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Volume 3, Number 1
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nancy H. Handel, Chair
John M. Sobrato, Vice Chair
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Jayne Battey
Gloria Brown
Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D.
Caretha Coleman
Thomas J. Friel
Gregory Gallo
Narendra Gupta
Susan M. Hyatt
William S. Johnson
Anne F. Macdonald
Ivonne Montes de Oca
C.S. Park
Jennifer Raiser
Sanjay Vaswani
Richard Wilkolaski
Erika Williams
Jane Williams
Gordon Yamate
CEO & PRESIDENT
Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D.
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MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER
Rebecca Salner
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Mark L. Hannah
MANAGING EDITOR Chris Blose
SENIOR EDITOR Kim Caviness
ART DIRECTORS Gregory T. Atkins, Nancy Roy
PHOTO EDITOR Sara Elder
PROJECT MANAGER Connie Otto
COPY EDITOR Tara Kawar
CONTRIBUTORS
Denise Bridges
Nichole Evanovich
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Emmett D. Carson
at the State of the
Valley Conference.
From
Emmett D. Carson
As we created this
issue of ONE: Innovation
Through Philanthropy,
we faced constant
reminders of the
growing human toll of
this prolonged and
painful economic
downturn. We heard
about safety-net clients
who are struggling to
meet basic needs, such
as food and shelter, for
themselves and their
families. We heard
heartbreaking stories from the
front lines of the foreclosure crisis.
We learned from our 2009 Index
of Silicon Valley that our region
has the least affordable housing
and fastest growing number of
foreclosures in California.
There is another side to
these stories, though. We are
reminded of the tireless work
the nonprofit organizations
in San Mateo and Santa Clara
counties do to curb these
problems. Our cover story
features workers dedicated
to keeping doors open for
homeowners in crisis through
our economic security
grantmaking, and there are
sweet success stories among the heartbreak. Our Big Ideas section
highlights safety-net services helping a growing clientele despite
shrinking private and government aid. Our Q&A with NetApp’s
Dan Warmenhoven reminds us of the power of corporate giving
to build a community, even in the midst of a downturn. Local
leader John Maltbie implores us to remember that preserving the
rights of children should not be put in jeopardy, even in the face of
challenging state and local budget cuts.
Our community foundation, along with all our partners, will
continue to respond to our region’s challenges flexibly and quickly,
using real-time data and community input. But we face long-term
problems, so we are also poised with long-term solutions. one
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