About Silicon Valley: 2004
Co-hosted by Springboard Enterprises and the Women’s Technology Cluster, the Springboard: Silicon Valley 2004 program featured 25 of the most promising high-growth, women-led companies in technology, software, internet, telecommunications and life sciences from the West Coast. The Forum was held on June 24, 2004 at the Standord Law School in Stanford, CA, showcasing the entrepreneurs before an audience of the area’s top corporate, angel, and venture investors.
Forum Committee
Dina Bitton, Founder & CTO, Xtegra Software
Denise Brosseau, Co-Founder, Springboard Enterprises
Susan Cheng, IDG Ventures
Christine Cordaro, General Partner, CMEA Ventures
Penelope Douglas, President, Pacific Community Ventures
Gordon Earle, Stanford
Gwen Edwards, Principle, GCE, Inc.
Pierre Ferrari, President, Hot Fudge Social Venture Fund
Kim Fisher, Executive Director, The Women’s Technology Cluster
Toby Freedman, Director, BioScience Forum
Cori Gorman, Founder & Principle, DNA Bridges
Leslee Guardino, Director, Government & Corporate Affairs Solectron, Women’s High Tech Coalition
Susan Hailey, CEO, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
Jeff Hamaoui, Founder & CEO, Origo, Inc.
Ellen Hancock, CEO, RDM, former CEO and Chairman, Exodus Communications
Pamela Hartigan, Managing Director, The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Whitney Hischier, Director, Executive Learning Solutions’ Center, Haas School of Business
Marianne Hudson, Entrepreneur Development, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Mitch Kapor, Founder & CEO, Open Source Applications Foundation, MK Foundation
Mitchell Kertzman, Partner, Hummer Windblad Venture Partners, former CEO Sybase
Jackie Khor, Assoc Dir, Program Venture Investments, Rockefeller Foundation, ProVeNex
Freada Kapor Klein, Founder, Level Playing Field Institute
Kay Koplovitz, Chair, Springboard Enterprises
Michelle Law, Greylock
Debra Marshall, Howard Rice
Susan Mason, General Partner, Onset Ventures
Nola Masterson, Founder & CEO, Science Futures, Inc.
Jennie Mather, CEO, Raven Biotechnologies
Sarah McCue, UNDP/World Bank
Jo Anne Miller, Collaboration Principle, Nokia Innovent
Amy Millman, President, Springboard Enterprises
Deborah Nelson, Co-Executive Director, Social Venture Network
Judy O’Brien, Partner, Incubic
Sunita Patel, First VP & Group Manager, Comerica Bank
Humphrey Polanen, Co-founder, Internet Venture Partners
Kim Polese, Chairman, Marimba, Inc
Mike Rebholtz, Partner, Greater Bay Area Practice Leader, Grant Thornton LLP
Wendye Robbins, CEO, NeurogesX
Will Rosenzweig, Founder, Republic of Tea, Principle, Great Spirit Ventures, CEO, Ideagarden
Carol Sands, Partner, The Angels Forum
Nancy Schoendorf, General Partner, Mohr Davidow
Heather Simonsen, CEO, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (Bay Area Chapter)
Anita Stephens, Partner, Opportunity Capital Partners
Nandini Tandon, MDS International
Woody Tasch, Chairman and CEO, Investor’s Circle
Tabreez Verjee, General Partner, Global Asset Capital, LLC
Winnie Wan, CEO, Aria Biomedical Systems
Matt Weisman, Healthcare Chair, Keiretsu Forum
Howard Wolf, Stanford Alumni Association
Jennifer Beckey, FWE Southern California
Eve Kurtin, Pacific Venture Group
Vivian Shimoyama, BreakThru Unlimited
Luis Villalobos, Tech Coast Angels
Fay Wood, SatisFusion
Betsy Zeidman, Milken Institute
Co-hosts
Springboard Enterprises
Sponsors
Partner Sponsors:
Supporter Sponsors:
Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
Contributor Sponsors:
Building Blox
Folger Levin & Kahn LLP
Supporting Organizations
Center for Executive Development UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Emerging Venture Network
The Enterprise Network of Silicon Valley
The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Participating Investors
Ascend Ventures
Cargill Venture Partners
Clarium Capital
ComVentures
Hot Fudge Venture Fund
Opportunity Capital Partners
Sand Hill Capital
Ventiva Ventures
Venture Strategy Partners