Board of Directors

 Jackie Gachina is President and co-founder of Gachina Landscape Management. She assumed the responsibilities of President and CEO when her husband John Gachina, co-founder of Gachina Landscape Management, passed away on   December 27, 2015.  John was also a dear friend and supporter of JobTrain for many years.  This “humble gardening company” grew from three people to over 450 employees in 30 years.  Jackie actively oversees the day-to-day operations of the company.

Charlene Trinh is the Senior Vice President, Senior Regional Fiduciary Manager for Wells Fargo’s Wealth Management Group in the Greater Bay Area market of California.  She leads a team that provides wealth planning advice and comprehensive financial solutions to high net worth individuals.

Charlene came to the Greater Bay Area from Long Beach, California, where she first started as a Risk Manager in 1999.  During her time at the California Center, she held several key leadership roles, including Senior Trust Team Manager, and partnered with other leaders in Wealth Management on a number of business initiatives to streamline fiduciary services and provide exceptional services to clients.  Charlene earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles and her JD degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law.  Charlene is a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA) and a member of the California Bar.  Currently, she is an active member of the California Diversity Circle for Wells Fargo Wealth Management Group and has been recently recognized as a Diversity Champion.

In 2013, Charlene relocated to the Greater Bay and lives in San Carlos with her husband Brandon.  She is an avid golfer and a 3-time Boston Marathon Qualifier.

Becky Sunseri is the co-founder and CEO of Tin Pot Creamery, a craft ice creamery born in Palo Alto.  Becky grew up in the Midwest eating, making and enthusiastically enjoying ice cream.  She wrote her first ice cream menu at age 15!  Becky graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Science and moved out to San Francisco where she got a job at a tech startup.  While working in tech, she felt a void in her life and yearned for something more creative.  To fill this void, she started volunteering for The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.  It was through this volunteer work that she was introduced to Tante Marie Pastry School.  She attended pastry school while working full time and upon graduation, quit her job in tech and became a pastry chef full time.  She worked in a number of professional kitchens before finding a pastry position on the culinary team for Facebook.  It was through Facebook that Becky met another individual equally obsessed with ice cream, and together they decided to make their dreams come true by starting Tin Pot Creamery.

Kristin Reinke, as the Vice President of Finance at Google, leads the global finance function responsible for strategic planning, accounting, and operations.  A member of the Finance leadership team since 2005, Kristin has helped Google transition from startup to a multi billion dollar company, leading various initiatives across Finance, and in partnership with the various businesses within Google, to scale its product portfolios to include multiple successful businesses.

Prior to joining Google, Kristin was at Oracle where she ran Global Business Practices for its Alliances & Channels, and started her career at Arthur Andersen.

Kristin earned her B.A. in Accounting from Michigan State University, and is a CPA. She spends her time away from work with her twin boys.

Clay Jones is a 22-year business veteran and has been a leader in the establishment and growth of community and commercial banking organizations.  Currently, he is an EVP & Mid-Peninsula Market President at Presidio Bank – focusing on commercial banking relationships with small and middle market companies and firms on the peninsula.  Previously, Clay was the founding President, CEO and Director of New Resources Bank, the nation’s first green community bank (aimed at promoting sustainable growth).

A graduate of University of the Pacific, Clay is actively involved in various charitable and community organizations.  He and his wife, Sarah, live in Menlo Park with their three children.

Rita Williams was a leader in the first wave of women reporters on television 41 years ago, reporting hard news and investigative stories. She recently retired from KTVU-TV where she worked as an award winning reporter for the last 35 years.  Rita started the station’s SF bureau in 1980, was its bureau chief, covered politics, the law, breaking and top stories. She was known for her exclusive interviews and stories, as well as her investigative work.  Honors in her career include a George Peabody Award, the Society of Professional Journalists James Madison Award, outstanding journalism alum from Texas Tech University, Natinoal Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle, Edward R. Murrow Awards, Associated Press Mark Twain Awards, an Emmy Award, a Telly Award and was named “Best Reporter in the West.” In 1985, Rita was selected for a prestigious year-long Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University and has taught journalism there.  Rita serves on the Friends of Faith Fancher Board of Directors.  She has been a JobTrain supporter for several decades.

Tara VanDerveer, an 11-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year, is the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball at Stanford University. Over the last 26 years, her philosophy and teaching methods have helped Stanford women’s basketball maintain a level of success that has paved the way for both program milestones and individual achievements. In 25 seasons at Stanford, she owns an amazing 674-147 (.821) record. She has led the Cardinal to two NCAA Championships, nine NCAA Final Four appearances, 19 Pacific-10 Conference titles, eight Pac-10 Tournament crowns and 23 trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Tara’s contributions to the sport of women’s basketball reach far outside the collegiate world. She became internationally known in 1996 when she guided the United States Olympic Women’s Basketball Team to the gold medal in Atlanta. Tara belongs to the Indiana University Hall of Fame, Women’s Sports Foundation Hall of Fame, Greater Buffalo Hall of Fame, and more recently the winner of the 2011 Athena Award. Tara graduated from Indiana University in 1975 with a B.A. in Sociology, where she was a Dean’s List scholar for three years.

Scott Kaspick was the founder and Chairman of Kaspick & Company, the nation’s leading provider of planned gift investment, administration and program support services to charities nationwide. Kaspick & Company has offices in Redwood Shores, California and Boston, Massachusetts and manages over $4.5 billion of assets for clients, primarily for planned gifts, but also for small endowments and individuals. Scott’s role included advising clients on investment management and other related issues and leading the strategic planning effort for the firm. On October 1, 2006 the firm became a separate operating division of TIAA-CREF. Prior to founding Kaspick & Company, Scott was Associate Treasurer at Stanford University and a member of the University’s endowment management team from 1983-1989. He has a BA in Economics from California State University, Sacramento, and an MBA from Stanford University.

Jerry Hurwitz has a background as a vocational teacher in refrigeration and air conditioning at San Jose City College and is the co-founder of J&J Air Conditioning, a commercial/industrial air conditioning repair company in San Jose. Jerry is a longtime Bay Area resident. He and his wife have proudly supported JobTrain for many years.

Richard Hanley is the Principal-in-Charge of KPMG’s Bay Area and Pacific Northwest Advisory practice. Richard is also KPMG Transaction Services’ National Sector leader for Electronics, Software and Services. Richard has been with KPMG for over twenty years and has been based in the Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York and London offices. Richard is responsible for providing advice on domestic and cross border mergers, acquisitions and disposals. He has led assignments in the U.S., Asia and Europe and internal due diligence assignments for KPMG. He was previously head of KPMG’s cross border M&A program. Richard has led due diligence assignments for leading corporates, private equity funds and sovereign wealth funds. Richard’s focus includes pre acquisition due diligence, including evaluation of financial, accounting, tax and commercial aspects of potential acquisition targets and assistance with purchase agreements. He also assists with post acquisition services including closing accounts and purchase price adjustments, purchase agreement support and merger integration. Richard also assists organizations in disposal and carve-out situations.

Richard has an Economics degree specializing in Accounting and Business Finance from Manchester University in England, and is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Teri Eyre is a Human Resources Executive with more than 25 years experience leading global HR organizations.  Formerly a Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard Company, Teri was responsible for HR strategy, talent and succession, workforce planning and recruitment, compensation and rewards, learning and organization development for more than 115,000 employees in 50 countries.  Teri served on the HP Executive HR Council for more than a decade, helping define and shape HP’s people strategies and practices during a period of significant growth and transformation of this Fortune 12 company.

Teri also serves on the Executive Compensation Committee for El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA, and is an executive mentor with the Santa Clara University Global Social Benefit Institute.  Teri holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Colorado State University, a MS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a BA from SUNY Oneonta.  She has been an active JobTrain supporter, volunteer, and Board Member since 2011.