Advisory Board

Susan Chamberlin

is a retired architect and project manager. She received a B.S. in Architecture from Cornell University, then practiced architecture in Hawaii for one year and in Philadelphia for 19 years, working on projects ranging from single family houses to historic renovation projects. Upon moving to California in 1984 she returned to school and received an MBA from the Haas School of Business.

Stephen Davenport

was the founding board chair of the Center and served as chair from 2005-2009. Stephen received his BA and MBA from UC Berkeley, following which he formed D/A Financial Group of California, a financial services organization providing a broad range of insurance, investment, employee benefit, pension and consulting services. He retired from D/A in 1987.

Phillip Estes

Since founding his investment firm, Horizon Holdings, LLC in 1989, Phillip S. Estes (Phil) has been an active investor and acquirer of independent private companies and divisions or subsidiaries of larger corporations. Phil and his business partner have acquired 14 companies in the recreational products, food, beverage, food ingredient and consumer product categories, and Phil works with the key executives at each of its companies to build long-term equity value.

Stephen Etter

received his BA and MBA from UC Berkeley, where he is a continuing lecturer in the Haas Finance Group. He teaches Corporate Finance and Financial Analysis, and has won the Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching. Stephen is a partner at Greyrock Capital Group. Greyrock provides mezzanine debt and equity to finance buyouts, recapitalizations and internal growth needs of middle-market companies.

Jason Goldman

is a sixth generation San Franciscan and a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-founder of G2, an insurance company providing personal, equine, commercial, risk management, employee benefits and life insurance. Jason holds a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on nonprofit management and philanthropy, and entrepreneurship. During his time as an undergraduate, Jason co-founded the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership’s Strategic Philanthropy course, designed to give undergraduate students the opportunity to learn about and act as philanthropists. Jason has continued his passion for giving back through his work with the Northern California Golf Association Foundation and the Jewish Federation. Jason is a board member of the Lisa and Douglas Goldman fund and the Stern Grove Festival Association.

Matthew Goldman

is co-founder of G2, an insurance company providing personal, equine, commercial, risk management, employee benefits and life insurance. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where he received a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on nonprofit management and philanthropic theories and practices. As a student, he co-founded the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership’s course on Strategic Philanthropy. He serves as a board member of the Stern Grove Festival Association and the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund.

Ted Kuh

was an esteemed lecturer at the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business teaching Finance to MBA students. Ted also serves as an Advisor to a number of Haas entities: he is an Advisor in Residence to the Career Planning and Placement Center, he is on the Advisory Board for the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership, and he advises the school on its annual Asian Business Conference. Ted was formerly Managing Director and Global Head of Citigroup’s Retail Industry sector. He spent 24 years in investment banking, including 10 years in London and Hong Kong advising corporations and private equity on mergers and acquisitions, equity financing and leveraged finance transactions. He received his MBA from The Wharton School and his B.S. from the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

Delphine Sherman

is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BRIDGE Housing Corporation. She graduated with a BA in Economics from Dartmouth and an MBA from Haas, School of Business, Berkeley. From 2018 – 2020 Delphine was CFO at Haas and Delphine was on CSSL’s Advisory board before that.

Tony Swei

has extensive experience in both private sector and non-profit entrepreneurship. He co-founded EducationSuperhighway.org, a non-profit dedicated to upgrading America’s K12 public school infrastructure. He has served as a senior executive of several successful technology startups, including Homewarehouse.com (now Walmart.com), KGB Communications, AccessLine Technologies (now Telenetix) and most recently as CEO of Tradar (now EZE Castle Software Group), growing it from a small startup to a multinational enterprise with offices on three continents. Tony has been a long time donor and board member of Meritus College Fund, which helps disadvantaged San Francisco youth attain a college education. Tony holds a B.A. from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford University.

Carolyn Wendler

spent much of her career in financial services, primarily at Chase Manhattan and Citi. She held both line and management positions in domestic and international banking. In these roles she worked in both New York and San Francisco, in corporate finance, leveraged capital, non investment grade corporate banking and global banking. Prior to financial services Carolyn worked in human resources in the airline sector and international sales and marketing in the computer sector.

Since leaving banking, Carolyn has founded and built two of her own entrepreneurial ventures. In addition she continues to consult around the world, providing technical assistance to banks, small businesses and entrepreneurs. She has recently done work in India, Egypt, Tanzania and Tunisia.

Carolyn was previously a member of the Board of Trustees of Cal Performances, serving as Treasurer for several years. In addition she has worked on board committees for Cal Pacific Hospital, Junior Achievement and SF MOMA. Carolyn has a BA and MBA in Finance from the University of Minnesota and an MSE from the University of Wisconsin.

Deb Wetherby

holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia. She is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), a Chartered Financial Analyst, and a CFP. She has been honored over the years in numerous ways, including Top 50 Women in Wealth Management, Top 50 Fee-Only RIA’s, and Top 50 Wealth Management RIAs. Deb loves to teach and has spoken and taught on topics ranging from graduate level finance courses to the collective power of women helping women.

Deb is committed to making a difference in the world and is active in several community organizations, including current or prior service on the Marin Community Foundation, the Advisory Board for the Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership at the Haas School at UC Berkeley, BRAC USA, the National Endowment for Financial Education, and the UC San Francisco Foundation. In addition to spending time with her three children and three grandchildren, Deb enjoys hiking, skiing, reading and ceramics.