The Carey School Board of Trustees
For the 2009-2010 School Year

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CAREY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

Susanne Vagadori, President
Susanne is a current and alumni parent. This is Susanne’s third year on the board, and she serves on the Executive, Finance and Trustee Committees. Susanne was born in San Francisco and graduated from Stanford University with an honors degree in Comparative Literature. After graduating, she went overseas and taught English literature and creative writing at The American School in Switzerland before entering the Masters Degree program in English Language & Literature at Cambridge University in England. Susanne entered the Ph.D. Program in English Literature at Yale University in 1986. Susanne worked at Sun Microsystems for 19 years, holding a variety of senior positions in marketing, public relations, and business development. At Carey, Susanne was a room parent for several years and served as CSPA President for two years.

Peter Lim, Vice-President
Peter is a parent of one Carey School student and one Carey alum. He received his education from Carnegie Mellon University. Peter has over 20 years of experience designing and building large, enterprise systems and holds 18 patents in the areas of data replication, mobility and CRM. Peter worked at Siebel Systems for over 12 years and held positions including Vice President Core Technology where he delivered 23+ software releases to large enterprise customers. Prior to Siebel, Peter worked for seven years as an Engineering Manager at Oracle in the Applications Division. Today, Peter is Vice President Engineering at SAP Labs after SkyData Systems, a mobile startup he co-founded in 2007,  was acquired by SAP AG. At Carey, Peter has been focusing on improving the use of Technology in the school’s operations and curriculum.

Carol Pereira, Treasurer
Carol was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, but has lived in California for the last 21 years. She has a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School, a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  Carol is the Chief Financial Officer of Opus Capital, a venture capital firm focused on seed and early stage technology companies. She also spent a number of years in investment banking earlier in her career. Carol served as Treasurer of the CSPA for two years from 2001-2003, and was a room parent for the 2000-2001 and 2003-2004 school years. Carol is the parent of two current Carey School students and one Carey alum. This is Carol’s fourth year on the Board of Trustees. Carol serves as Treasurer and Chair of the Audit/Finance committee.

Sarah Murphy, Secretary
Sarah is the parent of three Carey School boys.  This is Sarah’s sixth year as a Carey parent and third year to serve on the Board of Trustees. In addition to serving as Secretary of the Board, Sarah chairs the Advancement Committee.  Sarah holds an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and an M.A. from Amherst College. She has held positions in Institutional Equity Sales at JP Morgan & Co, Strategic Planning at PepsiCo, Inc., and Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers. She has been very active in Fundraising, chairing the auction for St. Chrysostom’s Day School in Chicago and co-chairing her class fund for Amherst College. She has also served on the Board of St. Paul’s Nursery School Burlingame and on the Chicago Junior League. Last year Sarah co-chaired the Carey School “Raise the Roof” Capital Campaign. She has chaired the auction, introduced and run the Square One Art program, served on the Teacher Appreciation Committee and as a room parent for several years.

Eric Temple
Eric Temple is the Head of School at Carey. To learn more about him, click here.

THE CAREY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

Nicole Alston

Nicole is the proud mother of two children, one of whom is a Carey student and the other, a future Carey student. Nicole is starting her third year as a Carey School parent. Nicole is Associate General Counsel, Content Partnerships at Google Inc. Early on, Nicole served as lead commercial counsel for many of Google’s strategic AdSense advertising syndication agreements. She also led legal negotiations of Google’s contracts with map data suppliers for Google Maps and Earth. She currently oversees a team that manages content partnership agreements for Google Maps, Earth, Finance, Book Search, Product Search and YouTube. Most recently, Nicole negotiated Google’s landmark Book Search Settlement Agreement. Prior to Google, Nicole was the Director, Business and Legal Affairs at Guru Worldwide, and before that was an attorney in the Corporate and Securities Group at the law firm of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP (now DLA Piper). Nicole received her J.D. and B.A. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Betsy Berman
Betsy is a parent of three children, two of which are Carey School students. Betsy received her B.A. from DePauw University in Indiana. She is currently the Campaign Director at the Hamlin School in San Francisco and is in charge of planning and executing an $18.5 million campaign for building acquisition, debt management and endowment. Betsy has also served as the Director of Alumnae and Director of Major Gifts at Hamlin. Prior to her work at Hamlin, Betsy held positions as the Director of Admissions, Associate Director of Development, Director of Alumni Relations, and the Alumni/Special Events Coordinator at the Latin School in Chicago. Betsy has served as Co-Chair of the “Raise the Roof Capital Campaign” at The Carey School in addition to extensive work on the Auction and Teacher Appreciation committees.

Roberta Chopra
Roberta Chopra is the mother of three children, and is entering her fourth year as a parent in the Carey community. Roberta has served on the Board of Trustees for three years, chairing the Advancement, Development and Human Resources committees. In her first year at Carey, Roberta co-chaired the annual auction and served on the annual giving program committee. Roberta has over 16 years of human resources experience. She was the regional manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers’ International Assignment Solutions Group in Palo Alto. After leaving PwC, Roberta worked as the Director of Human Resources at Barulich, Schoknecht, Dugoni Law Group, Inc., a San Mateo law firm specializing in estate and business planning. As a full-time mother, Roberta is now devoting her time to family.

Doug Chu
Doug Chu is a current and alumni parent; he has been a parent at the Carey School since 2001 and has served on the board since 2005. Doug was born and raised in New York and has lived in California for over 18 years. He has a BS in Aerospace Engineering from MIT, an MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from UC Berkeley. Doug is currently a Managing Director with the New York Stock Exchange and also has over 12 years of experience as a technology investment banker, with firms such as the Credit Suisse Technology Group, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America. He was previously an aerospace engineer.

Rebecca Dupont

Bio coming soon.

Beth Gelles

Beth is the proud mother of three chidren; two are current Carey students and one is a future Carey student. Beth holds a B.A. in English and American Literature from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.  Beth is the founder and director of Music ‘n Motion, a music program designed for children under the age of five, and she has been the Music Director at Peninsula Temple Sholom preschool for the past six years. Prior to moving to the Bay Area seven years ago from New York City, Beth was the Director of Marketing for Broadpoint.com, an internet-sponsored long distance phone service. She was also one of four distinguished marketing fellows for WPP Group and rotated as a marketing consultant throughout various ad agencies and PR firms.  Beth also worked in account management at Grey Advertising and DMB&B, specializing in consumer packaged goods.

Beth is currently serving her second year on the Board of Directors for Bay Area Discovery Museum, focusing on exhibits, education and marketing. She has also served on the Board of the Burlingame Mother’s Club as the newsletter editor. Beth continues to be an active volunteer at Peninsula Temple Sholom in Burlingame. At Carey, Beth has been a room parent for several years and one of the co-chairs of the mentoring committee. She also enjoys acting as an “editor” behind the scenes of various Carey publications. In her spare time, Beth enjoys singing cabaret, reading contemporary fiction, hiking, and indulging in musical theater.

Annette Goodwine
Annette is the mother of one Carey School student. She holds an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in Marketing from the University of California, Berkeley. Annette is currently vice president, Marketing, for Tokoni Inc., a company dedicated to shaping the next generation of social media by creating communities that allow anyone, anywhere, to have a voice. She is responsible for the development and execution of the company’s brand strategy, marketing communications, online marketing, and user acquisition and retention activities.

Previously, Annette held several positions at eBay Inc, most recently as senior director, Corporate Communications where she was accountable for internal communications for eBay’s then global employee community of 14,000. As senior director, Consumer Marketing Annette was head of eBay brand management, including architecture, brand identity, research and brand tracking, and offline advertising for ebay.com.  Prior to eBay, Annette held positions at Levi Strauss & Co.  Among her responsibilities, she directed retail-marketing programs and events for the company’s first U.S. owned and operated retail outlets.

Annette has volunteered with the Taproot Foundation and Project READ in San Francisco. She is also a very active Carey parent and has played instrumental roles on the Carey playground project and the capital Campaign Committee. She has also been a room parent and served on the teacher appreciation committee.

Cissy Lewis
Cissy is currently Head of Upper School at Castilleja School and has served as Academic Dean and Assistant Head Academic Dean. Previously she was Head of Upper School at The Baylor School and an English Teacher at Hockaday School. She received her education at Harvard University (Ed.M.) Middlebury College (M.A.) and The University of the South (B.A. in English and Biology).

Chris Loh
Chris is both a current and alumni parent. He is an experienced business executive with 15 years of management experience in the storage, consumer electronics and digital media industry. He is currently running business development for the audio and video division of SanDisk Corporation. Chris earned a BSE from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford University. He chairs The Carey School Expansion/Building Committee. He also serves on the Princeton University Alumni Schools Committee and the Board of Directors of Stanford Student Enterprises. This is Chris’ first year on the Board of Trustees.

Sally Screven

Sally is the mother of two boys, one current Carey School student and one Carey School alumnus.  She has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since emigrating from Hong Kong at age 11.  Sally holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  She has held a variety of senior software engineering and product marketing management roles, with a focus on enterprise financial applications.

Erich Sengelmann

Erich is the proud father of two Carey School students. Erich holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a M.A. from the London School of Economics. Erich is Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Silicon Valley office and sits on the firm’s Northwest Executive Committee. Erich brings 20 years of experience in commercial real estate to his role as Chair of the Building & Grounds Committee. Erich is a member of the Corporate Support Committee at SFMOMA and The Guardsmen which supports the needs of underprivileged Bay Area children

John Somorjai
John, the parent of two Carey students, is Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy at Salesforce.com where he is responsible for mergers and acquisitions, investments, and other strategic transactions for the company. Previously, John has held positions at Ingenio (acquired by AT&T), and Oracle. He was an Attorney with Dewey Ballantine and Stroock, Stroock & Lavan. Joh has served as a Commissioner of the City of San Mateo Parks and Recreation Commission, and is a former President of the Baywood Owners Improvement Association. While President, the Association received the Citation Award from the California Park and Recreational Society. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy at the University of California Boalt School of Law. John received a J.D. from the University of California Boalt School of Law at U.C. Berkeley, and a B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Bill Silver
Bill is the father of two children. He holds an M.S. in Management from Stanford Universityand a B.S. from the University of California Davis College of Engineering. Bill has extensive experience in finance and is currently the Business Manager and Chief Financial Officer at the Menlo School in Atherton, CA. Bill has served on the Board of a joint venture between Dell and CIT, as Chairmen of Xetus Corporation and as President of Citibank F.S.B. He also serves on the board of Directors of Music at Menlo, one of the Nations’ premier chamber music festivals and summer music education programs, and is the co-chairman of the Pathways Committee of the Los Altos Hills Town Government. He served for five years on the Board of Trustees of Sage Ridge School in Reno, Nevada, a grade five through 12 college preparatory school and is a Trustee Emeritus. Bill has served on the Boards of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, the Equipment Leasing Association of America and the American Automobile Leasing Association.