Silicon Valley Business Journal celebrates latest group of 2025 Women of Influence honorees
The Silicon Valley Business Journal is spotlighting leaders making significant impacts across diverse industries in the South Bay.
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Leaders from diverse industries are honored this year.
Winners will be recognized at an awards event on June 26.
The Silicon Valley Business Journal is announcing the second group of our Women of Influence class of 2025, which includes prominent business and community leaders from throughout the South Bay who are making the Silicon Valley a better place to live and work.
Honorees include leaders from small and large companies, representing health care, real estate, banking, entertainment and more.
We will announce the third and final group of winners this week.
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This is the 21st year the Silicon Valley Business Journal has honored the region's most influential women.
Previous winners include Y Combinator Co-Founder Jessica Livingston; former Santa Clara County Supervisor for District 2 Cindy Chavez; Westfield Valley Fair Senior General Manager Sue Newsom; San Jose State University President Cynthia Teniente-Matson; and United Way Bay Area CEO Keisha Browder.
This year's winners will be honored in a special section of the paper and at an awards event on June 26. Watch for more details on the awards event in the coming weeks.
The second group of winners is:
Jessica Lewis , Partner, WilmerHale
, Partner, WilmerHale Shawna Lucey , CEO, Opera San Jose
, CEO, Opera San Jose Elnaz Masoom , CEO, Masoom Law Firm P.C.
, CEO, Masoom Law Firm P.C. Ritika Mathur , Senior Director, Oportun
, Senior Director, Oportun Shilpi Narang , Vice President, Spotnana
, Vice President, Spotnana Maureen O'Connor , President, Palo Alto University
, President, Palo Alto University Alana O'Grady Lauk , Vice President, Verkada
, Vice President, Verkada Teresa Ong , Vice President, Foothill College
, Vice President, Foothill College Kathy Reiner , CFO, Truebeck Construction
, CFO, Truebeck Construction Georgia Rittenberg , CEO, ComputerCare
, CEO, ComputerCare Silvia Scandar Mahan , President, Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School
, President, Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School Sarah Schiltz , Chair - Board of Directors, Cancer CAREpoint
, Chair - Board of Directors, Cancer CAREpoint Ginger Sotelo , Partner, Spencer Fane LLP
, Partner, Spencer Fane LLP Chelsey Souza , Chief Development Officer, Pivotal
, Chief Development Officer, Pivotal Priya Swaminathan , Senior Counsel, McManis Faulkner
, Senior Counsel, McManis Faulkner Tina Syer , Chief Advancement Officer, Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula
, Chief Advancement Officer, Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula Michelle Tansey , CEO, Euro Clinic
, CEO, Euro Clinic Keshia Theobald-van Gent , Vice President, BDev Ventures
, Vice President, BDev Ventures Erica Valentine , Political & Communications Director, UA Local 393
, Political & Communications Director, UA Local 393 Shamara van der Voort , COO, West Coast Community Bank
, COO, West Coast Community Bank Jyothi Vemu , CEO, Futurebytes
, CEO, Futurebytes Natalie Walker , Director, WeHope
, Director, WeHope Corinda Wong , Director, Gensler
, Director, Gensler Alice Zhang , Vice President, Astera Labs
, Vice President, Astera Labs Maria Zhang, CEO, Palona AI
Check back soon for more about these women, their accomplishments, aspirations and plans.
Congratulations to all the honorees!
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