American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley presents The Dialogue, an ongoing series of conversations featuring members of the ALF network. Podcast episodes feature some of the most interesting and influential leaders in Silicon Valley discussing their personal leadership journeys, how they navigate the complex challenges of the 21st century, and their hopes for the future vibrancy of our communities, the nation and the world.
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Best Of | Senior Fellow Spotlight: Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
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In this episode of The Dialogue Podcast, we're revisiting our interview with American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, of Class XVI.Suzanne St. John-Crane, ALF Silicon Valley CEO and The Dialogue Podcast Executive Producer, sat down with Phaedra in 2019 to discuss the leadership roles that catapulted her to the work of creating…
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Best Of | Senior Fellow Spotlight: Ken Coleman
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In this episode of The Dialogue Podcast, we're revisiting the incredibly inspirational story of Silicon Valley tech pioneer and American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow from Class III, Ken Coleman.Ken is the recipient of numerous honors, including The Ohio State University Distinguished Service Award and the National Alliance of Black School Educato…
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Senior Fellow Spotlight: Cynthia Bright
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In this episode of The Dialogue Podcast, we're featuring American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow Cynthia Bright. Cynthia is a member of Class XLIII and serves as the Deputy General Counsel and Global Head of Litigation Ethics and Compliance at HP Inc.Cynthia shares the story of what led her to accept the invitation to the fellows program, and how t…
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AAPI Voices: Usha Srinivasan
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In this episode of the dialogue podcast, we're featuring ALF Senior Fellow Usha Srinivasan of Class XLII.Usha shares a reading of her contribution to Making Waves—AAPI Voices, a project of ALF Silicon Valley's AAPI Caucus. Through this project, the group hopes to share the experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with the ALF network an…
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Radical Belonging with Ben McBride
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In this episode of The Dialogue Podcast, ALF Silicon Valley CEO Suzanne St. John-Crane sits down with author, activist, and faith leader Rev. Ben McBride for a one-on-one, in-depth conversation about his new book, Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging, the division that seems to permeate every sector of society, and the work of …
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For Senior Fellow Vandana Kumar (Class XXXIX), storytelling is integral to life. From the stories told to her by her maternal grandmother about protecting their property under the British Raj to her mother’s telling of the non-violent resistance formed in her grandfather’s house, inspiration came early. With the confidence and valuable life lessons…
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Finding Strength in the Wilderness
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In this episode of ALF's The Dialogue Podcast, host and ALF Silicon Valley CEO Suzanne St. John-Crane is joined by Carin Taylor and Eureka Daye. Carin and Eureka are members of Class XLII, the current Fellows Program class, now in the final months of their yearlong Fellows Program journey.Carin and Eureka discuss their experience going into the Fel…
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Senior Fellow Spotlight: Eddie García
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Our guest in this episode of The Dialogue is author, entrepreneur, public servant, retired executive, and ALF Class XVIII Senior Fellow, Eddie García. Eddie's new book, Summer in the Waiting Room: Faith, Hope, Love, tells the incredible story of his journey to overcome his fear of failure, his drive to succeed, and the sudden heart attack that left…
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Public Safety: What are the roles for community & police?
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On June 24, 2022, ALF Senior Fellows and Fellows from our national network joined together to learn and share about our roles and opportunities to think and act in new ways to make and keep our communities safe.This ALF National event featured local and national leaders in law enforcement and civil rights from California, North Carolina, Texas, and…
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Jessica Paz-Cedillos & Vanessa Shieh
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In this episode, we are joined by Senior Fellow Jessica Paz-Cedillos (ALF Class XLI) and Vanessa Shieh, Co-Executive Directors at the School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San José.During the pandemic, the Mexican Heritage Plaza became a community hub for essential resources and information, feeding over 50,000 residents,…
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Senior Fellow Spotlight: Linda C. Lawrence
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In this episode, we're bringing you another Senior Fellows Spotlight where we offer a glimpse into the personal and professional journeys of some of the most remarkable leaders in the ALF network. Listen as we hear from veteran business leader and ALF Senior Fellow Linda C. Lawrence (Class XIII) about her work in the early days of global technology…
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A Conversation with Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell
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Recorded live during our Jan. 13 event featuring Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, ALF Senior Fellow (Class VIII) and author of Her Honor: My Life on the Bench… What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It.Par American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley
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A Conversation with Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation
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Recorded live during our October 19, 2021 event: A Conversation with Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation.ALF Senior Fellows, Fellows, and guests heard from Darren Walker in dialogue with ALF CEO Suzanne St. John-Crane. The two discussed reparations and what we, as leaders in our community, can do to repair and heal our communities and d…
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Climate Action and Sustainability
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ALF Silicon Valley CEO and host of The Dialogue Podcast, Suzanne St. John-Crane, is joined in this episode by Senior Fellows Jayne Battey (Class XXIV) and Mark Bahaus (Class XX) to discuss what we can all do in the face of a changing climate. Jayne and Mark each give insights into their personal and professional conservation and climate action jour…
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Extraordinary People, Transformative Year: featuring Toni Vanwinkle & Miguel Marquez
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Extraordinary people. Transformative year. It's a phrase we often use here at ALF to describe the Fellows Program, and it's a description that takes on added meaning for ALF Class XXXIX.When Toni Vanwinkle, Senior Director of Digital Workplace Experience at Adobe, and Miguel Marquez, Chief Operating Officer for the County of Santa Clara, accepted t…
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Why Equality Is The Future of Work: Preparing For The Post Pandemic Workplace
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Recorded live during our June 11 event, Why Equality Is The Future of Work: Preparing For The Post Pandemic Workplace, the ALF network joined author Michelle King and host Jon Hicks to discuss being a leader for gender equality and equity in the workplace. Participants also gained insights into moving from goal to action to create more equitable po…
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The Dialogue Special Episode: Celebrating Pride
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In celebration of Pride Month, we've turned The Dialogue podcast microphone over to three Senior Fellows who join us to discuss a brief history of the LGBTQ+ community in Santa Clara County.Our guest host for this special episode is Dr. Amor Santiago (Class XV), Vice President of Development and Community Affairs at Project Open Hand.Joining Amor i…
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Senior Fellow Spotlight: Robert Sapien
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In this episode, we continue with our Senior Fellows Spotlight series, where we offer a glimpse into the personal and professional journeys of some of the most remarkable Senior Fellows in the ALF network. In today's show, we're pleased to feature a truly inspiring individual, San José Fire Chief Robert Sapien of ALF Class XXV.Robert talks to us ab…
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Stop AAPI Hate: A Conversation with Dr. Russell Jeung
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Recorded live during our April 22nd event, Stop AAPI Hate: A Conversation with Dr. Russell Jeung. Featuring Dr. Russell Jeung, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and Chair, Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. Listen to Dr. Jeung and members of ALF's AAPI Caucus discuss the experiences of the AAPI community in this time of resurging …
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Revolutionary Love in a Time of Rage with Valarie Kaur
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Recorded live during our March 24th event, Revolutionary Love in a Time of Rage with Valarie Kaur. Featuring Valarie Kaur, founder of the Revolutionary Love Project and author of See No Stranger, a Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love. Moderated by LaDoris Cordell (ALF Class VIII), Retired Superior Court Judge and author of the forthcoming me…
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Dog Whistle Politics, Racism, and the Housing Crisis with Ian Haney López
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Dog Whistle Politics, Racism, and the Housing Crisis: recorded live during our February 24th virtual event featuring Ian Haney López, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at U.C. Berkeley and author of Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class.Ian Haney López joined our network t…
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Senior Fellow Spotlight: Ken Coleman
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With this episode, we're launching the first in an ongoing series of podcasts where we offer a glimpse into the personal and professional journeys of some of our most remarkable Senior Fellows. We're calling it Senior Fellow Spotlight. We begin this new "spotlight" series with Silicon Valley pioneer Ken Coleman of ALF Class III.Ken talks about his …
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A Conversation with ALFSV Lead Facilitator Laura Weaver
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In this special episode, CEO Suzanne St. John-Crane is joined by ALF Lead Facilitator Laura Weaver for the first time on the podcast. We learn about Laura's very own leadership journey, including her work in the education field and the story of how she spent time working in the Ecuadorian rainforest.Laura is an author, non-profit director, leadersh…
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We The People with Eric Ward: Building an Inclusive Democracy
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Recorded during ALF's We The People with Eric Ward event on December 3, 2020. Eric K. Ward, Civil Rights Leader and Executive Director, Western States Center in conversation with Muhammed Chaudry (XXVI), Managing Partner, MAC Capital Partners, and ALF-SV Board Member.Eric K. Ward is a national expert on the relationship between hate violence and pr…
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Money As Medicine: A Dialogue with Edgar Villanueva
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On November 16, ALF Silicon Valley and ALF National hosted a virtual dialogue with the award-winning author of the bestselling book Decolonizing Wealth, Edgar Villanueva! In this episode, we're sharing our conversation with Edgar, where he and ALF-SV CEO/ALF National Board Chair Suzanne St. John-Crane discuss the role of wealth and philanthropy in …
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ALF Senior Fellows in the Fight Against Homelessness
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ALF-SV CEO Suzanne St. John-Crane sat down in June (via Zoom) with key players in the emergence of a cross-sector systems change over the last decade in the approach to housing and homelessness in Santa Clara County.Joining Suzanne in this episode are:Jen Loving, ALF Class XXV, Destination: Home CEOKy Ly, ALF Class XXXV, Santa Clara County Deputy C…
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Call Me In: The Intersection of Race, Privilege, and Leadership
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In 2016 a group of non-profit CEOs came together to explore how to put equity at the center of their organizations and how to navigate the sometimes challenging conversations that accompany significant cultural change. ALF was invited in to facilitate this CEO Diversity Inclusion Equity Liberation affinity group, whose journey has been transformati…
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Russ Hancock: A Deep Dive on the Silicon Valley Index
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In the past few years, Silicon Valley’s economy has reached new levels of employment, income, innovation, and investments as major companies are fundamentally altering the character and evolution of innovation in the region. While there are certainly many positives attributed to this boom, we cannot ignore its attributed problems and the disparity …
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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: Liberty and Justice for All
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From an early age, ALF Senior Fellow Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (Class XVI) has taken on leadership roles that catapulted her to the center of creating a more just, equitable and inclusive world. Her eclectic career path has lead her to running the South Bay Labor Council - representing more than 110,000 union members, to expanding universal healthcare …
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Leading with Purpose: Ela Gandhi, Dolores Huerta and Ellen Grace O'Brian
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In November of 2018, ALF Silicon Valley hosted Leading with Purpose, a live event featuring Ellen Grace O’Brian, Author and Spiritual Director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, and Ela Gandhi, Founder of the Gandhi Development Trust in South Africa. Ellen and Ela were joined by surprise special guest Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the Unite…
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Santa Clara County Affordable Housing Bond Update
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In November of 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved a $950 Million affordable housing bond projected to fund 120 new affordable housing developments over ten years, including 4800 new units for extremely low income and very low income individuals. In October of 2018, Supervisor Cindy Chavez (Class XII) – an architect of Measure A - and San Jose…
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Security, Safety and the Second Amendment: A Dialogue on Guns
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In April of 2018, SCC Supervisor Dave Cortese’s office hosted a firearms and safety summit where over 300 community members came together to talk about – guns. He enlisted ALF’s help in facilitating a participatory dialogue. In the liberal bubble of Northern California, the right conditions for dialogue brought together a surprisingly diverse cross…
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Silicon Valley Philanthropy: The Disconnect and Opportunity
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In 2016, a report on philanthropy in Silicon Valley revealed a major disconnect between donors and the local community. The report found that 90% of philanthropic dollars leave the region and of the dollars that stay, the vast majority are given to hospitals and universities. The good news, and the opportunity, is that the report revealed that our …
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Frustration to Fast Track: An ALF Urban Network Story
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Four unlikely partners were brought together through ALFSV's Urban Innovation Network. What happened as a result changed the conversation - and policy - around the City of San Jose's event permitting process. Guests:Blage Zelalich, Downtown Manager, City of San JoseRyan Sebastian, Principal, Movable FeastDemone Carter, Program Manager, School of Ar…
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Mindfulness at East Side: A Cross Sector Collaboration
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Through a series of intersections and dialogues brought about by American Leadership Forum’s Education Innovation Network, ALF Senior Fellows Chris Funk, Superintendent of East Side Union High School District and Siobhan Kenney of Applied Materials are joined by Katey Kennedy of the 1440 Foundation to talk about their journey of seeding, and scalin…
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Dr. Robbie Pearl, Author and Healthcare Revolutionary
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Senior Fellow Dr. Robbie Pearl (Class XVII), recent CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, discusses his second book, Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Healthcare (and Why We're Usually Wrong) which hit #7 on the bestseller list. Dr. Pearl adamantly stresses that while fixing health insurance is critical, we need to focus as much on the way…
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Fr. Jon Pedigo, ING's Maha Elgenaidi and Rabbi Dana Magat
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These ALF Faith Leader Affinity Group members talk at a very personal level about race, bigotry and the power of listening. These unlikely allies came together to support one another, and in the process, envisioned a stategy to heal the fracture of perceived difference in our community.Par American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley
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Heather McLeod Grant discusses "The Giving Code"
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Why are Silicon Valley community-based organizations struggling to meet demand in one of the wealthiest and most sophisticated regions in the world? Why aren’t more Silicon Valley philanthropists directing their dollars toward local organizations and issues, in addition to national or global causes? Senior Fellows Alexa Corte?s Culwell and Heather …
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Taking Stock - A Guided Meditation
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Consultant/Coach and ALF Senior Fellow Amari Romero-Thomas (Class XVI)guides you to let go of what no longer serves you and turn your focus to the ONE thing. A perfect follow up to ALF's Taking Stock retreat.Par American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley
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ALF Faculty Member Jane Wei-Skillern
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ALF Faculty Member Jane Wei-Skillern discusses her research of nonprofit networks, examining how leaders that focus less on building their own institutions and instead invest to build strategic networks beyond their organizational boundaries can achieve dramatic gains in mission impact with the same or fewer resources.…
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SCC Supervisor Cindy Chavez and Destination Home's Jen Loving
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Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez (Class XII) and Destination Home Executive Director Jennifer Loving (Class XXV) share their story of bringing public, private and non-profit stakeholders to the table to courageously and creatively address homelessness in Santa Clara County.Par American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley
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Senior Fellow Ann Ravel (Class XI) talks about the very deliberate choice she made to go public about the Federal Election Commission's dysfunction.Par American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley
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