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Business Journals
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
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. Story Highlights Silicon Valley Business Journal announces second group of Women of Influence. 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. For more stories like this one, sign up for the Business Journal's free morning and afternoon daily newsletters or download our free app. 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! Silicon Valley's Highest-Paid Female Executives Total compensation Rank Prior Rank Person 1 1 Hu, Jean 2 4 Su, Lisa T. 3 8 Porat, Ruth View this list Largest Women-Owned Businesses in Silicon Valley 2023 revenue Rank Prior Rank Name/Prior rank 1 1 TD Thornton Group Inc. 2 1 ASI Corp. 3 3 Stellar Solutions Inc. View this list
CBS News
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Opera San Jose set to present bilingual production of "Zorro"
Opera San Jose is hoping to bring in a new audience with its upcoming of "Zorro," a blend of Latin-American culture and California history that will be performed in English and Spanish. Every note reflects a story of the past and the present. Conductor Jorge Parodi recently rehearsed the music for the production, which will be Opera San Jose's second Spanish language offering. Maestro Parodi says it will engage audiences on all levels. "There's sword fights, and all kinds of fights and drama. It's a very meaningful piece for all of us," he said. "First of all, it happens here in California, which is very unusual. So it's very rare to have an opera that happens in California." It's also very rare to have an opera switch between English and Spanish so frequently, but Parodi says that is what makes this production of Zorro so magical. "It makes it very easy to understand," Parodi explained. "Maybe because I speak both languages, but I'm sure in this community, a lot of people will understand most English and most Spanish. So in that sense, it's quite genius." And according to stage director David Radamés Toro, the local story line is a reminder of California's multicultural heritage. "The fact that it is an American opera, that is written on a Latino-American story," said Radamés Toro. "The story itself takes place in colonial California in 1811. And a lot of times when you don't study history outside of California, you tend to forget that, west of the Mississippi mostly belonged to the Spanish. It reminds us that the Latino culture is an American culture." As the conductor and director prepare the final details for opening night, Maestro Parodi says the Spanish lyrics, paired with the poetic text, will captivate hearts of all cultural backgrounds. "After all, in opera, the actor is the music. And when the music changes, the drama changes," he said. "But we have the text that tells us exactly what's happening." A text that reflects California's vibrant past, and evolving future.
