Board of Directors

A Pres alumni (‘84), Suzanne is an experienced executive and Board member with more than 25 years of corporate leadership and sophisticated legal experience. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., where she serves as a member of the Board’s Audit Committee and Chair of its Compensation Committee.  Suzanne served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc from 2012 to 2019. Previously, Suzanne was a partner in the Cooley LLP law firm, where she practiced corporate and securities law from 1996 to 2012. 

Suzanne looks forward to contributing her business, governance and legal expertise as Pres plans for its future. Suzanne enjoys running, the beach in Santa Barbara and travel anywhere.

Dawn has been involved with Pres the majority of her life and grew up just down the street on Plummer Avenue. She graduated from Pres in 1990 and is the proud mother of Alli, who graduated from Pres in 2018 and Chris, who attends Bellarmine.

Most recently a member of the Mission & Catholic Identity committee, Dawn enjoys participating in Pres activities and planning. She is most excited to help the Board of Directors take Pres into the next evolution of faith-based education. Dawn likes hiking, concerts, audiobooks, stand-up paddle boarding and floating in the pool.

In his free time, Dave is an avid golfer who enjoys barbequing and watching sports with his wife and their adult children.

Greg is a passionate proponent of the Catholic education system and Catholic social teaching, and his youngest daughter is a recent graduate of Pres. He is a professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University where he is Executive Director of the Center for Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

In his spare time, Greg enjoys hiking, downhill skiing, travel and photography.

Laura graduated from Presentation High School with the Class of 1999 and now serves others in her role as a lecturer in the Civil, Environmental & Sustainable Engineering Department at Santa Clara University. Laura focuses on using teaching methods that increase diversity in engineering and brings those skills to her role on the Board of Directors. Laura and her students also use their skills to help the broader community by using technological projects to increase access to basic human needs around the world.

Laura has two daughters and the Doyle family can be found exploring waterways of the Bay Area on paddle boards, boogie boards and swimming.

Silvana is a San Jose native who grew up in the Rose Garden neighborhood and attended St. Clare Elementary and St. Francis High School. It was that Catholic foundation that compelled Silvana and her husband, Joe (Bellarmine '01), to become advocates in supporting local Catholic schools. They have four children who attend St. Christopher School. Silvana is active in St. Christopher’s community, most recently serving as the Ladies’ Guild President. She is also a sustaining member of the Junior League of San Jose.

In addition to her family, one of Silvana’s passions is education!  She has served as an instructional coach for seven years at Rocketship Charter Schools. She is excited to join the Pres board to bring her unique ideas about how to ensure Presentation continues to be the best place for a young woman to come into her own. 

Father Tony Mancuso, a cherished figure within the Catholic education community, brings a wealth of experience and dedication to his role as a new board member. With a background serving as Presentation High School's Chaplain in the 1990s, coupled with his current positions as Vicar for Priests in the San Jose Diocese and chaplain at Saint Francis High School, Father Tony embodies a deep commitment to spiritual growth and academic excellence.

His extensive experience, particularly as a former campus minister at Archbishop Mitty High School, underscores his unwavering dedication to fostering Catholic identity, inclusion, and fundraising within educational settings. He is also a longtime friend and supporter of the Sisters of the Presentation.

As a board member, Father Tony's broad understanding of the Catholic schools in our region, coupled with his passion for our mission, ensures his invaluable contribution to advancing our school's commitment to excellence in education and spiritual formation.

Mimi attended Santa Clara University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Math & Computer Science, before she went to work in the tech industry. While working, she returned to SCU for an MBA and a master's degree in Liturgical Music. Mimi worked in high tech until April 2020 when she finished her career as an R&D Director at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. She currently works part-time at Sunnyvale Community Services.

Over the years, Mimi continued to support Presentation’s mission, most recently joining the Board of Trustees (2019-2020.) Mimi is also a liturgical musician at St. Christopher Church and a volunteer puppy raiser for Canine Companions for Independence. In addition to spending time training her puppy, Mimi enjoys traveling and watching both San Francisco and San Jose Giants baseball.
 

Cara is a Pres alum, educator and design enthusiast who loves to problem-solve and plan. She likes to "geek out" on details and any opportunity to create systems and organize processes. As a former classroom teacher, Cara is excited to gain a new perspective about how a school operates and develop best practices to achieve our strategic goals at Pres.

When not collaborating with others, she likes to recharge her introvert batteries with yoga, a good book, or a creative project, which includes building dollhouses and other miniatures.

Rajeev is an experienced entrepreneur with a proven ability to build great teams.
 
He is the founder & CEO of Redfast, a venture-backed startup. Prior to Redfast, Rajeev was the Vice President of Strategy for Cisco’s Service Provider Business Unit, the founder and CEO of 1 Mainstream and the Vice President of Product at Roku. Rajeev has also served as the Chairman of the Housing Commission for the City of Cupertino. 
 
Rajeev is an avid cyclist and passionate about the evolution of education served on PHS’s Finance Committee last year. He and his wife are the parents of Nikita ‘23 and they live in Los Gatos.