Patrick was born in England and emigrated to Canada to the United States during World War II. He was primarily educated in Canada and received a degree from McGill University in 1951. He became involved with the Boys and Girls Club 25 years ago and has served many of those years on the Board as well as a volunteer in the teen art program at Redwood City. He currently is mentoring four teenage youths aiding them in the transition from Community College to University level enrollment. He was initially introduced to the Club by a Board Member in 1985.

Tracy Koon started her career as a college professor, teaching Modern European History at UC Riverside and the University of Virginia. After moving from academe, she spent 23 years at Intel Corporation in a variety of positions including stints as Director of Intel University and of Corporate Communications. Tracy retired in July of 2006 to devote her energies to three things of great importance to her: kids, animals and crosswords. She is one of a rare breed, a California native.

Dennis was born and raised in New York City, and received his Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Detroit. He spent thirty years in the semiconductor industry, mostly a Intel where he worked in various capacities including as an engineer, manufacturing manager, and general manager. Dennis came to the Clubs as a volunteer in 1997and joined the Board in 2002. He is currently very active as a volunteer in our College Bound Program. Now retired, his interests outside the Club include photography and travel, especially in Asia. He and his wife Alex have one son, Erik, and live in the Los Altos Hills.

Matt is Vice President of Manufacturing & Distribution of Oracle Corporation. He is responsible for the worldwide replication and fulfillment for all Oracle software and education products. Prior to joining Oracle in 1990, Mr. Mayerson held various operations positions with Ernst & Young and Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation. Mr. Mayerson is a member of the board of directors of the Oracle Education Foundation. He received a Bachelor's degree in business economics and an MBA from UCLA. He has volunteered countless hours mentoring at the Club.

Milbrey is the David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy at Stanford University. She is also the Co-Director of the Center for Research on the Context of Teaching, and founding Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. She is the co-author of several books, articles and chapters on education policy issues, contexts for teaching and learning, productive environments for youth, and community-based organizations. She says she was drawn to the Club because it was one of the most effective organizations she has encountered in her research.

Anita holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Education, and taught elementary school in Texas, Turkey, Germany, Okinawa, Tustin and Saratoga CA before becoming a full-time mom. She is extremely proud that both of her daughters also now hold teaching credentials and work in education or human services. Anita became involved at the Club when her daughter and friend Connie Heldman were tutoring there. She went on to take over the Reading Wizards program from Connie and ran it untill moving to Scotland for two years. Upon her return, Anita joined the Club's Board of Directors and is excited to reengage with the kids.

Barbara was first introduced to the Clubs by Mervin Morris, Stuart Moldaw and Patrick Goodenough. She was inspired to see so many children engaged in different and enriching activities they might not otherwise have access to. Barbara had previously been on the Board of the Children's Health Council. She received her B.A. from U.C. Berkeley, and a Master's Degree after working several years in the real estate market and prior to that teaching elementary school.

Matt is the Chief Operating Officer for the Sobrato Organization, a commercial property group in Silicon Valley. Matt previously spent seven years as a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., a law firm advising technology and growth enterprises worldwide, as well as the investment banks and venture capital firms that finance them. Matt graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1988, and he earned his J.D. degree from the Boalt Hall School of Law at University of California, Berkeley. “ Our community's children are our future, and the Club, more than any organization I know, serves the less advantaged among our children to protect that future.”

John currently directs his own freelance marketing and communications agency, Straubel Communications. Prior to founding his own agency, John served ten years as Communications Director for Hiller Aircraft Corporation, and later for Fairchild Hiller Corporation. A native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, he holds a B.S. Degree from Northwestern University, and was a ship's officer in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. John came to the Club to help bridge the opportunity gap in our community. In addition to his work on the Board, he also volunteers as a writing tutor, which he says keeps him young.

Dr. Dana Weintraub is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of General Pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.  She received an A.B. in History from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH and her M.D. from University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA. 

Dr. Weintraub is Medical Director of the Peninsula Family Advocacy Program, a collaboration with Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County to bring free legal aid services to families served by LPCH and affiliated clinics and the Ravenswood Family Health Center.  She is also Project Director of SPORT, a community-based evaluation of after school team sports as a weight control intervention for overweight children in East Palo Alto, CA.

Marcia was born in Shanghai, China, raised in Hawaii, went to the University of Washington and the University of Geneva in Switzerland before settling in California.  She has been married for a good many years, and has three children and eight grandchildren.  She began non-profit work in her single days, volunteering for the Children's Hospital in San Francisco before moving to the Peninsula and becoming involved as a volunteer with the Children's Health Council.  Since then, Marcia has served on various boards including Planned Parenthood, Children's Health Council and the YMCA. The BGCP mission continues to be very important to her and she truly enjoys working with the impressive staff and board.