Anne-Marie Peterson, Chair of the Board; Co-Chair of Threshold Capital Campaign Committee. Anne-Marie is an investment analyst at Capital World Investors, focusing on the retail sector. Previously she was a partner at Thomas Weisel and an investment analyst at Montgomery Securities. Anne-Marie has been on the board since January 2005 and previously chaired the Development Committee.
Karen Skidmore, Vice Chair of the Board; Chair of Governance and Board Development Committee. Karen is senior associate general counsel and also serves vice president and corporate secretary of Franklin Templeton Investments. She has served on various nonprofit boards, including Encore/San Francisco Ballet Association, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, and the American Heart Association. Karen joined New Door Ventures’ board in March 2006. Karen holds a J.D. from Fordham Law School and a B.S. from the University of Virginia.
Allen Phipps, Board Treasurer; Development Committee. Allen is retired and was a career management consultant whose work experience includes having been executive director of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, president of SRI Consulting and a senior vice president of The Boston Consulting Group. Allen has served on several for-profit and nonprofit boards, including the Boy Scouts, Hawaiian Island Ministries and Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. Allen joined New Door Ventures’ board in January 2005.
Ken Byk, Chair of the Audit Committee; Facilities Task Force. Ken joined New Door Ventures’ board in 2001 and served as board secretary in 2001-2008. He is a small business owner and former President/CEO of Forensic Analytical Specialties, Inc., a private company serving public health needs. Ken has a B.S. from Bucknell University and an MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Bill Coyne, Chair of Facility Task Force; Governance and Board Development Committee. Bill joined New Door Ventures’ board in 2011 and serves as an independent retail consultant to private equity firms and retailers. From 2002-2009, Bill was President and CEO of Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, and held other senior management roles at Raley’s beginning in 1997. He has served on several for-profit retail boards and several nonprofit human services boards. Bill holds a J.D. from University of Southern California Law School and a B.S. from University of Illinois.
Hunt Hanover . Hunt is an investment professional at Marcato Capital Management in San Francisco. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2001 and from UPenn’s Wharton School Executive MBA program in 2010. Hunt has been involved in the ministry programs of St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in San Francisco. He joined New Door Ventures’ board in 2009.
Chris Leupold, Development Committee. Chris is a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch and heads U.S. Regional Global Markets Sales. He holds an economics degree from the University of Oregon and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Chris has also served on the advisory board for All Stars, an innovative New York based non-profit that uses performing arts to reach at-risk-youth. Chris joined the New Door Ventures board in January 2010.
Ted Lucas, Chair of the Ally Partners Task Force; Development Committee. Ted joined New Door Ventures’ board in January 2007 and served as board treasurer in 2007-08. He is Managing Partner at Lattice Strategies LLC, a San Francisco-based investment firm. He was previously head of U.S. Strategy at Barclays.
Elizabeth McCarty, Development Committee. Elizabeth is a community volunteer with significant experience serving various non-profits in the San Francisco community including the Maritime Museum, Meals on Wheels and Build On. She joined the New Door Ventures board in April 2006.
Erin O'Donovan; Chair of the Development Committee. Erin is a Principal at TPG Capital in the Fundraising Group. Prior to joining TPG in 2005, Erin was Vice President in the Private Equity Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. based in London and New York. From 1999 to 2001, Erin worked as a financial analyst in the Fixed Income Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Erin received a B.A. in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College. Erin joined the New Door Ventures board in 2010.
Tess Reynolds, CEO of New Door Ventures. Tess has served as the CEO of New Door Ventures since 2003. Under her leadership, New Door has nearly tripled in size and received numerous awards for its program effectiveness and community impact. Tess has over 20 years of leadership experience in the technology industry where she worked as a Business Unit General Manager, Vice President of Marketing, and Management Consultant. Tess has served on the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations, including Parents Helping Parents, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and the Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition.