron Corporation |
Micah Weinberg, Senior Policy Advisor, talks about the Council's work to transform California's healthcare system, reining in costs and improving quality
George Halvorson, Kaiser Permanente’s Chairman & CEO, discusses the importance of early childhood education
Governor Brown addresses the audience at the 2011 Bay Area Council Outlook Conference
July 7, 2011