Oct 10, 2024
ALF Senior Fellow Barry Williams (Class XX) recently published an executive summary of 100 Black Voices: Black Corporate Directors Video Archive Project, which aims to conduct 85-100 video interviews of leading black corporate directors and create a video library for...
Oct 2, 2024
New Episode of ALF’s The Dialogue Podcast! In the latest episode of ALF’s The Dialogue Podcast, we’re featuring Senior Fellow Cynthia Bright of Class XLIII. Cynthia is the Deputy General Counsel and Global Head of Litigation Ethics and Compliance at...
Sep 26, 2024
To many, the upcoming election is seen as the most consequential in our lifetime, in part because the political divisions across the country are so deep. Not only are there differences of opinion on policy matters, but people in both parties have begun to identify...
Sep 12, 2024
To mark the launch of our 2024 Giving Campaign, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve expanded the selection and offerings of our ALF Donor Circles! Now, members receive various benefits across eight Donor Circles for contributing the resources necessary...
Aug 26, 2024
In early August, Fellows from Class XLIV met for their Lessons from Wilderness session hosted by Fellow David Leach at the PG&E San Ramon Conference Center. In preparation for the August session, the Fellows were encouraged to reflect on their weeklong Wilderness...
Jul 29, 2024
Embracing My Otherness In many AAPI cultures, we are conditioned to be quiet and to assimilate (into the) dominant culture for the sake of “fitting in.” That was certainly my experience growing up in a Filipino household in San Jose. My parents, who had...
Jul 24, 2024
American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley, in partnership with Thrive Alliance and Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits and with the support of Sobrato Philanthropies, has produced this short video to encourage nonprofit leaders to understand how historical and current...
Jul 15, 2024
This past June, the current Fellows from Class XLIV gathered for two consecutive days in preparation for their Wilderness Experience, which begins this week. The June session started with a practice hike at Sunol Ohlone Regional Wilderness, followed the next day by an...
Jul 11, 2024
VIEW THE 2023/2024 IMPACT REPORT In 2023, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called attention to the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country. Even before COVID, about half of U.S. adults reported experiencing measurable...
Jul 10, 2024
In the new episode of The DialoguePodcast, 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...
