Scott Atkinson
Scott Atkinson is an attorney at Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn. His practice focuses on civil litigation, particularly employment disputes, trade secret litigation, real estate disputes, and estate and trust litigation. Prior to joining Carr McClellan, Scott was a litigation attorney at O’Melveny & Myers in San Francisco. Scott is a graduate of Duke University, and he received his JD from Vanderbilt University Law School.
Elaine Cohen, Ed.D.
Hillsborough Auxiliary to Community Gatepath
Elaine Cohen has held leadership positions for her first two years as a member of the Hillsborough Auxiliary. She holds an Ed.D. in Education from University of San Francisco and her professional experience includes teaching, research and administration at all levels of education. Elaine is a leader in numerous community groups, including Notre Dame de Namur University, Mission Hospice of San Mateo County, Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, Hillsborough Schools Foundation, Phi Delta Kappa Chapter at College of Notre Dame, San Mateo County Medical Auxiliary, AAUW, ABWA and San Francisco Symphony Upper Peninsula League.
Joel Friedman
Accenture’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Retired
Joel Friedman was President of Accenture’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) organization until his retirement in August 2005. He was responsible for overseeing Accenture’s portfolio of BPO businesses as well as fueling new innovation and growth in BPO. He was a member of Accenture’s Board of Directors until February 2005 and also served on the company’s Executive Committee and Global Leadership Council.
Todd Gemmer
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Todd Gemmer currently serves as Vice President at Morgan Stanley and has been with the corporation since 2001. He coordinates comprehensive wealth management strategies for both individual and corporate investors including financial planning, asset allocation strategies, fixed income, 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans. Todd is a graduate of Indiana University and has a M.B.A. in Finance from UCLA. He serves on the board of Support for Families of Children with Disabilities and is a past board member of Burlingame Rotary Club.
Dr. Grace Gengoux
Stanford University's School of Medicine
Dr. Grace Gengoux currently serves on the clinical faculty at Stanford University's School of Medicine. She is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) and one of the foremost experts in behavioral treatments for young children. Her research specifically focuses on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and the development and evaluation of evidence-based interventions for children and families. Her research and published papers have been pivotal towards improving the lives of children with autism and their families. She graduated summa cum laude from Claremont McKenna College with a B.A. in psychology before earning a M.A. in counseling psychology from UC Santa Barbara and completing her Ph.D. in clinical psychology. In addition, her postdoctoral fellowship was held at the Yale Child Study Center and Yale University School of Medicine. She has been recognized on numerous occasions for her work and is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA), and the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR). She enjoys yoga, hiking, cooking and traveling with her husband, Patrick.
Carole Groom
County of San Mateo, Hall of Justice
Carole Groom was sworn in to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on January 6, 2009. Prior to joining the Board of Supervisors she served nine years on the San Mateo City Council, including two terms as Mayor, and on the San Mateo Planning and Public Works Commissions. Her professional experience includes 18 years as a Vice President of Mills-Peninsula Health Services. Carole serves on the Boards of Directors of Community Gatepath, San Mateo Police Activities League, Leadership San Mateo, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Transportation Authority, Blue Ribbon Task Force on Adult Health Coverage Expansion, and is an Advisory Board Member of Palcare.
Larry Grotte
MTC Holdings/Ports America, (Retired)
Larry has 36 years of senior executive and management consulting experience serving Fortune 500 and venture-backed technology companies. He has held CEO/C-level positions on various teams leading IT, strategic planning, M&A, finance and marketing. Most recently, he was the Chief Information Officer for MTC Holdings/Ports America, an international marine terminal operator.
Larry has served on the Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards of medical technology companies, enterprise software and business process outsourcing companies. He served as Chairman of Inc® CEO Council of Growing Companies, Chairman of the ASTD® Silicon Valley Total Quality Management Task Force, and as a Group Chairman of The Executive Committee (TEC), Silicon Valley. Larry was appointed by the White House to serve on a U.S. business leaders delegation to Japan. He received an M.B.A. from Notre Dame de Namur University and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from San Francisco State University.
Larry lives in San Carlos with his wife Betsy who serves on the Board of Directors of the Hillsborough Auxiliary to Community Gatepath together with their son Peter who is a wonderful child with special needs. Since retiring, Larry has been inspired by Peter’s circumstances to actively participate in the special needs community to develop better quality-of-life solutions for those individuals who require life-long support and ‘principled’ compassionate care.
Jeanmarie M. LaBonte
Comerica Bank
Jeanmarie M. LaBonte is a Senior Wealth Advisor with Comerica Wealth Management in Palo Alto, CA. As an Advisor, Jeanmarie specializes in helping clients meet their unique personal and business related financial goals by assembling a broad financial team of specialists, including investments, private banking, trust, financial planning and insurance. Jeanmarie has over 20 years of Investment and Wealth Management experience.
Jeanmarie earned her BA degree in Political Science and International Business from Hofstra University and her MBA in Finance from Fordham University in New York City. She is very involved in the community as a member of the Board of Directors for Community Gatepath as well as serves on the Development Committee, a volunteer for Junior Achievement and is a member of the Financial Women’s Association.
Jeanmarie lives in Burlingame with her husband and 2 children.
Dr. Susan Lin
MD Laser and Cosmetics
Dr. Lin graduated from Boston University School of Medicine Six Year Medical Program with a NIH Cancer Research Fellowship, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, and served as an Expert Reviewer for Medical Board of California. Dr. Lin owns and operates both MD Laser & Cosmetics Center in San Mateo and La Canada Ventures, Inc. Dr. Lin presides over nonprofit foundations for autism initiatives.
Gene Mullin
Educator, Assembly Member Nineteenth District (Retired)
Gene Mullin is a former Democratic California State Assembly member and former South San Francisco Council member. He represented the 19th Assembly District, which includes San Mateo, Burlingame, Brisbane, Daly City, Foster City, Hillsborough, Millbrae, San Bruno, South San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica, and Belmont. Prior to entering government, Gene had a distinguished career as a teacher and basketball coach at South San Francisco High School. Gene remains an active advocate of education, disabilities issues and other matters affecting Californians and does some consulting on legislative issues.
Dave Pine
Dave Pine, Attorney at Law
Paul Regan
Paul Regan has been a certified public accountant for more than 40 years. His work in the accounting profession includes experience as an auditor and as a consultant. As an auditor, Paul served as engagement partner, supervised and participated in more than 100 audits of public and private companies. As an accounting expert, Paul has testified in more than 100 trials and arbitrations and in more than 200 depositions and has worked on more than 700 complex litigation matters. Paul has been designated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) as Certified in Financial Forensics (“CFF”). He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner, and Chairman of Hemming Morse, Inc. Paul is a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (“CalCPA”). He has served on its statewide Litigation Services Steering Committee since 1990 and was its Chair during 2002 / 2004.
Monique Yohanan
Epocrates
Monique V. Yohanan, M.D. specializes in Geriatric and Internal Medicine and received her Medical Degree at Brown University School of Medicine as well as her MPH from Johns Hopkins. Monique has been honored with several awards, including the Charles J. Hatem, MD Excellence in Teaching Award, and has had her work published on numerous occasions.
Sheryl Young
Community Gatepath
Sheryl Young is Chief Executive Officer of Community Gatepath, Sheryl Young oversees one of the largest and oldest nonprofit organizations in San Mateo County. Gatepath annually serves 8,500 children, adults, seniors, their families, and the professionals that support them, through direct programs, support services, education, and information. She manages a staff of 130 employees and an annual budget of $9 million dollars, which have supported the agency’s dedication to “Turning Disabilities into Possibilities” for over 90 years.
Sheryl has 26 years of managerial experience in operations, finance, and marketing. She is known for her ability to build innovative and sustainable nonprofit programs, and is a leader in the field of managing boards of directors, social entrepreneurship, and melding for-profit and nonprofit management styles to fuel nonprofit organization effectiveness. Sheryl had the opportunity to share her expertise and collaborate with other professionals in August 2007, when she was selected to participate in Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management program, a distinction shared by only 140 nonprofit executives from around the world.
Sheryl is a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Non-Profit Leaders. She also earned a Masters of Public Health from the University of California at Berkeley, a Masters Degree in Special Education from Ball State University and a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from Purdue University.
