Art Cohen • President
Art Cohen serves as President of the Executive Board.  Art was lead plaintiff in the RICO class action lawsuit representing 6,000+ students  vs. Donald Trump, winning a $25 million settlement.  Art was elected to the Ann Sobrato School Site Council in 2018 and 2016 District 17 delegate to the DNC.  Art advocates diversity in all non-profit and corporate organizations on which he serves.

Jennie Hutchinson • Vice-President
Jennie Hutchinson is the current Vice President of SVDC, Chair of
the SVDC Women’s Caucus, Board Member of Women’s March Bay Area, Co-Lead of Silicon Valley CEDAW Task Force, and Co-Chair of Enough Is Enough Voter Project. She was the lead organizer in Silicon Valley March for Science and received the 2017 DAWN GEM award. Jennie is also a PhD candidate in biomolecular engineering.

Kristen Lyn • Treasurer
Almost 20 years experience in professional accounting. More than 10 years of supervisory experience and budget development responsibility. Worked in Deloitte for 4 years and helped 4 IPO companies for years afterwards. Kristen is a Cupertino School Board Trustee, CUSD designated representative for SSC School Boards Association, Treasurer for Asian Pacific Islander School Board Members Association and CFO for Shin Shin Educational Foundation. Kristen is working to assist with club financial structure and planning.

Linda Sell  • Corresponding Secretary
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Vinod Menon • Recording Secretary
Vinod is a Semiconductor Industry Executive, serving as the Executive Vice-President Engineering at SiTime Corporation. He volunteers every weekend, as an inspirational mentor to empower jobseekers and entrepreneurs.  He joined SVDC in December 2016, and has served as Board Member-At-Large since January 2018. He has walked precincts in Sunnyvale neighborhoods, for now Congressman Ro Khanna and has held various elected Student Government roles.

William Barrett • At-Large Board Member
William Barrett earned a PhD in physics and mathematics, University of Utah. He is a member of technical staff, Bell Labs, Hewlett-Packard, Lasa Industries, Qcad Systems, and Applied Scanning Technology and lecturer of computer engineering at San Jose State University. After ably serving as treasurer of our club since January, 2016, he has recently retired from that position, but still shares his experience and expertise with the board.

Edward Cobb • At-Large Board Member
First elected to the Board for 2017, Ed Cobb manages the club’s digital presence including Facebook and website completed in 2018. Ed has been an SVDC member since 2015 when the West Valley Democratic Club, which he co-founded and served as Secretary and Vice President, folded. His goals for continuing service on the Board are to grow the club’s membership and influence along with further expansion of its digital presence.

Michele Dauber • At-Large Board Member
Michele Dauber is currently an At-large member of the SVDC Executive Board. She is a constitutional scholar and Professor of Law at Stanford. She is also a prominent Democratic Party fundraiser, and chairs the SVDC Fundraising committee. She is a member of the SVDC Endorsement Committee and the SVDC Bylaws Task Force. Michele’s husband Ken is President of the Palo Alto School Board.

Adia Hoag • At-Large Board Member
As a professional political organizer, Adia Hoag has worked for CTA, AFT Maryland, and worked as a Regional Campaign Director for both President Barack Obama and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter. She has built coalitions, coordinated thousands of volunteers, facilitated voter contact and organizer trainings, created social media plans and managed grassroots campaigns. Adia received her BA degree from Smith College and Masters from Harvard GSE. 

Jeffrey Levin • At-Large Board Member
Jeffrey Levin has actively worked on issues supporting women, persons of color, underprivileged, the undocumented, the mentally ill, the disabled, abused children and elders, and LGBTQ persons.  Jeff officiated at over 150 marriage ceremonies when marriage equality became law in California.  He presently serves on the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury. Over ½ million people follow him on Twitter. Jeffrey currently serves as Co-editor of the club newsletter.

LezLi Logan • At-Large Board Member
LezLi has held board positions for multiple organizations and leadership roles on campaigns for several successful ballot initiatives, coordinating hundreds of volunteers and dramatically increasing revenue. A director for Enough is Enough Voter Project, LezLi coordinates text-banks, postcards, social media, and graphic design. LezLi is also Lead of Action Together Bay Area, a progressive Facebook group with over 16,000 members. LezLi co-chairs the SVDC Communications Team and chairs the Membership Committee.

Shalom Marquardt • At-Large Board Member
Shalom Marquardt is an Environmental Geologist of 18 years. As SVDC Women’s Caucus Vice President, Shalom organized SVDC Women’s Caucus events including “I Am Evidence” film screening and forums with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren. She has served as Executive Board Director of Volunteers for the Santa Clara County Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers for 5 years. Shalom also held leadership roles on the Recall of Judge Persky and Enough is Enough Voter Project.

Jeff Orloff • At-Large Board Member
A long-time member of the Club, Jeff Orloff is a former teacher, school administrator and sales & marketing executive for Apple. Jeff worked on nearly every presidential campaign starting with Robert Kennedy and helped Anna Caballero of Salinas win a critically important CA State Senate seat. Jeff currently co-chairs the SVDC events committee and was a key member of the Transition Team.

Frank Ponciano • At-Large Board Member
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Fred Rehhausser • At-Large Board Member
Fred Rehhausser has been a member of the SVDC since 2012 and has served on the executive board since 2014. He has served as Endorsement chair and has been on the Program committee since 2014. He currently serves as co-editor of the club newsletter. Fred Rehhausser has over forty years of experience in the computer industry holding executive positions with industry leading computer companies.

Kristin Rivers • At-Large Board Member
Kristin Rivers, Ph.D. is an over 20-year non-charter public school teacher, lesbian mother of three. She earned nearly 34,000 votes running for East Side San José School Board, was honored with the DAWN GEM award, and founded Together We Will San Jose. She earned an MA in Organizational Management, a Ph.D. in Psychology and is a proud Emerge and Victory Institute alumna. Kristin also chairs the SVDC Elections Committee.  

Belinda Stow • At-Large Board Member
Belinda Stow grew up in Canada and moved to California in 1983. She raised two daughters, was an Information Technology manager at HP, and is now the CIO at Execustaff HR. Her level of political involvement increased exponentially after the 2016 election. Belinda is co-chair of the Meeting Setup team and a member of the SVDC Women’s Caucus. She has worked on several political campaigns, is an active member of Orchard City Indivisible and dedicated volunteer for Enough is Enough Voter Project.

Catherine Williams • At-Large Board Member
Catherine Williams worked as a teacher and in educational administration for over a decade. She has volunteered with Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, including canvassing and lobbying in Sacramento with those organizations. She has been active in the campaigns of many local Democrats, as well as key participation with Enough is Enough Voter Project. Catherine is a committed volunteer serving SVDC as co-chair of the Meeting Setup team and member of the SVDC Women’s Caucus. She would love to see the SVDC continue to grow in size and diversity.