United Way Silicon Valley Elects Seven New Directors.

Business & News Editors

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2002

Seven new members have been elected to United Way Silicon Valley's board of directors and four current board members have been re-elected, Board Chairman Joe Natoli announced today.

Natoli, President & Publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, said the new additions are a critical part of strengthening the organization. "These people bring years of experience and dedication to our board," he said.

Elected to two-year terms:

-- Del D. Borgsdorf, San Jose City Manager

-- Robert C. Coradini, President, LifeScan, Inc., Milpitas

-- Luba Kipnis, California Corporate Services Manager, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara

-- Bill Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer, Microsoft Corporation, Mountain View

-- Tom Rosamilia, Vice President, Worldwide Data Management Development, IBM, San Jose

-- Jose R. Villarreal, Santa Clara County Public Defender

-- Angela Yip, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, San Jose Water Company

Re-elected to two-year terms:

-- John Eichhorn, Director of Finance, Procket Networks, Inc.,

Milpitas (Board Treasurer)

-- Bill Hahn, Senior Vice President-Corporate Relations, Agilent

Technologies, Palo Alto

-- L. H. (Louie) Rocha, Jr., President, Communications Workers of

America Local 9423, San Jose

-- Connie Rogers, Community Volunteer, Gilroy

Continuing on the board:

-- Larry Baugher, Vice President-Product Assurance & Ethics,

Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto

-- Becky Baybrook, Vice President-Human Resources, PDF Solutions,

Inc., San Jose

-- Gary Effren, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer,

Knight Ridder, Inc., San Jose

-- Kathy Gallagher, Senior Vice President, Bank of America

Private Bank, San Jose (Board Secretary)

-- Mindi Kiernan, Community Volunteer, Saratoga

-- Hsing Kung, President & CEO, Pine Photonics Communications,

Fremont

-- Jeanne Labozetta, President & CEO, Family & Children Services,

Inc., San Jose

-- Ann Skeet, President, American Leadership Forum-Silicon

Valley, Santa Clara (Immediate Past Co-Chair)

-- Alex Torres, Public Affairs Director, Wells Fargo Bank, San

Jose

-- Don C. Watters, Community Volunteer, Los Altos (Board Vice

Chair) (retired partner McKinsey & Company)

-- Stanley M. Williams, General Manager, Santa Clara Valley Water

District, San Jose

-- Teijiro Yoshino, Vice President & Manager, Union Bank of

California, San Jose

"This slate of directors positions us to mobilize our community to meet the growing needs and issues," said UWSV President & CEO Mark Walker. "Engaging the Valley's business and civic leadership is an essential part of revitalizing United Way Silicon Valley."