Where does Grace Mah work?

Grace Mah is SV2 Board Member at Silicon Valley.

Where did Grace Mah go to school?

Grace Mah studied at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (Public Leadership Credential, Public Policy Analysis); University of California, Berkeley (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Caltech (Bachelor of Science - BS, Engineering and Applied Science).

Grace Mah

Investor

SV2 Board Member at Silicon Valley

Palo Alto

About

Grace Mah has served on the Santa Clara County Board of Education since 2007 and holds several civic roles, including Board President of Stevenson House, a low-income senior housing program in Palo Alto, and co-founder of the Strong Start Coalition of Santa Clara County. She has 18 years of high-tech industry experience in project management and sales. She holds a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science from Caltech and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, and is pursuing a Public Leadership Credential from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Experience

La Comida de CaliforniaBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2Board Membercurrent2022 — present
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2Partnercurrent2017 — present
American Leadership Forum Silicon ValleySenior Fellowcurrent2015 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
Strong Start CoalitionCo-Founder2013 — 2024Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County Office of EducationSchool Board Trustee2007 — 2024Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara County Office of EducationBoard President2019 — 2022
Stevenson HouseBoard President2020 — 2023
Stevenson HouseMember of the Board of Directors2015 — 2023Palo Alto, CA
PACE (Palo Alto Chinese Education)Founder2001 — 2018Palo Alto, California, United States
MOUSE Squad of CaliforniaCo-Leader2012 — 2017Crittenden Middle School, Mountain View, CA
Ohlone Elementary SchoolMandarin Immersion Community Liaison2008 — 2014
Palo Alto Family YMCAMember, Board of Directors2002 — 2008
Agilent TechnologiesR&D Software Project Manager1998 — 2002
Hewlett-PackardVarious Positions1984 — 1998

Skills & more

Strategic Planning31PerlProduct Development6Embedded Systems1Product Management33Cloud Computing6Public Speaking18Product Marketing16Project Management17Software Project Management9Staff Development7Leadership Development7

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Program ManagementManufacturingStart-upsR&DLeadershipManagementNonprofitsResearch and Development (R

Languages English · Mandarin - Some

Public Leadership Credential — Harvard University Kennedy School of Government

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Bill Brownell

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Byron Hill

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Catherine Crystal Foster

Partner Champion to Oasis Legal Services at Silicon Valley

Celeste Ford

Partner Champion to Harvest Thermal at Silicon Valley

Charity Silkebakken

Youth Development Grant Round Co-Leader; Partner Champion to MyPath at Silicon Valley

Frequently asked questions

Who is Grace Mah?: Grace Mah has served on the Santa Clara County Board of Education since 2007 and holds several civic roles, including Board President of Stevenson House, a low-income senior housing program in Palo Alto, and co-founder of the Strong Start Coalition of Santa Clara County. She has 18 years of high-tech industry experience in project management and sales. She holds a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science from Caltech and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, and is pursuing a Public Leadership Credential from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Where does Grace Mah work?: Grace Mah is SV2 Board Member at Silicon Valley.
Where did Grace Mah go to school?: Grace Mah studied at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (Public Leadership Credential, Public Policy Analysis); University of California, Berkeley (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Caltech (Bachelor of Science - BS, Engineering and Applied Science).

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Also attended Caltech158

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia Capital Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VC Markus EnzelbergerPartner at Versant Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley4

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Also worked at Agilent Technologies36

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Also worked at Hewlett-Packard307

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