It is with deep appreciation that we celebrate the impact of two outgoing SV2 Board members: Shalyn Eason and Linda Lazor. Both will continue as active, engaged Partners next year.
Shalyn Eason has served on the SV2 Board for the past six years, serving on most SV2 Board Committees: the Grantmaking and Impact Investing Review Committee (also known as the “GIIRC”), the Finance Committee, and the Nominating and Governance Committee. Shalyn has also been a Partner leader for several Grant Rounds. She was a designer of the SV2 “Lightning” Grant Round approach as well as the financial analysis worksheet used to review applicant financial information in SV2 Grant Rounds.
Linda Lazor joined the Board three years ago and was a member of the SV2 Growth Committee. Shortly after joining the Board, Linda took on the role of SV2 CEO, and served on both the Growth Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. In addition to her Staff leadership contributions, Linda strengthened SV2 strategic alignment and organizational governance processes.
Join us in thanking Shalyn and Linda for their Board service and leadership.
We’re also excited to welcome three incoming board members this summer: Rachel Klausner, Rekha Pai Kamath, and Paul Work.
Rachel Klausner consults with nonprofits and foundations, bringing over 20 years of experience in strategic planning, program design, and organizational effectiveness. Rachel began her career at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, joining shortly after its inception. During her tenure she managed the development of the Global Health five-year strategic plan and corresponding business plan, coordinating the $6 billion planning effort ensuring adequate financial and human resources for implementation. She also conducted research and analysis on new areas of potential giving for the foundation. Rachel is currently on the Board of Theatre Aspen. She has also served on the Board of Hidden Villa where she assisted with strategic planning, program planning, fundraising, and board development. Rachel earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego and has Masters in Science degrees in Counseling Psychology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and Library and Information Science from the University of Washington.
Rekha Pai Kamath is an angel investor and managing director at Kamath Family Foundation. Prior to this, she led New Business Incubation at Juniper Networks. She has 20+ years in various product management, marketing, and product development positions at companies such as Symantec Corp, Applied Materials, Sun Microsystems, and ProcketNetworks (acquired by Cisco). Rekha also serves on the board of Fast Forward, an Accelerator for Tech Non-profits based in San Francisco and Intelehealth, a tech nonprofit building Intelligent tech for Last mile health. Rekha also currently serves on the Alumni Council for Techwomen and has been a Foreign speaker for the US Department of State to several countries. She is also an investor, mentor, and advisor to several start-ups at Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs (SA&E) and previously at StartX. She holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
Paul Work is the Chief Business Officer of Siris Medical, an early stage, venture backed company using AI to improve the radiation oncology treatment planning process. Other past experience includes being an Angel Investor at Tech Coast Angels and ACE Funds in Southern California, general management of several healthcare technology ventures, and business development at McKesson. Paul also worked in vertical industry sales at Ariba, Product Management at Oracle and Calico and was a corporate attorney at Latham & Watkins. In addition to his extensive business experience, Paul was on the Board of Fresh Lifelines for Youth, an SV2 Alumni Grantee, where he chaired the finance and audit committees. He has also served as a Board member for AchieveMission. Paul graduated from Dartmouth College and has both JD and MBA degrees from Stanford University.