Board of Directors

Robert Bescheim - Maitre d'/Tamarine    

Claudia Cornejo - RestaurantCEO/Caffe del Doge Venezia

Whitney Denson - Owner/FiveTen Gifts

Georgie Gleim - Owner/Gleim Jewelers
Barbara Gross, GM/Garden Court Hotel

Abraham Khalil - Owner/ A.K. Insurance Services

Elliot Lee - Partner/eMax

Adam Mason - Partner/Jungle Digital Imaging
Deborah Pappas - VP/Borel Bank & Trust

Jeff Selzer - GM/Palo Alto Bicycles

Anne Senti-Willis - Thoits,Love, et al - Attorneys at Law

Executive Board

Chair - Anne Senti-Willis
Vice Chair - Deborah Pappas
Treasurer - Deborah Pappas
Secretary - Adam Mason

General Counsel

Anne Senti-Willis

Thoits, Love, Hershberger, McLean

Zone Captains

PAd Zone Captains

PAd Business Contact Sheet

Board Bios
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Georgie Gleim
Gleim the Jeweler was founded in 1931; I have worked there since 1971.
Native Palo Altan, attended Castilleja School and Foothill.
I have served on both local and national boards.
Locally, Chamber of Commerce, past Chair of the Board of the Chamber
past President of the University Rotary Club of Palo Alto
Past President of the Peninsula Executives Association

Nationally,
Past President of the American Gem Society, currently Admissions Board Chair
Currently on the Executive Committee of the Jewelers of America
Past President of the Jewelers Education Foundation
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Barbara Gross
• Hospitality Professional, Garden Court Hotel, General Manager
• Worked in downtown Palo Alto for more than twenty years with other organizations
• Chamber volunteer, 18 years
• Chamber Board Chair, two terms

Personal Background:
• Palo Alto resident
• Born / moved from New York
• University of Bridgeport

Prior Professional experiences: Teacher, Banker
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Deborah Pappas
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Anne Senti-Willis
Anne Senti-Willis is an attorney in the Business Group of Thoits, Love,
Hershberger & McLean focusing on business and corporate matters with an
emphasis on tax and employee benefits. Before joining the firm in 2000, she
started her legal career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in San Jose, where
she worked on corporate and international tax structuring and planning
issues. Anne graduated magna cum laude from Hastings College of the Law,
where she was a student editor for The Back Forty and concentrated in the
area of taxation. She earned her undergraduate degree in actuarial science
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to attending law
school, she worked as a pension consultant. Anne has been a speaker at the
Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business and the Palo Alto Chamber
of Commerce.
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Adam Mason
Adam Mason is a Partner at Jungle Digital Imaging, the only print shop located in downtown Palo Alto. Adam is fully immersed in the happenings of Palo Alto and currently has his hands in both the Board of Directors for the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Business Improvement District. He is also actively involved with several Chamber committees, and sits on the board for E.P.I.C (Emerging Professionals in Commerce), Palo Alto's Young Professional Group. Prior to becoming part of the Jungle family, Adam served 12 years as a Creative Director for a local advertising agency in Redwood City.

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