Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California
2018-2019 Board of Directors
(General Board Member)
Amy is eager to get more involved to support Mt. Holyoke. She has hosted the Bay Area accepted students reception for the last two years and the experience of meeting the talented young women and a myriad of local alumnae sparked a desire to get more involved in alumnae and college activities. A graduate of the MHC class of 1989, Amy also holds an MA in political philosophy from the University of Essex (United Kingdom). She has a 20+ year career in the healthcare sector and has lead strategic consulting organizations for a variety of technology and consulting companies (IBM, Philips, Booz Allen Hamilton). Amy also led government affairs for Kaiser Permanente and previously served in lobbying and policy roles in Washington DC.
(General Board Member/Vice Treasurer)
Eleanor is passionate about supporting Mt. Holyoke for over 30 years. She has served as a member of the College’s Board of Trustees as well as co-chaired the inaugural Asian Alumnae Symposium in Hong Kong. She was the membership chair of the Northern California Club, a member of the SF Major Gifts Committee, the Alumnae Trustee & Awards Committee, the Asian Scholarship Nucleus Committee, and the Global Strategy Task Force. Eleanor is a retired banker and received her MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University.
(Co-Communications Chair)
Steph moved to the Bay Area right after graduating from Mount Holyoke with a degree in Italian Studies, Psychology, and an 'unofficial minor' in Studio Art. She is a Product Designer by day and a ceramicist by night. Originally from Miami, Steph hopes to foster a vibrant MHC alum community in the Bay as the Co-Communications Chair. Check out her ceramics on Instagram at @slightlysecret.
(Young Alumnae Chair)
Elena is an East Coast transplant pursuing her Master's in City Planning at UC Berkeley. She graduated from MHC in 2015, having majored in History and minored in Development, through the Nexus Program. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a paralegal at a law firm that structured financing for affordable housing and community development projects. Elena has served on her class board continuously since her sophomore year as Secretary and Scribe. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, drinking wine, and getting emotional about poetry. She is particularly excited to explore the NorCal great outdoors and the grapes located therein with an inspiring cohort of MHC alums.
(Vice President)
Hannah is thrilled to be a part of the NorCal board. She has served as Secretary and Newsletter Editor, Membership Chair, Vice President, and looks forward to meeting and connecting to even more local alums over the next year in her role as Co-President. A freelance writer with an MFA in Creative Writing, Hannah works on most of her projects late at night when her two young daughters are in bed. When she’s not writing, you might find Hannah reading, packing bento box lunches for her kids, and adventuring around the Bay Area.
(Co-Communications Chair)
Jess has served as a member of the MHCNC Board for the past 3 years and is especially passionate about connecting young alum to the larger alum community. She is a Senior Product Manager at a small, tech-focused Marketing Analytics firm based out of Oakland, CA. Jess played on the MHC Field Hockey team and continues to keep active by running all around the Bay area and playing pick up for a SF based field hockey league.
(Treasurer)
Sonya Gao recently joined the Board as the Treasurer. She graduated with an Economics degree in 2015 and currently works as a strategy consultant in San Francisco. She enjoys meeting new people and planning events in her free time when she’s not Netflixing. Current show recommendations include Quantico and The Great British Baking Show.
(General Board Member)
Hannah attended Mount Holyoke at the urging of her aunt Onie Bussey ’84 and is eternally grateful for the bond of their shared alma mater. Post graduation she moved back home to the Bay Area to work as a program manager at a college access nonprofit. She was involved with the club as a member starting in 2009 and joined the board 4 years ago as the admissions liaison.
(Membership Chair)
Liz Huang graduated with a double major in Economics and Biology. She was involved in the Mount Holyoke News as Editor-in-Chief, Class Board—serving as president for a year—and SGA Committees. Currently, she works in Communications at Pivotal Software in San Francisco and lives in Oakland. Her favorite things include: exploring different neighborhoods, watching movies at Grand Lake Theater, eating pie at Mission Pie and catching up with all of her Mount Holyoke friends who live in the Bay!
(Co-President)
Sarah is excited to return to the Board to engage and support our diverse community in Northern California. Previously, Sarah served on the Board as Co-President (2016-2017) and Membership Chair (2015-2016) and delighted in organizing the occasional Mount Holyoke dinner while living in Beijing. As a Recruiting and Operations consultant, Sarah partners with Beijing and San Francisco-based organizations on their talent, community engagement, and fundraising initiatives.
(General Board Member)
Nancy moved to San Francisco in 2015 after having spent 20 years living in Hong Kong with her family. She has been actively involved with the Alumnae Association since graduation serving as a class agent, a member of the Annual Fund Committee. and co-chair of the first Asian Alumnae Symposium. In 2003, Nancy retired from the world of banking to take care of her three daughters and simultaneously became a very active member at her children’s school serving as PTA treasurer and subsequently as Co-President. She also served as co-chair of the school’s 25th and 30th-anniversary activities and was co-chair of the parents' committee for the founding of Chinese International School’s 9th-grade boarding school in Hangzhou, China.
(Co-Events Chair)
Raised in both Shanghai and Vancouver, Linda moved to San Francisco in 2016 after graduating with a double major in International Relations and Mathematics (as well as an unofficial minor in Economics). She currently works as a consultant for SFPUC performing data analysis and is also pursuing law school. Previously, she has served on her Class Board as President from 2013 to 2018 and has led a number of other student orgs during her time at Mount Holyoke. She is a fan of aerial yoga, interior design, and dramatic outfits.
(Co-President)
Eva has served on the NorCal Club board since moving to the Bay Area in 2015 in the capacity of Events Co-Chair and Co-President. She moved from Amsterdam and misses cooking classes and “borreltjes” with alums in The Netherlands but is excited to continue helping fellow alums continue to connect with an even larger network. Eva never tires of learning from the vast, amazing MHC alum network and hopes to connect the club to its other networks such as the Five Colleges and Seven Sisters. By day (and often night) Eva runs her own consulting company with her husband, Dustin (who wants to start a MoHo Partner’s Club), and works at the Haas School of Business. When not working she enjoys exploring Marin with her dog Mango and cooking/baking for anyone who wants to eat. Her favorite NorCal club event has been kayaking in Marin.