board updates
Castilleja is pleased to welcome Cindy Goldberg, Ken Hirsch, Heidi Hopper, Usha Nesamoney, Denise Pope, and Phillip Yang to the Board of Trustees. They join a seasoned and robust group, filling the seats vacated by retiring board members at the end of 2012-2013. Also joining the Board for a one-year term as the Castilleja School Association (CSA) representative is CSA president Julia Scocimara.
Cindy Goldberg Cindy Goldberg is an active volunteer, having served Woodside Elementary School as PTA President, and in numerous other leadership roles. At Castilleja she was part of the View360 Steering Committee (2012) and with her husband, Evan, made one of the largest gifts in school history to establish a computer science program. She is a supporter of a variety of charitable foundations, including the V Foundation, The Canary Foundation, and the TEAK Fellowship. In 2012, she was the recipient of Woodside’s Citizen of the Year award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the local community. She previously she held positions at Andersen Consulting, Hewitt Associates, and Visa. She received her BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She and Evan are the parents of Madison ’17, Mia, and Ryan.
Ken Hirsch Ken Hirsch is a Partner at Goldman Sachs where he has focused on advising and financing technology companies for over twenty years. He sits on the Board of Governors of the San Francisco Symphony, the Board of Directors of KIPP Bay Area Schools, and is past President and advisory director of the Portola Valley Schools Foundation. At Castilleja he has worked on the View360 fundraising committee (2012) and as an Annual Fund solicitor (2010). He received his BA from the University of California at Berkeley and Master of Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. He and his wife Becky Long are the parents of Megan ’17, Erin ’19, and Kate.
Heidi Hopper Heidi Hopper is an active volunteer, board member and community organizer. She is the CEO and Secretary of the Hopper-Dean Foundation, which focuses on global health and education issues. She is also on the executive committee of the international board of Free the Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing education, clean water, alternative income projects, and healthcare and sanitation in developing countries. Her work led to the partnership between Castilleja and the all-girls fall/winter 2013 | 43