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Speaker for the 2/11/2025 Meeting:
Manijeh Fata
Executive Director, Film SF

Speaker for the 03/11/2025 Meeting:
José Cisneros
Treasurer, City and County of San Francisco


"Field Trip" to Waymo Headquarters in Mountain View - 1/22/2025

Dean Rana Sarkar leads a "Fireside chat" regarding local, regional and national election results featuring:
Raj Mathai
Anchor and Journalist, NBC Bay Area

Speaker for the 10/08/2024 Meeting:
Dr. Nathalie Cabrol
Director of the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute

2024-2025 Executive Committee
From left to right: Dean & Consul General Rana Sarkar of Canada,
Vice Dean & Consul General Dmytro Kushneruk of Ukraine,
Vice Dean & Honorary Consul Thomas E. Horn of Monaco, Secretary-Treasurer & Honorary Consul Barbara Pivnicka of Slovak Republic

Speaker for the 9/10/2024 Meeting:
Mark Chandler
Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of
International Trade and Commerce

Speaker for the 05/14/2024 Meeting:
Dr. Scott Sampson
California Academy of Sciences

Speaker for the 04/09/2024 Meeting:
Stephen Revetria
President, SF Giants Enterprises


Speaker for the 2/13/2024 Meeting:
Dan Kingsley
Co-Founder, SKS Partners: The Berkeley Space Center Project
at NASA Research Park
Dean Rana Sarkar during "Fireside chat" at
the 3/12/2024 Meeting featuring:
Dr. Sean Randolph
Senior Director, Bay Area Council Economic Institute

Speaker for the 10/10/2023 Meeting:
Bill Scott
Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco

"Field Trip" to U.S. Coast Guard Island in Alameda - 1/9/2024
Featured Speaker: Vice Admiral Tiongson
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Speaker for the 5/9/2023 Meeting:
Hon. Brooke Jenkins
District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco

Speaker for the 9/12/2023 Meeting:
Mark Chandler
Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of
International Trade and Commerce

Speaker for the 3/14/2023 Meeting:
Mark Chandler
Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of
International Trade and Commerce

Speaker for the 4/11/2023 Meeting:
David Stull
President of San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Speaker for the 02/14/2023 Meeting:
Adrienne Bechelli
Deputy Director - Division of Emergency Services at the
San Francisco Department of Emergency Management

Speaker for the 10/11/2022 Meeting:
Dr. Russell Jeung
Professor of Asian American Studies at SF State University
and Co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate

Speaker for the 9/06/2022 Meeting:
Mark Chandler
Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of
International Trade and Commerce

Speaker for the 5/10/2022 Meeting:
Rodney Fong
President and CEO of San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Bakar BioEnginuity Hub at University of California-Berkeley
https://bbh.berkeley.edu/



Bakar BioEnginuity Hub
Gino Segre
Managing Director

Speaker for the 03/08/2022 Meeting:
Jose Cisneros
Treasurer
City and County of San Francisco

Visit to Bakar BioEnginuity Hub - 04/11/2022
Dr. Regis Kely
Director of one of four California Institutes for Science and Innovation, created by the California Legislature to strengthen the academic foundation of its technology-based industries.

Speaker for the 11/9/2021 Meeting:
William Scott
Chief of Police
San Francisco Police Deparment

Speaker for the 2/8/2022 Meeting:
Susanne Stirling
Vice President - International Affairs
California Chamber of Commerce

Speaker for the 9/14/2021 Meeting:
Mark Chandler
Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of
International Trade and Commerce

Speaker for the 10/12/2021 Meeting:
Dr. Sean Randolph
Senior Director of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Speaker for the 5/11/2021 Meeting:
Dr. Susan Philip

Health Officer and Director for the Department of Public Health
of the City & County of San Francisco

Speaker for the 6/8/2021 Meeting:
Joe D'Alessandro
President and CEO, San Francisco Travel Association

Speaker for the 3/9/2021 Meeting:
Ms. Jennifer Stojkovic
Executive Director of sfciti.org

Speaker for the 4/13/2021 Meeting:
Hon. London Breed
Mayor, City and County of San Francisco

Speaker for the 1/13/2021 Meeting:
Dr. Scott Stephens
Professor of Fire Science and Henry Vaux Distinguished
Professor in Forest Policy, UC Berkeley

Speaker for the 2/9/2021 Meeting:
Mr. Elliot Mainzer
President and CEO of California Independent System Operator (ISO)

Speaker for the 10/13/2020 Meeting:
Hon. Eleni Kounalakis
Lieutenant Governor of California

Speaker for the 11/10/2020 Meeting:
Dr. George Rutherford, UCSF
Chief of the infectious disease and global epidemiology divisions in UCSF’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Director of the Prevention and Public Health Group at UCSF
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