
The Bay Area Council unites top business leaders to help solve the region’s toughest challenges and steward its leadership in a connected world.
Gregg Alton, J.D.Executive Vice President, Corporate and Medical AffairsGilead Sciences Inc. | Maria AmundsonGeneral Manager-Silicon ValleyEdelman | Chris ApostolopoulosPresident, South Bay DivisionKB HOME Northern California |
Laurence BaerPresident & CEOSan Francisco Giants | Anne BakarPresident & CEOTelecare Corporation | Andrew Ball *West Coast PresidentSuffolk Construction Company |
Gregory BeckerPresident and CEOSVB Financial Group | Kofi BonnerPresidentLennar/BVHP | Teresa BriggsManaging Partner, Bay AreaDeloitte LLP |
David Brown *PartnerA T Kearney, Inc. | William BrownChairmanCentral Garden & Pet Company | James BryskiSenior Vice President , Regional Commercial ExecutiveHSBC Bank USA, N.A. |
Curtis Burr *Chief Executive OfficerBurr, Pilger & Mayer LLP | Keith CastoPartnerCooper, White & Cooper LLP | Richard CerussiPresident & General ManagerNBC 11 KNTV |
Bruno Cohen *President & General ManagerKPIX/KBCW TV | 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 |
Weili DaiCo-FounderMarvell Technology Group Ltd. | John De LucaSenior AdvisorE & J Gallo Winery | Lloyd DeanPresident & CEODignity Health |
John Del Santo *Managing Director, Global Insurance IndustryAccenture LLP | Paula DowneyPresident and CEOAAA Northern California Nevada & Utah Insurance Exchange | Anthony Earley Jr.Chief Executive OfficerPacific Gas and Electric Company |
John EddyPrincipalArup North America Ltd. | Robert Edwards *CEOSafeway, Inc. | Kevin ElliottSenior Vice PresidentHill+Knowlton |
Ted FangEditorAsian Week | Hank Fore *Regional Senior Vice President, California RegionComcast | Michael GhielmettiPresidentSignature Development Group, Inc. |
Andrew GiacominiManaging PartnerHanson Bridgett LLP | Dianne Glynn *Office Managing Partner, Redwood ShoresErnst & Young LLP | George HalvorsonChairman & CEOKaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Hospitals |
Kristin HebertManaging PartnerThe Caldwell Partners International | Joerg HeidrichSVP/Global Head, Product Supply Biotech & Berkeley Site HeadBayer Corporation | Jeffrey HellerPresidentHeller Manus Architects |
David Hennefer *PresidentPacific Eagle Holdings Corporation | Richard HenryPresident, North Pacific DivisionMcCarthy Building Companies, Inc. | Jim HenryMarket Managing PartnerPwC LLP |
Peter HillanSenior Vice PresidentFleishman-Hillard, Inc. | Jeffrey HoopesPresidentSwinerton Incorporated | Timothy HoxiePartnerJones Day |
Mary HussPublisherSan Francisco Business Times | Robert JamesPartnerPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | Gregory JohnsonPresident & CEO, Franklin Resources, Inc.Franklin Templeton Investments |
Todd Kaufman[Retired] Director, State and Local Government AffairsGenentech, Inc. | Donald KnaussChairman & CEOThe Clorox Company | Luke KowalskiVice President, Corporate Architecture GroupOracle Corporation |
Sylvia KwanChairmanKwan Henmi Architecture & Planning, Inc. | Janet LamkinCalifornia State PresidentBank of America | James LevineManaging PartnerMontezuma Wetlands LLC |
Luke LucasSr. Manager, Strategic Coverage, Engineering and Operations TeamT-Mobile | Rebecca Macieira-KaufmannPresident, Citibank CaliforniaCiti | Stacy MagillCFOGhilotti Construction Company |
Tarkan ManerVice President & GM, Cloud Client ComputingDell Wyse | George MarcusChairmanMarcus & Millichap | Paul MarkovichPresident and CEOBlue Shield of California |
John MartinDirectorSan Francisco International Airport | Duncan MattesonChairmanThe Matteson Companies | Stephen Mayer *Founder & Managing PartnerSD Mayer & Associates, LLP |
Peg McAllisterSenior Vice PresidentLee Hecht Harrison | George McCownManaging DirectorAmerican Infrastructure Funds | Kenneth McNeelyPresident, AT&T CaliforniaAT&T |
Alexander MehranPresident and CEOSunset Development Company | Deborah MessemerManaging PartnerKPMG | Harold MessmerChairman and CEORobert Half International Inc. |
Mark MidkiffVice Chairman and Chief Risk OfficerUnion Bank | Constance MoorePresident and Chief Executive OfficerBRE Properties, Inc. | Leroy MorishitaPresidentCalifornia State University, East Bay |
R. Clark MorrisonPartnerCox, Castle & Nicholson LLP | Monique MoyerExecutive DirectorPort of San Francisco | Narayan NallicheriPartnerOliver Wyman Financial Services |
Laurie Nash *Managing PartnerRussell Reynolds Associates, Inc. | Jack NelsonOffice Managing PartnerReed Smith LLP | Jay PaxtonManaging Director AttorneyBuchalter Nemer |
Jes Pedersen *President & CEOWebcor Builders | Perry PelosHead of Commercial BankingWells Fargo & Company | Olga PerkovicVice President, Corporate Strategic PlanningURS Corporation |
Russell PreiteRegional President, NorCal/Nevada/HawaiiVerizon Wireless | Mohammad QayoumiPresidentSan Jose State University | David RadcliffeVice President, Real Estate and Workplace ServicesGoogle Inc. |
Gary RadinePresident & CEODelta Dental of California | Kausik RajgopalDirector and Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, San FranciscoMcKinsey & Company | Clinton ReillyChairman & PresidentClinton Reilly Holdings |
George RobertsFounding PartnerKohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. | Dennis Rodriguez *Chief City Executive - LA, SD & SFSiemens | Garth SalonerDean, Graduate School of BusinessStanford University |
Julie SattlerVice President, SSC OperationsLockheed Martin Space Systems Company | Joseph SaundersExecutive Chairman [Ret.]Visa Inc. | Leslie Tang SchillingPresidentL.T.Diversified Development, Inc. |
Robert SchmittGeneral ManagerClear Channel Outdoor | Karl SchroederPresident, Northern California DivisionSafeway, Inc. | Glenn ShannonPresident & COOShorenstein Properties LLC |
William SharpManaging PartnerSharp + Kemm | J. Michael ShepherdChairman & CEOBank of the West | Todd SmithVice President, Strategy and Business DevelopmentSutter Health |
John SobratoChairmanThe Sobrato Organization | Larry SonsiniChairmanWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Stanley TaylorPartnerNossaman LLP |
Timothy Tosta *Partner, Real Estate & FinanceMcKenna Long & Aldridge | John TrefethenChairmanTrefethen Vineyards Winery | Laura TysonS.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global ManagementUniversity of California, Berkeley |
Michael WalkerPresident, Northern CaliforniaU.S. Bank | Michael Webber *Dean, School of ManagementUniversity of San Francisco | Rick WeltsPresident and COOGolden State Warriors |
Mark WhiteleyPrincipal & Global Science and Technology Practice LeaderCannon Design | Elizabeth WiechaNorthern California District DirectorT.Y. Lin International | John WilliamsPresident & CEOFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
Daniel WineyManaging Principal, Pacific Northwest and AsiaGensler | Paul WitkayFounder & CEOAlliance of Chief Executives | Leslie Wong *PresidentSan Francisco State University |
Jed YorkPresident & CEOForty Niners Football Company, LLC | 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