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| HOME > ABOUT US > BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board of DirectorsRaymond L. Ocampo Jr., Chairman
Raymond L. Ocampo Jr. is president and chief executive officer of Samurai Surfer LLC, a private investment and consulting company, and is a board member of PMI Group, Intraware, Keynote Systems and VitalStream Holdings. He retired in November 1996 as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Oracle Corporation after serving as its chief legal counsel for more than a decade. Before joining Oracle Corporation in 1986, Ray specialized in antitrust and complex litigation with various law firms in San Francisco. He also taught professional responsibility, trial practice, and legal writing and research at Hastings College of the Law. After retiring from Oracle Corporation, Ray co-founded the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, the top-rated intellectual property program in the United States, and served as its executive director for two years. He was the 2001-02 chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Science & Technology Law. Ray has served as a mediator and arbitrator and as an expert witness in software, Internet and other technology-related disputes and has published two books in the field, Surfing the Law and Technology Tsunami (American Bar Association 2001) and Negotiating and Drafting Software Consulting Agreements (Glasser LegalWorks 1996). He also has spoken frequently on issues related to diversity in the legal profession and has been recognized for his work with minority communities. He served on the California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts (1992-96) and on the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession (2000-03). He currently serves on the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession. Ray has served on the boards of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, the Computer Law Association, Crystal Springs Uplands School (Hillsborough, Calif.), Earthjustice, KQED, and The Tomas Rivera Policy Institute. He co-founded and served as president of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California. Ray was born in the Philippines and received his undergraduate degree from UCLA and his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley.
Andrew Cuyugan McCullough is the general counsel for Syufy Enterprises. He was the executive vice president for business affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary at Century Theatres, Inc. until October 2006. In this role, Andrew oversaw all legal affairs and major business transactions for the nation's largest independent motion picture exhibitor. Prior to joining Century Theatres in 1996, Andrew served as deputy city attorney for the San Francisco City Attorney's Office and, before that, was associated with Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, a general practice firm in San Francisco. Andrew currently serves on the board of directors for the Marin County Bar Association. Previously, he served on the boards of the Bar Association of San Francisco and the Asian American Bar Association, and he was president of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California from 1997 to 1998. Andrew received his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and his Juris Doctor from the Hastings College of Law, University of California. Andrew was born in Berkeley and raised in Singapore and London.
Mona Lisa Yuchengco is the founder and chair of the board of Philippine International Aid, a non-profit organization that provides educational assistance to approximately 1,000 needy children in the Philippines every year. She is also the founder and former publisher of Filipinas Magazine, the only nationally-circulated Filipino American monthly publication. She serves on the boards of numerous community and non-profit organizations, including the University of San Francisco's Center for Pacific Rim, the Center for Asian American Media (formerly NAATA), Leadership Education for the Asian Pacifics (LEAP, Inc.), and the Asia Society (Northern California). She is a founding member of New California Media and is also on the President's Council Advisory Board of Skyline College. Lisa recently joined the board of Seton Health Services Foundation, the charitable arm of Seton Medical Hospital. She is currently a Kiriyama Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the University of San Francisco. Lisa received bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Education from Assumption College in Manila, Philippines. She also received a Master of Business Administration degree from Ateneo de Manila University.
David has led Equilar from a pure start-up since its inception in 2000 to one of the most respected and trusted names in the executive compensation industry. David often speaks publicly on issues facing the executive compensation industry, including events hosted by The Conference Board, Cooley Godward Kronish, Directorship, Foley & Lardner’s National Directors Institute, The HR Policy Association, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), NASDAQ, National Association of Stock Planning Professionals (NASPP), NYSE Euronext, RiskMetrics and the University of Wisconsin Directors’ Summit. Prior to founding Equilar, David was a vice president in the Investment Banking Division of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, a global investment bank that has since merged with Credit Suisse. Prior to DLJ, David was a management consultant with Bain & Company, a leading strategy consulting firm, and Kenan Systems, a telecom billing software developer that was subsequently acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1999. David is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a Charter Member of the Asian-American Multi-Technology Association (AAMA), a co-founder of the Korean American Society of Entrepreneurs (KASE), and an advisory board member of The Jackson Hole Group. Born in Korea, David came to the U.S. as an infant and spent most of his formative years in New Jersey. David earned his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors of Science with Honors in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.
Mohan Gyani is the vice chairman of Roamware. He is the former president and chief executive officer of AT&T Wireless Mobility Services. Mohan is a telecom and wireless industry veteran. He has played key roles in the $1.6 Billion IPO of AirTouch in 1993 and the $10.6 Billion IPO of AT&T Wireless in 2000. At AT&T Wireless, Mohan led the company's domestic voice and data mobility businesses, focusing on improving operating results and accelerating growth. He was instrumental in expanding the company so its reach stretches across the U.S. and in the build up of the next generation system for global mobile communications. He was instrumental in helping the industry set pace-setting growth and AT&T subscribers attain revenue while significantly improving profitability. Following the merger of Vodafone and AirTouch, Mohan was head of Strategy and Corporate Development and a member of the board of directors for Vodafone AirTouch PLC. Prior to the merger, Mohan was executive vice president and chief financial officer of AirTouch Communications. As executive vice president and chief financial officer of AirTouch, Mohan was a key leader in the $120 billion merger of AirTouch and Vodafone and the subsequent $70 billion joint venture with Bell Atlantic that resulted in the creation of Verizon Wireless. Prior to the merger, Mohan played a major operational and strategic role in the company's growth from an IPO to a $70 billion global company in five years. Mohan began his career in 1978 with Pacific Telesis Group/Pacific Bell where he held a number of financial and operational positions. He holds a Master of Business Administration in finance from San Francisco State University. Mohan was born in India and grew up in several countries before settling in San Francisco in 1970. Currently, Mohan is a board member of Keynote Systems, Safeway, SiRF Technology Holdings, Union Bank of California, and numerous other private firms and non-profit organizations. He is a former board member of the GSM Association and of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, and he has been a board member of numerous public and private enterprises in the past.
Nelson Ishiyama is the president of Ishiyama Corporation, a diversified family company with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the Far East. He previously practiced antitrust litigation for 17 years. He left the practice of law to build and operate Henry's Fork Lodge in Idaho. Nelson is an avid outdoorsman and passionate fly fisherman with strong interests in environmental issues and the natural sciences. Nelson has served as a trustee of the California Academy of Sciences for 12 years and on the boards of the Exploratorium, Hearing Society for the Bay Area, and the Henry's Fork Foundation. He has also been a member of the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, and is currently on the Advisory Council of the Bill Lane Center at Stanford. He is a director of the Ishiyama Foundation. Nelson received his B.A. from Stanford and his joint JD/MBA degrees from Stanford Law School and Graduate School of Business. He is a longtime resident of Palo Alto and is married to Terrie McDonald. They have a daughter, Julia, who is a college freshman.
Bob serves on five corporate boards: Blue Shield of California (health insurance), Web.com (web hosting for the small and medium business market), Netopia (broadband gateways and web platform software for small and medium businesses), BroadVision (provider of personalized self-service web applications), and Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (for-profit post-secondary education). Bob retired from Pacific Bell in May 1998. At the time of his retirement, he was a corporate executive vice president and president of Business Communications Services. During his 26-year career at Pacific Bell, he also served as the chief marketing officer and the executive vice president of Operations. Bob has also been active in several non-profit organizations. He is the former chairman of the board of Youth Tennis Advantage, a non-profit group serving Bay Area inner-city kids with tennis and tutoring. He was also the chairman of Committee of 100, a non-profit group promoting the interests of Chinese Americans and improving U.S.-China relations. He continues to serve on its board of directors. Bob received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California in 1970 and his Master of Business Administration degree from UC Berkeley in 1972.
Andrew Ly founded Sugar Bowl Bakery in 1984 with his four brothers and became president and chief executive officer of Ly Brothers Corporation in 1993, a parent company of Sugar Bowl Bakery. Named one of the “Top 15 Food and Beverage Manufacturers in the Bay Area” by the San Francisco Business Times in 2008, Sugar Bowl Bakery is one of the largest family-owned and operated bakeries in Northern California, with customers worldwide. Without any prior knowledge of the English language, Andrew immigrated to the United States from Vietnam in 1979. Determined to succeed in his new home country, he earned an Associate of Science degree in computer information science from City College of San Francisco and went on to receive his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from San Francisco State University in 1986. Two years prior to graduation, Andrew partnered with his four brothers to start a family-owned business. The five brothers pooled their savings together of $40,000 and purchased a small coffee shop named Sugar Bowl Bakery in San Francisco’s Richmond District. Under Andrew’s leadership and direction, Sugar Bowl Bakery has consistently achieved phenomenal growth rates. Sugar Bowl Bakery now has over 250 employees, three manufacturing plants and dozens of awards, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce MBDA Supplier of the Year Award, the Asian Business Leadership Award by the USPAACC/Wells Fargo Bank and Mayor Gavin Newsom’s SBA Small Business of the Year Award. The company was also a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2007, the San Francisco Business Times named Andrew the “Most Admired CEO in the Bay Area.” Andrew is also a managing partner of Ly Brothers Investment Company, a real estate holding company in San Francisco. He is an honorary board member of The National Minority Council, the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce and several civic and business organizations. He is listed in Strathmore’s Who’s Who and The International Book of Who’s Who of Business Leaders. He is featured in the books, Inside the Minds, published in March 2008, and A. IQ Achievement Moments: 50 Extraordinary Stories About People Who Transformed Vision, Attraction, Readiness, and Action Into Massive Success, published in July 2008. During his free time, Andrew enjoys spending time with his loving wife and two young sons. He is also an avid reader and sports enthusiast. In addition to English, he is fluent in Cantonese, Chui Chow, Mandarin and Vietnamese.
Catherine Buan Peterson is currently consulting at Cavalry Asset Management in San Francisco. Prior to that, she was the vice president of investor relations at Business Objects, and was in charge of planning and executing the company’s communication with investors around the globe. Catherine was in charge of developing financial marketing content, the analyst and financial press strategies, and institutional marketing plans that met the needs of each respective audience and were within the constraints of both U.S. and European securities laws. Catherine has spent more than 15 years in the enterprise software industry. She began her career in 1990 at Robertson Stephens and Co., a San Francisco-based investment bank, where she provided equity research on companies in the enterprise software sector. From 1994 to 1999, she directed and managed the global investor relations program at Oracle Corp., as the company's market value grew from $6 billion to nearly $60 billion. The company was commended for several achievements in investor relations during this period. Among those, Oracle was elected for three consecutive years as Best Investor Relations in the software and services industry from AIMR (Association for Investment Management and Research). Catherine was also a member of the Oracle Corporate Development team and one of three founding members of Oracle’s Venture Fund. Selected in 1998, the team invested in Oracle-related technology and applications companies, like Red Hat, Inc., among others. She was also responsible for identifying and evaluating acquisitions and licensing agreements for Oracle’s Enterprise Applications business. In 1999, Catherine joined Ariba as Vice President Investor Relations and Corporate Development. She was recruited to this position to be a key contributor in the company’s execution of their $800 million initial public offering, which grew to peak at $42 billion. She helped complete the 1999 acquisitions of Tradex and Trading Dynamics (approx. $2.5 billion). In 2000, she became vice president of corporate finance, and treasury was added to her responsibilities. Also during this time, Ariba was recognized by Barron’s Magazine for Best in Class Financial Media Relations. Currently, she serves on the board of the American Red Cross of Silicon Valley. Catherine holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University.
Satish Rishi joined Rambus as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer in April 2006. Satish is responsible for the overall financial direction of the company. Prior to joining Rambus, Satish held the position of executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Toppan Photomasks, Inc., one of the world's leading photomask providers. During his 20-year career, Satish has held senior financial management positions at semiconductor and electronic manufacturing companies. He served as vice president and assistant treasurer at Dell Inc. Prior to Dell, Satish spent 13 years at Intel Corporation, where he held financial management positions both in the United States and overseas, including assistant treasurer. Satish holds a bachelor's degree with honors in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi University in Delhi, India, and an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Clara Shin is a director in, and vice-chairperson of, the litigation department of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin with expertise in a broad range of securities, complex technology, intellectual property, and general commercial disputes. Clara also has an active pro bono practice focused on the defense of constitutional rights, including representing prisoners in challenging the constitutionality of medical care provided by the California prison system and representing community organizations in federal campaign finance reform cases before the United States Supreme Court. Prior to joining Howard Rice, Clara served as a White House Fellow in the White House Office of the Chief of Staff and as a law clerk to Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Clara also was a member of the start-up team which designed and launched AmeriCorps, a national service program created under President Bill Clinton. Additionally, she coordinated a Department of Defense program to assist communities negatively affected by military downsizing and co-designed a Department of Housing and Urban Development program to revitalize severely distressed public housing developments. Clara’s international experiences include working for the United States Agency for International Development in South Africa, participating in the creation of Tahoe-Baikal Institute in California and Siberia, and facilitating the Children’s Conference of the United Nations Conference on Human Rights in Austria. In addition to the Asian Pacific Fund, Clara serves as a board member of the ACLU of Northern California, Music National Service Initiative, and the Rosenberg Foundation, a private foundation focused on the achievement of policy and practice changes in justice and public safety, immigrant rights and immigrant integration, and accountable develoment. She is a past board member of American Youth Hostels, Public Interest Clearinghouse, Rebuilding Together San Francisco, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and Women's Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights (Co-Chair). Clara was born in Korea and earned her law degree from Stanford Law School and undergraduate degree from Smith College.
Thuy is an award-winning reporter at CBS 5/KPIX, reporting primarily for the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts. She joined the station in December 2005. Prior to joining CBS 5, Thuy worked at KTVU-TV as a reporter and fill-in anchor and at KGO-TV as a weekend morning anchor and reporter. Thuy started her journalism career in public radio at KQED-FM in San Francisco. She later moved on to National Public Radio (NPR), where she first covered Congress and national politics in Washington, D.C., before returning to its San Francisco bureau. Thuy has won numerous regional and national awards, including a Best Serious Feature award from the Associated Press, Best Reporter award from American Women in Radio and Television, two national awards from the Asian American Journalists Association and honors from the Public Radio News Directors Association. She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for her investigation of safety problems at California's amusement parks. San Francisco's Focus magazine (now San Francisco magazine) named her one of the Bay Area's most talented people under 40 years old. Thuy has covered many major stories, including the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the 1991 Oakland Hills fire, the O.J. Simpson trial and verdict in Los Angeles, and the mass cult suicide of Heaven's Gate members in Rancho Santa Fe. She traveled to Washington, D.C., in 2000 to cover the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the contested Florida vote in the presidential election. She has also returned to her homeland of Vietnam twice for special coverage of that country's post-war life. Thuy emigrated from Vietnam in 1975, fleeing that country as a refugee at the end of the Vietnam War. She holds a bachelor's degree with honors in rhetoric from UC Berkeley.
Jerry Yang is co-founder and Chief Yahoo at Yahoo!, the Internet's first online navigational guide. Jerry co-created Yahoo! in April 1994 and co-founded Yahoo! Inc. in April 1995. Jerry, a leading force in the technology and media industry, has been instrumental in building Yahoo! into the world's most highly trafficked Web site and one of the Internet's most recognized brands. As CEO and a member of Yahoo!'s board of directors, Jerry works closely with the company's president and management team to develop corporate business strategies and guide the direction of the company. Jerry holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University and is currently on a leave of absence from Stanford's electrical engineering Ph.D. program. Born in Taiwan, Yang immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of ten and grew up in San Jose, Calif.
Emerald Yeh is an award-winning television journalist who served as news anchor at KRON4 in San Francisco for 19 years. During her tenure at KRON4, she received numerous national and local awards for her reporting, including nine Emmys. Emerald also led KRON4's Contact 4 unit with reports that examined consumer issues and provided problem-solving information. She is currently hosting and producing public TV projects. Emerald's nine Emmy awards are for "The Rape of Nanking," "Who Owns Your Health?," "Consumer Reporting 2002," "Consumer Reporting 2001," "Grandparents' Rights," "Skipper Lynn," "David Laird: Transplant Pioneer," and the documentaries "Children of Courage" and "Lost Childhood: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family." Emerald also received three awards from Radio and Television News Directors Association for "Summer Camp: Children of Alcoholics," Best 30-Minute Newscast and "Holocaust Heroes." She also won an award from the Associated Press Television and Radio Association for the week-long series "Sudden Wealth." National awards include a United Press International award for Best Feature, an award from the American Psychiatric Association for the documentary "Kids First: A Cry for Help," and one from the National Association for Children of Alcoholics for the documentary "Lost Childhood." Emerald and her Contact 4 team received the Consumer Excellence Award from the Consumer Action organization. Other honors include the Women Who Could Be President Award from The League of Women Voters of San Francisco, an outstanding achievement award from the Golden Gate Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television, and the Woman Warrior award from the Pacific Asian American Women Bay Area Coalition. Emerald has also received community awards from the State Attorney General, Youth Advocates, the Association of Children's Services, CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates for Foster Children), the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Asian Women's Shelter, Asian Perinatal Advocates, the Organization of Chinese Americans, Nihonmachi Legal Outreach, and the Chinatown Community Development Center. In addition to being a founding board member of the Asian Pacific Fund, Emerald has served on the boards of the United Way of the Bay Area and the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco. Prior to joining KRON in 1984, Emerald anchored for CNN in Atlanta. Before CNN, Emerald was weeknight anchor and co-producer of the nightly news program at KPTV, an independent station in Portland, Ore. She began her television career as reporter and weekend anchor at KITV, the ABC affiliate in Honolulu. A graduate of the University of Hawaii, Emerald majored in journalism and minored in political science. She earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
