Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Names 2 New Board Members

MILPITAS, CA – PHOTOS from left: Cassio Conceicão; Yaron Drucker .

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As Child Advocates of Silicon Valley enters its 31st year of advocating for foster children with court-appointed special advocates, its board of directors appointed Cassio Conceicão and Yaron Drucker to the board.

“We are so pleased that Cassio and Yaron have joined our board,” says Karen Scussel, executive director of Child Advocates of Silicon Valley. “The experience they bring in sales and marketing, engineering, branding, and analytics will be invaluable as we work toward our goal to provide a CASA for every foster child in Santa Clara County.”

Conceicão has extensive experience in the Semiconductor, PV, and IT industries, and is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Silicon Graphics International (SGI) where he is leading the integration of SGI into Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Previously, Conceicão served in several capacities at Applied Materials and Kinetics Fluid Systems, and he sits on the board of ETM Electromatic, Inc., plus volunteers for non-profit including the MVLA Soccer Club and Foothills Swim and Tennis Club. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, both from Stanford University, and speaks Portuguese and Spanish.

"I am very excited and honored to join the Child Advocates' team, whose achievements on behalf of foster children speak for themselves, and whose ambition for broadening and deepening its reach is very inspiring,” he said. “I look forward to working with such a talented and dedicated team to help lift the lives of all foster children in our community."

Drucker is a manager of brand specialists at Google covering the YouTube suite of ad products, and his specialties include analytics, big data, operations, coaching and mentoring, digital advertising, and advanced computer proficiency in Office suite as well as Google Docs, Spreadsheets and basic understanding of SQL.

"I'm excited to join Child Advocates, as I get a chance to contribute and support an incredible organization that strives to help kids go through life with an anchor and be anyone they want to be,” Drucker said.

With a former engineering and HR management background, he worked as a Competitive Market Intelligence Analyst with SAP, and in Media Analytics Solutions, within the advertising business at Microsoft.

Yaron earned an Honors MBA from Baruch College (City University of New York) and a B.Tech / B.Sc from Ort Braude College in Israel. He is an avid traveler who has visited more than 30 countries, lived in four and speaks Hebrew, English, Portuguese and German.

Child Advocates has an ambitious five-year strategic plan to provide a CASA for every child in the Santa Clara County foster care system by year-end 2018. Currently, there are approximately 1,600 children in the Santa Clara County dependency system, 1,000 of which could benefit from a CASA. In fiscal 2017, Child Advocates expects to serve approximately 840 children with a CASA volunteer.

Individuals interested in becoming a CASA volunteer can visit Child Advocates’ website (www.bemyadvocate.org) to sign up to attend a Volunteer Info Session to learn more about the role and requirements of becoming a CASA in Santa Clara County.

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--Photos courtesy of CASA