Russell J. Fuller, C.F.A., Ph.D., Chair

Russ is president of Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, a registered investment advisory firm. Russ earned his bachelor’s, master of business administration and doctorate of philosophy degrees in finance from the University of Nebraska. From 1967 to 1970, Russ served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army. Prior to establishing Fuller & Thaler, Russ served as a security analyst with a brokerage firm and later as a professor and chair of the finance department at Washington State University. He has also held academic positions at the University of British Columbia and the University of Auckland, and guest lectured at Harvard, Stanford, University of California, Berkeley and Santa Clara universities. Russ is currently on the advisory board for the Journal of Portfolio Management and has previously served on the editorial board for the Financial Analysts Journal. Russ and his wife, Anne, have been donors to ReSurge since 2001.

Joseph M. DuCote,Treasurer

Joseph is the senior managing director and chairman of the executive committee of Sutter Securities. During his 32-year investment banking career, he has been active in all phases of public and private finance, including serving as managing director for two major Wall Street brokerage firms before co-founding Sutter Securities. Joseph also has served as an advisor to the U.S. government’s executive branch on strategic investment and securities-related public policy issues and he has an extensive background in global finance. A native Californian, he has served on the boards of Seton Medical Foundation and Friends of the International Student Center at UCLA, and is a member of the San Francisco Bond Club and the Municipal Bond Club of San Francisco. Joseph received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the ReSurge board in 2008.

Lori Bush

With more than 25 years experience in the consumer and health care products industries, Lori currently serves as the president and general manager of Rodan + Fields Dermatologists, the clinical skincare brand launched by Stanford University-trained dermatologists Katie Rodan, M.D. and Kathy Fields, M.D. Prior to joining Rodan + Fields, she served as chief operating officer of Helix BioMedix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical discovery and development company, and was the managing director of the Gremlin Group, a health and consumer product consulting company. Lori previously served as president of Nu Skin International, the $500 million personal care division of Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., a global direct selling company operating in more than 40 markets around the world. She also has held several leadership positions within the skincare franchise of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Companies including worldwide executive director of Skin Care Ventures and vice president of professional marketing at Neutrogena. Lori received a master of business administration in marketing from Temple University and a bachelor of science in medical technology from The Ohio State University.

Thomas Davenport, M.D.

Tom is a plastic surgeon practicing on Long Island, New York. He received his bachelor’s degree from Iona College, his medical degree from Yale University, and his surgery training in general surgery and plastic surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University Program. As a fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital in New York City, Tom pursued specialty training in cancer reconstruction and cosmetic surgery. In 2000, ReSurge awarded him the prestigious Webster Fellowship. As the Webster fellow, Tom traveled around the world performing reconstructive surgery and lecturing on plastic surgery. He was also awarded an additional fellowship at Harvard University to work at the Shriner Burn Hospital for Children in the reconstruction of burn and accident victims. His special interests include burn reconstruction, cancer reconstruction, breast reconstruction and cosmetic surgery. Tom also serves as chair of ReSurge’s surgery committee. He joined the ReSurge board in 2008.

Stefanie Feldman, M.D.

Stefanie serves as chief of the department of plastic surgery at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California. She is also an assistant clinical professor of surgery at the University of Southern California and was previously on the University of Arizona honors college advisory board. Stefanie has been very active with ReSurge over the years, serving on the surgery, quality improvement and medical services committees. She has also volunteered as a surgeon on eight trips beginning in 1988, including two as team leader. Beyond ReSurge, Stephanie has volunteered with the American Cancer Society, Christian Wings, Amigos de las Americas and the Mustarde Project. She earned her bachelor’s degree and medical degree at the University of Arizona. Stefanie joined the ReSurge board in 2006.

Lorry Frankel, M.D.

Lorry is the director of pediatric critical care services at Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Lorry has been a medical volunteer with ReSurge since 1987. His commitment and skills as a pediatrician have taken him to Peru, Vietnam, Russia and Mongolia to serve impoverished patients. He previously served on the pediatrics committee for ReSurge. Lorry earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Los Angeles and then attended University of Antwerp in Belgium for his medical degree. He also holds a master in business administration degree from the University of California, Irvine. Lorry has been a ReSurge board member since 2003.

Richard Gillerman, M.D., Ph.D.

Richard works in the department of anesthesia at the Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island and teaches as a clinical assistant professor at Brown Medical School. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, his doctorate in zoology from the University of Massachusetts and his medical degree from the University of Missouri. He completed postgraduate pediatric training at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, and anesthesia training at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Richard has served as team leader on many volunteer surgical trips over the last decade. He also serves on ReSurge’s anesthesia committee, medical services committee and the quality improvement committee. Richard joined the ReSurge board in 2004.

Hoyoung Huh, M.D., Ph.D.

Hoyoung is the chairman of the board of BiPar Sciences, a Silicon Valley biotech company developing innovative therapies for cancer. BiPar’s lead program is a novel DNA repair inhibitor for breast, ovarian and brain cancers in late stage clinical trials. Prior to BiPar Sciences, Hoyoung served as chief operating officer and head of the PEGylation Business Unit at Nektar Therapeutics, a drug development company in the therapeutic areas of oncology, CNS/pain, diabetes and infectious diseases. Prior to Nektar, Hoyoung was a partner at McKinsey and Company, where he focused in the health care sector in the United States, Europe and Asia across corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and innovative product launches. Hoyoung currently serves on the board of directors at Nektar Therapeutics and BayBio, a biotechnology industry association. He received his medical degree from Cornell University, his doctorate of philosophy in genetics and cell biology from the Cornell University/Sloan-Kettering Institute, and his bachelor degree in biochemistry from Dartmouth College. He joined the ReSurge board in 2008.

Gordon Hunt, M.D.

Gordon is senior vice president and chief medical officer (CMO) of Sutter Health, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit integrated health care systems with a networks of community-based health care providers in Northern California. Since becoming Sutter Health’s CMO more than 10 years ago, the advancement of progressive patient safety and quality initiatives has been his focus. In addition, Gordon has focused on building effective networks of physicians and other clinicians, hospitals and home health services to meet the needs of Sutter’s patients and the communities that they serve. Gordon is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary medicine. Gordon was previously president of Pulmonary, Infectious Disease and Critical Care Consultants and practiced pulmonary and critical care medicine in Sacramento for nearly 20 years. In addition, he was chief of staff and a member of the board of directors of Sutter Medical Center. He was previously a member of both Sutter Independent Physicians and Sutter Medical Group, a multi-specialty group in Sacramento, and served on the board of both organizations. Gordon received his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Notre Dame and earned his medical degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. He completed internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Michigan and his Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Michigan as well. He also earned his master of business administration degree from the University of California, Davis. Gordon joined the ReSurge board in April 2010.

Heidi Huntsman

Heidi is a life science partner of UV Partners, a leading early-stage private equity investment group established in 1986, with offices in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. Before joining UV Partners, Heidi was director of research at Tenex Greenhouse Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on early-stage biotechnology and medical device companies. In addition to her role as an investment professional, Heidi worked in investment banking as an associate equity analyst in the medical device sector of NationsBanc Montgomery Securities (now Banc of America Securities). She also managed marketing, business development and sales operations for a San Francisco-based medical supply start-up, MedChannel. She holds a master’s degree in human molecular biology and genetics, and a bachelor’s degree in physiological psychology from the University of Utah. Heidi joined the ReSurge board in 2004 and volunteered on ReSurge’s trip to Cusco in 2006.

Carl J. Kravetz

Carl is the founder and publisher of VidaySalud.com, the largest Spanish-language health information hub on the web. United States-born and Mexico-bred, Carl is a 22-year “veterano” of the U.S. Hispanic marketing industry. He founded and led the Hispanic advertising agency cruz/kravetz:IDEAS, working with such world-class companies as Coca Cola, Lincoln Mercury, Kraft Foods, Citibank, The Disney Channel, Fox Cable and both of Mexico’s largest banks. Carl was also CEO of The Neighborhood LLC, a New York-based firm specializing in multicultural marketing and education for the pharmaceutical and health care industries. Carl is the past chairman of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA), the Hispanic Advertising Agencies Foundation (HAAF), the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) Western Region and was co-chair of the AAAA’s Hispanic Committee. He is also the author of the AAAA’s “A Client’s Guide to Hispanic Marketing.” He has just completed a two-year term as chairman of Santa Monica-based environmental non-profit Heal the Bay. Carl earned his bachelor’s degree and a master of science degree from Boston University School of Communications. He earned his master of business administration degree from UCLA’s Anderson School. Carl joined the ReSurge board in April 2010.

Francis F. Lee

Francis is chairman of the board of Synaptics, a leading worldwide developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment and the provider of the touchpad for most major computer and laptop companies. He has been with Synaptics since 1999 and has served as president, chief executive officer and on the board of directors. From 1995 until 1998, Francis served as founder and managing director of NSM, a Hong Kong-based joint venture between National Semiconductor Corporation and S. Megga. Previously, Francis held a variety of executive positions for National Semiconductor, including vice president of communication and computing group; vice president of quality and reliability; director of standard logic business unit and various other operations and engineering management positions. Francis holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Davis.

Michael Levinthal

Michael has more than 24 years of venture capital investing experience and currently lives in Park City, Utah, where he works as an independent venture capitalist advising companies primarily in the intermountain area. During his 20-year tenure with the Mayfield Fund, Michael worked to sponsor more than 50 companies, including such successes as Citrix, Concur Technologies, Heartstream, Pure Software and WebMethods. He began his career in venture capital at New Enterprise Associates, during which time he founded ONSET Ventures, a venture firm specializing in incubating new companies. Michael currently serves on the boards of Alliance Health Networks, Applabs, High West Distillery, Matchbin, Orabrush, 3point5 and Zinch. He is also a board member of the Leonardo Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. Michael earned a master of business administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from Stanford University. He has served as an advisory board member to the Stanford Technology Venture Program and established the Mayfield Fellows program at Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. Michael served on the ReSurge board of directors from 1999 to 2008 and rejoined the board in April 2010.

Thomas C. McConnell

Thomas is a managing director at Vanguard Ventures with an investment focus on medical devices. He has 24 years of investment experience in venture capital and was named to the Forbes Midas List in 2007. Prior to joining Vanguard, Tom was a general partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA). He spent 14 years at NEA investing in medical device and biopharmaceutical companies and five years investing in the telecommunications sector. During his career, Tom has played a leadership role in the venture capital industry. He served as chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) in 2001-02 and as president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC) in 1995-96. Before becoming a venture capitalist in 1985, Tom was a product manager at Apple Computer and a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. Tom received a bachelor’s degree Summa Cum Laude in engineering science from Dartmouth College and a master of business administration degree with distinction from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He serves on the board of directors of two private medical device companies, Asthmatx and Dfine. Tom spent a year in 2007-2008 collaborating with PATH (Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health) in an effort to raise a fund focused on investing in medical products for the developing world.

Marion McGovern

Marion is the co-founder and chairman for M2 Consulting Inc. and Collabrus Inc, consulting firms that are internationally recognized as innovators in how organizations manage work. She has appeared in national publications and media outlets, including NBC Nightly News, The Bloomberg Report and Forbes Magazine as an expert on workplace trends. Before starting M2, McGovern had consulting positions with Booz Allen & Hamilton and Arthur D. Little. Marion earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston University, and her master of business administration degree from University of California, Berkeley. She has served as a board member for Hamilton Family Center, which provides shelter for homeless families in San Francisco, and for the American Liver Foundation. Since 2005, Marion has taught as an adjunct professor at MacClaren School of Business at the University of San Francisco. Currently, she resides in San Francisco with her husband and three children. Marion joined the Interplast board in 2008.

Sanjay Vaswani

Sanjay is managing director of the Center for Corporate Innovation (CCI), which develops and conducts ongoing executive forums for CEOs, presidents and senior executives of major health care organizations and technology companies across the United States. Before joining CCI, Sanjay was an associate in McKinsey & Company’s Los Angeles office from 1987 to 1990, where he worked with companies in the electronics and health care industries. Prior to that, Sanjay worked for Intel, where he concentrated on finance and strategic planning activities. Sanjay received his master of business administration degree from the Wharton School of Business, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He serves on the boards of Brocade Communications Systems and Blue Star Infotech. Sanjay joined the ReSurge board in 2007.

Emil Wang

Emil has more than 20 years of experience as a founder, CEO or senior executive of venture-backed companies based in Silicon Valley. Most recently Wang was CEO of Questra Corporation, a provider of intelligent device management. Prior to that, Wang was founder and CEO of Latitude Communications, a provider of enterprise voice and web conferencing solutions. Latitude went public in 1999 and was later acquired by Cisco. Wang was also CEO of Proficient Networks, a provider of BGP route optimization solutions and the senior vice president of sales and marketing for Aspect Communications, a provider of call center solutions that went public in 1990. Earlier in his career, Wang was a product manager for ROLM Corporation, responsible for the introduction of Phonemail, ROLM’s voice messaging solution. Wang also worked for Bain & Company, a strategic management consulting company and has been a practicing seismic engineer for John A. Blume & Assoc. Wang received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Princeton University, master’s degree in structural engineering from Stanford University, and a master of business administration degree from Stanford University. Emil has served on a number of private and philanthropic boards.

DeAnn Work, J.D.

DeAnn is vice president and deputy general counsel at Broadcom. Previously, she was vice president and senior associate general counsel at Safeco and senior counsel at the San Francisco offices of McKesson Corporation, provider of supply, information and care management products and services. Before joining McKesson, DeAnn was a business strategy consultant to early-stage health care companies and director of business strategy at Netcentives, Inc., an Internet marketing company. She began her career as an attorney in the mergers and acquisitions group at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. DeAnn holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a law degree from Harvard Law School. She has been a ReSurge board member since 2004.

Kathy Yates

Kathy is president and COO at Teachscape, which provides industry-leading solutions, technology and services for K-12 and higher education markets. Previously, she was chief executive officer of Allbusiness.com, an Internet media company serving the small business market. Before AllBusiness she was president and COO of MarketWatch.com, founder and vice president of business development for Knight Ridder Digital and senior vice president and general manager of the San Jose Mercury News. She has been very active in the nonprofit sector, serving on the boards of the San Jose Museum of Art, United Way of Silicon Valley, San Jose Repertory Theater, Health Dimensions, KTEH and Bellarmine College Preparatory School. Kathy earned her bachelor’s degree from Trinity College and her master of business administration degree from Stanford University. Kathy joined the ReSurge board in 2006.

Dawn Yost, R.N.

Since 1994, Dawn, a registered nurse, has devoted two weeks every year to providing operating room nursing care on surgical team trips. She is also the current chair of the ReSurge nursing committee, helping to guide nursing policy for the organization. Dawn earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from West Virginia University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene from the same university. Dawn is currently the peri-operative services manager of nursing operations and the sterile processing department at West Virginia University’s Ruby Memorial Hospital. She is a member of many nursing/dental hygiene associations, including the Association of Operating Room Nurses and the American Dental Hygienists’ Association. She is currently the president-elect of the board for the Competency and Credentialing Institute. She joined the ReSurge board in April 2010.

Susan W. Hayes, ReSurge International President & CEO

Since 1996, Susan has served as president and CEO of ReSurge. As president, she ushered ReSurge through a strategic evolution from a direct-service organization to one that also educates overseas medical professionals and builds the permanent surgical capacity in developing countries. Susan came to ReSurge with 15 years of management, fundraising and media experience in public broadcasting, including serving as vice president for development and publicity for the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association. Previously, Susan was a political science instructor at Syracuse University and the University of South Carolina, and a project manager for public policy think tank, Syracuse Research Corporation. Since 2009, Susan has served on the board of directors of InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on the world’s poor and most vulnerable people. She also is a member of the steering committee for the NGO Leadership Institute at the Moynihan Institute for Global Affairs at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. In addition, Susan serves on the board of Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Gatos, California, and has served on the boards of Reading Partners and the Santa Clara Valley YWCA. Local honors include a 1998 Outstanding Women of Silicon Valley award and a 2002 Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award. From 1996 to 2009, Susan was a volunteer on-air host for public television station KTEH in San Jose. She also frequently provides pro-bono counsel to local nonprofits on the subject of nonprofit governance. Susan holds a master’s degree from Syracuse University and another from University of South Carolina. She also completed doctorate of philosophy coursework in political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. In addition, Susan is an alumna of the Stanford Graduate School Business Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders. Susan is a native of South Carolina, lived for 20 years in New York State, and now resides in San Jose.