Los Altos, California, United States
Founded in San Jose in 1994, RAFT (Resource Area For Teaching) is a nonprofit providing educators with engaging hands-on learning resources aligned to national content standards. RAFT has a $3M operating budget, and provides materials, workshops, and a store for over 8,000 educator members and their 150,000 students in the Bay Area and nationwide. With support from 6,000 volunteers, financial and material donations from over 200 corporate partners, and support from individual donors, RAFT helps teachers increase their instructional time in STEAM subjects. Donated materials become inexpensive supplies and enable us to be a certified green organization.
The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation seeks to increase student interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by engaging students in robotics engineering programs across the U.S. and internationally. The REC Foundation develops partnerships with K-12 education, higher education, government, industry, and the non-profit community to achieve this goal.
Principal of one of the largest private elementary schools in Silicon Valley with 550 students Pre-K - 8th Grade.
Hedge Funds, Alternative Investment Management, Corporate Finance and Securities Groups. -fund formation, structuring and capital raising for hedge funds and other private investment vehicles (including hybrid and distressed real estate funds) -development and implementation of compliance programs/policies for investment managers (including '40 Act avoidance) -sell-side representation of foreign privately-held entities in acquisition by US public companies -private placements (PIPE transactions) -financing and term loan agreements relating to acquisitions in Europe