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Our Supporters

We are so grateful for the strong support we get from our community. The following donors, corporations, foundations and volunteers were incredibly generous with their time and/or money in 2021-22.

Thank you, donors!

Through the generosity of our donors, we funded 123 scholarships, 14 honorariums and 13 internships/supplemental scholarships in 2021-2022, distributing over $560,000 in scholarships.

AnonymousTom Chavez
Gail and Bruce ChizenEsther and Aart De Geus
Carol and Burton GoldfieldGoogle, Inc
Marguerite and Karl HansenChris and Greg Hoberg
Intrepid Family Foundation (recommended by Steve Hope)Cathy and Dick Lampman
LinkedInWallace Mersereau
Ron and Cindy OlanderJim Pollart
Liz and Dave RomeLoren and Robyn Shalinsky
Leo M. Shortino FoundationTom Shou
Jackie and Ben SiguaJim Strand
Susan and Jim StrawbridgeGinny and Rich Strock
Pamela and Edward TaftBetsy Templeton
Stephanie and Andrew TowellTown Crier Holiday Fund
Kitty Uhlir
AnonymousRisa and Mike Biggar
Diane and Jim Bordoni Sandra Lee and John Changni
Holly and Andy CohenZoe Conroy
Dee GibsonMargaret and Ben Gong
Sue and Ken GreathouseCaitlin and Timothy Hannon
Dede and Michael HuffmanJay Kidd
Los Altos Mountain View Community FoundationCandace and Douglas Lublin
Shiva and Arman MaghboulehLiz and Jim Ostrowski
Janet Tornow and Tom RogersJulia and Simon Roy
Scott and Allison Tilley
Anonymous (4)Cindy and Paul Anderson
Tim Ayres Deborah and Paul Baker
Rachel and Bryon BotsfordRyan and Julie Broms
Anjana and Vikas ButaneyCarrie and Peter Castro
Viviane and Daniel CohenCarole Flores
Kathy and Raleigh FratesNan Geschke
Gita and Prabandham Gopal Julie and Barry Groves
Kammy and Kowsik GuruswamyJudy Hannemann
Lynne HeinrichLalia and Hamilton Helmer
Nancy and Jerre HitzSara and Ricardo Jenez
Andrea and Michael KandaBecky and Jude Kirik
Jill and Richard KleinJudd and Amy Klement
Therese and Torben KristensenCindy Labuda
John LehnerJoanne and Neil Lehrer
Sharon and Seth LeslieGeri and Scott Macomber
Amy and Rick MagnusonBill Mason
Nancy MasonSteffen and Katie Mattice
Janet and Geoff McCavittCindy and Milton McColl
D’Anne and Bruce McFarlaneLinda and Mike McTeigue
Anne and Michael MillikenKris and Ken Moore
Kathleen and Leslie MurdockStephanie and Louis Pare
Gail and Scott PinknerValerie and John Poggi
Galen RosenbergRotary Club of Los Altos
Sue and Dave RussellEllyn and Tom Sartor
Julie and Douglass ScottManisha and Rupesh Shah
Leonard and Jessica SpeiserMike Stanley
Nancy and Tom StevensDebra and Seth Strichartz
Garret SwartValerie and Steven Taglio
Norelle TavrowElene Terry
Dale and Charlie TritschlerPam and Greg Unangst
Reynette and Jeanine ValadezKrishna and JoAnne Vedati
Cathy and Gary WalzCatherine and Gary Winiger
Ann and Neil Wolff
Robin and Mike AbramsBullis Charter School
Keren Dawson-BowmanTamara and Stuart Fagin
Sheila and Philip FaillaceJennifer and Adam Feder
Jan FooSuzanne and Scott Graeser
Sarah and Jerry HsiaSamina and Asif Iqbal
Susi and Karl KaiserElizabeth and Alan Keefer
Mary and Karl KramerVicki and Peter LaBoskey
Ilona and Chuck LindauerPetrita and David Lipkin
Mithran and Anita MathewTom Moran
Renuka and Kanu PatelSonoko and Albert Rooney
Elena and Tom SheaKim and John Sheehan
Christine and Timothy TaichJanet Vassar
Laura and Mark Abore Anonymous (8)
Sherry AuerbachKristine and Erik Bardman
Jeanne and Allen BatesPatricia and Christopher Beaulieu
Ann BenettAnn and Peter Bjorklund
Ron and Katie BodkinDoug and Sarah Bond
Sonia BrunnerSuzanne and Eric Butler
Kathy and Mark CaminBrian and Jennifer Carlstrom
Maria CarrigLaura Casas
Cathy ChengBarbara Clapp
Ellen and Bill ClarkVivien and Stephen D’Andrea
Ann DarbyClaudia and Stanley Doty
Natalie ElefantLisa Estrada
Vivian and Bruce EuzentTeri and Joe Eyre
Sheri and Rich FischerVirginia Fontana
Karen FoxNancy and Steve Gill
Andrea and Richard GormanSusan and Kim Graham
Marci HansonPat and Gary Hedden
Susan ImaiDenise Lee Janjigian
Lucy JanjigianTory Johnson
Laura and Bob JonesKaren and David Keefer
Carol and Howard KoranskyDonna Lee
Ann and George LimbachPatricia and Pete Manoukian
Sally and Ian MasseyMaddy and John McBirney
Trish and Stuart MitchellKaren and Peter Moulds
Alice and Clifford PenceSteve Peters
Kitty and Gary PetersmeyerEllen Petrill
Daniel RichDuane and Anne Roberts
Roberta and Frank RobertsonLorelei and Larry Russell
Sanjay SarathySherry and Phil Shemanski
Caroline and James SmallRobin and Mike Teng
Emy ThurberMarty Varon
Meghana VishvanathMarcia and Randy White
Ed Yu

Thank you, corporations and foundations!

Interested in providing a grant?

Contact Norelle TavrowGrants Manager

Thank you, volunteers!

MVLA Scholars is a 100% volunteer-run organization. Our 150+ volunteers:

  • mentor Scholars and AVID high school students
  • provide career guidance through the Career Launch team
  • select our Scholars
  • produce our website 
  • train Scholars and mentors
  • serve on our Board
Gerri AcersBarry AlbrechtAmy Allebest
Cindy AndersonPaul AndersonSusan Arrillaga
Claudia BaroniJill BertrandRisa Biggar
Jon BinghamRachel BotsfordGabriella Bradley
Kristen BraggMorgan BriccaBetty Burchard
Lindsay CarpenterBarbara CarrolSarah Chang
Jessica ChangPeter ChowAndy Cohen
Dan CohenHolly CohenJim Colton
Zoe ConroyMaribeth CoyneIsaiah Dolce
Stephanie DowneySarah EltzmanLisa Estrada
Claire EvangelistaMiluna FauschCarole Flores
Teresa FloryBrett FordPeggy Franczyk
Malar GanapathiappanCraig GarberDee Gibson
Janet GilmoreCarol GoldfieldMargaret Gong
Sarah GoodBarbara GoodrichAndrea Gorman
Scott GraeserKathy HamiltonMarci Hanson
Wanny/Mason HerseyMason HerseyJennie Ho
Steve HopeDede HuffmanOlivia Iancelli
Laurel IversonValerie IzaguirreAnagha Jain
Sara JenezGulnar KawasBarb Keyser
Salman KhanJay KiddHilary King
Elisa KneipTherese KristensenSharon Lam
Jennifer LamerdinCarolyn LeBaronAnna Lee
Sandra LeeGayle LevinSara Levine
Chuck LindauerMichael LiuRebecca Lowell
Candace LublinDoug LublinDaphne Luong
Jim MaloneJoanne MarentEric Mark
Victor MartindaleMegan MarwedeAnita Mathew
Gary MaxeyCindy McCollBruce McFarlane
Mike McTeigueSusi MerharLeslie Micetich
Mike MillikanKathie MontgomeryStephanie Moore
Junne MoyAnjana Nagarajan-ButaneyNanami Narusawa
Sheryl PaltinJennifer PenceKarla Peralta
Steve PetersEllen PetrillJenn Piercey
John PoggiLiz PriceNikhila Rao
Jeannie RichterLiz RomeJulia Roy
Diana RuizSue RussellMontserrat Sanchez
Kanthi SarkarJohn SchiffhauerMelissa Schill
Julie ScottManisha ShahSuresh Shanmugham
Kim SheehanTom ShouCaroline Small
Stephanie SpaidTucker StanwoodValori Stitt
Debra StoutSusan StrawbridgeRich Strock
Rich StrockSundar SubbarayanTim Taich
Alison TakataNorelle TavrowMonica Teicher
Laura TekslerGina ThelenTrevor John Thompson
William Tinajero-NoriegaJanet TornowAndrew Towell
Charlie TritschlerDale TritschlerKitty Uhlir
Holly Van HartJanet VassarJoAnne Vedati
JoAnne Chung VedatiBeth VidakovitsMeghana Vishwanath
Robin VroomJennifer WalshCathy Walz
Ann WolffNeil WolffBurak Yenier
Tracey Young