Leadership Advisory Team
​An appointed Leadership Advisory Team, made up of climate leaders from public agencies, academia, nonprofit and community-based organizations, serves as the primary advisory body for the Collaborative and makes recommendations pertaining to the operational, strategic direction, and financial sustainability of the Collaborative. The LAT will work in close collaboration with the Collaborative Project Management Team to advance critical decisions of the Collaborative and will receive support from the County staff and the Collaborative consultant teams.
2025 - 2026 Leadership Advisory Team
Angelica Diaz
Healthy Communities Branch Director, Public Health Department, County of Santa Clara
Andrea Mackenzie
General Manager, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Danielle Lee
Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer, City of Mountain View
Jack Mahoney
Director, Movement- and Power-Building, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Cayce Hill
Sustainability Director, County of
Santa Clara
Shawn Gerth
Executive Director, Veggielution
Julie Benebente
Deputy Director, Climate Smart, Environmental Services Department, City of San Jose
Kristen Parineh
Director, Office of Sustainability, Stanford
Victorina Arvelo
South Bay Resilience Manager, Greenbelt Alliance
John Bourgeois
Deputy Officer, Division of Watershed Stewardship and Planning, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Lauren Weston
Executive Director, Acterra
Implementation Partners
Tegan Hoffmann
Executive Director and Board Member,
Coastal Quest
Funding Implementation Partner
Violet Wulf-Saena
Founder and Executive Director,
Climate Resilient Communities
Equity Implementation Partner
Michael McCormick
President, Farallon Strategies
Coordinating Implementation Partner
Prati Rosen
Senior Associate, Farallon Strategies
Coordinating Implementation Partner