About Us








​Leadership Team

Jags Krishnamurthy
Chair
Jags is a local tech executive with extensive experience in enterprise technology. He currently serves as CTO of Object Edge.

Dr. Beth Arman
Vice Chair
Beth is the Senior Dean of Career and Community Partnership at Diablo Valley College (DVC). She has a long history of creating workforce training programs with industry partners in California and other states.
Membership
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Beth Arman, PhD, Diablo Valley College
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Pavan Attur, Kaiser Permanente
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Jared Asch, Capstone Government Affairs & Economic Development
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Melyssa Barrett, The Data Institute
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Jonathan Bartlett, InnoCom Bio Equities
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James Blair, Diablo Valley College
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Ryan Buckley, Shovels AI
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Kevin Cabral, Concord Chamber of Commerce
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Ken Carlson, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
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Mark Castellucci Sr, Heveatek
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Ed Del Beccaro, TRI Commercial Real Estate
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Isidro Farias, Saint Mary's College of California
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Darrell Foote, Inform Public Relations
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Vicki Gordon
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Jeannette Green, UC - Green Communications
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Alex Greenwood, Alex Greenwood Group
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Olivia Herriford, Herriford Consulting
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Lindy Johnson, Contra Costa Transportation Authority
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Jags Krishnamurthy, Object Edge
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Bob Linscheid, Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau
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Mark Martin, Bay Area Community Colleges
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John Matthesen
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Keith Miao, Birdstop, Inc.
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Michael Nathan, Meritage Group
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Ricardo Noguera, Economic Development Manager, City of Brentwood
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Carlyn Obringer, City of Concord Vice Mayor
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Mark Orcutt, East Bay Leadership Council
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Pratap Ramamurthy, Google
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Josh Roden, Brookfield Properties
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Charlie Shi, Diablo Valley College
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Grace Silverboard, Haley & Aldrich
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Karen Sovath
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Tamara Steiner, The Pioneer
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Marie Suvansin, City of Concord
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Varun Turlapati, Astute Crew LLC
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Kyle Valiton, Port Labs
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Gordon Zagar, Zagar Consulting, Inc.