As executive vice president, community action, policy and strategy, Gina is responsible for leading Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s impact team to ensure Silicon Valley is a place where all people can lead financially secure, safe and fulfilling lives. As a member of the Executive Leadership team, Gina helps ensure that the principles of equity are applied to all the initiatives SVCF pursues in fulfillment of its mission.

Prior to her appointment as EVP, Gina served as senior vice president for public policy and special advisor to the CEO, driving SVCF’s public policy agenda at the regional, state and national levels. With Gina’s leadership, SVCF became a leading voice in Washington, D.C., on topics that advance the philanthropic sector.

Before moving to the United States, she held several positions related to urban economic development and regulatory economics in the federal and state public sector in Mexico. She holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from ITAM in Mexico City, a Master of Science in economics from the University of London and a Master of Arts in international policy studies from Stanford University. She is an American Leadership Forum Fellow. She resides in Palo Alto with her husband and has two wonderful children.

Holly Kreider is the program director for the Community and Opportunity program at the Heising-Simons Foundation. She received her Ed.D. in human development and psychology from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree in psychology from UCLA. Her experience includes applied research, nonprofit and for-profit leadership, and consultation, with a focus on family engagement, child and adolescent development, and program evaluation. Holly joined the Heising-Simons Foundation in 2012.

Adam Fong is a Program Officer in Performing Arts at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He manages a diverse portfolio of grants supporting artists and communities throughout the Bay Area. Adam is an active musician, and was co-founder of two Bay Area service organizations: Emerging Arts Professionals, a network dedicated to the development and growth of next generation arts and culture workers (director, 2011-2014); and Center for New Music, a hybrid supporting and presenting organization that fosters contemporary music and its community of practitioners (executive director, 2012-2018). He earned master’s degrees from Stanford University (English) and California Institute of the Arts (Music Composition), has lectured on cultural entrepreneurship, and has served as a strategist, producer, and panelist for a wide variety of cultural communities, foundations, awards, and public agencies.

Frederick J. Ferrer, has served as CEO of Child Advocates of Silicon Valley for the past two years. He has over three decades of leadership in mobilizing stakeholders and staff toward change through groundbreaking nonprofit and public policy initiatives, programs and systems reforms. Prior to becoming CEO of Child Advocates, Frederick founded and led Manzanita Solutions, where he provided consultation on health, early childhood, non-profit management, and systems reform. Before that, he served for nine years as CEO at the Health Trust, a $100 million foundation, which provides direct health services, grants, and drives policy to improve the health of the community. Frederick is the former Executive Director of Estrella Family Services and was chair of the FIRST 5 Santa Clara County Commission. He is Chair of the Santa Clara University’s College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Advisory Board and chaired the University’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Diversity and Inclusion. He is a member of the Children’s Discovery Museum LGBTQ Advisory Board. He is the former chair of the Rocketship Public Schools board. Throughout his career, Frederick has received numerous awards including: The John Gardner Leadership Award from ALF-SV, the Human Relations Award from the Santa Clara County Commission on Human Relations, and PACT’s Community Builder Award. For over 30 years, Frederick has been on the adjunct child development faculty at De Anza College. He is a Dean’s Executive Professor of Public Health at Santa Clara University and was an instructor in the Special Education credential EPIC program at the Santa Clara County Office of Education. He has completed two distinguished programs at Harvard University: The Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations, and Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. He also completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Frederick holds a B.S. degree from Santa Clara University, a M.S. degree from San Jose State University, and an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Santa Clara University.