Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties is one of 208 autonomous not-for-profit nonsectarian Goodwill organizations affiliated with Goodwill Industries International. Our Board of Directors is composed of local leaders from the business, non-profit, education and public sectors. CEO Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez guides the organization in collaboration with an executive team.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Goodwill's Board of Directors reflects the diversity of the Bay Area. Their professions include legal, retail, finance, banking, human services, and non-profit.
- Brian Penzel
Board Chair
Corporate Relationship Manager, Smith Barney
- Alison May
Board Vice-Chair
Retail Business Professional
- Christina Polischuk
Board Secretary
Financial Services Professional, Barclay Global Investors
- Christopher Nordquist
Board Treasurer
General Counsel, Red Envelope
- Barclay Corbus
Senior VP of Strategic Development, Clean Energy
- Robert Ginis
GP Analytics
- Jacquelyn Hadley
Marketing Professional
- Michael Joseph
FJM Investments
- Perla Ni
CEO, Great Non-profits
- Shepard Pollack
Retired, Marketing/Business Development Professional
- John Power
Executive Director, The Volunteer Center
- Lisa Whiting
Audit Partner, KPMG LLP
- Frank Williams
Director, Senior Ex-Offender Program, Bayview Hunter Point Multipurpose Senior Services
PRESIDENT AND CEO DEBORAH ALVAREZ-RODRIGUEZ
Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez joined Goodwill Industries as President and CEO in March 2004. Known for her dynamic leadership style, and with over 15 years of executive management experience spanning the non-profit, philanthropic, public and private sectors, Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez has a track record of catalyzing change within organizations and leading them toward greater innovation, accountability and responsiveness. Throughout her career Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez has consistently aimed to advance disadvantaged individuals and communities by promoting and implementing new policies, services, and business opportunities based on cross-sector collaboration.
While serving as CEO, Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez has been named one of the most influential women in Bay Area nonprofits by the San Francisco Business Times. She also received, on behalf of the agency, the 2006 Leadership Independent Sector Award, which recognized Goodwill’s innovative job training program and leadership development initiatives.
Prior to joining Goodwill, Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez was Vice President of Silicon Valley's Omidyar Foundation, the family foundation created by the founder of E-Bay, where she developed community building, human services and grant making strategies. Previously, as the Director of San Francisco's Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF), she helped build one of the most comprehensive early childhood education and care systems in the nation and launched one of California's most comprehensive working wage and workforce development initiatives for childcare workers.
Before joining DCYF, Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez specialized in evaluation, strategic planning and health system redesign at the Lewin Group, an internationally recognized health care consulting firm. Previous to that position, she was Founder and CEO of San Francisco's Every Child Can Learn Foundation, Executive Director of Intergovernmental and School-linked Services at the San Francisco Unified School District, and Assistant Director for Budget and Planning for the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez is a graduate of Harvard-Radcliffe College.
