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SF Connect has strong, committed partners in the public, private and social sectors. In the public sector, interdepartmental connectivity of San Francisco's government agencies is vital to the success of SF Connect and this effort fosters unprecedented collaboration. Partners in City Government include: Dept. of Public Works, Mayor's
Education Advisor, Dept. of Public Health, Human Services Agency,
Mayor's Office of Community Development, Dept. of Telecommunications
and Information Services, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services,
Dept. of Children, Youth and Their Families, Recreation and Parks
Department, and Mayor's Office of Economic Development.
In the private sector, partners playing key roles include: Wells
Fargo, Organic, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Sprint, Lenscrafters,
Nixon-Peabody, PG&E, SMG, Phillipe Becker Designs, Deloitte, FedEx,
Walgreens, AT&T, Schwab, Pearson Foundation, Norcal Waste Systems, Oracle, SF Giants,
Citigroup, Shaklee, Bank of America, US Bank, TMG Partners,
Salseforce.com, HP, Full Circle Fund, Benefit Magazine, 7x7 Magzine,
SF Magazine, KPIX, Comcast, CBS Outdoor, Clear Channel, KFOG, KRON,
Blue Cross, SF Foundation, SnoCap, Visa, and Sutter Health. Key
social sector (non-profit) partners are San Francisco School
Volunteers, Hands on Bay Area, The Volunteer Center, Volunteer Match,
Donors Choose, United Way,Friends of the Urban Forest, One Economy,
Goodwill, Caminos, Street Tech, Common Sense Media, and Parks Trust.
As SF Connect evolves we hope to include many more nonprofit and
private sector partners from across the city.
SF Connect operates as a unique hybrid organization. Accountable to the city and residents of San Francisco, SF Connect is a separate 501©(3) nonprofit organization with its own board of directors. SF Connect represents a smart public/private/social sector partnership utilizing existing resources rather than building a new bureaucracy.
The committed team of city employees, nonprofit professionals and business people involved with SF Connect agree unanimously on a core set of values and principles
San Francisco Connect Core Values and Principles:
- Substance will prevail over style: real services delivering real results is what matters most.
- Start small, execute well, under-promise, over-deliver and allow programs to evolve organically.
- Utilize existing partners across sectors rather than build a new bureaucracy: "scale out, not up."
- Be embraced by San Franciscans as a new form of public problem solving for the city: be owned and identified not just with the current administration but by every administration in the future.
Kari Gray
Kari Gray works with Project Tech Connect to create more opportunities for people to use Internet resources and tools in their daily lives.
Kari has more than 20 years experience organizing environmental, arts, and community events; educational festivals, conferences, and workshops. Aside from Tech Connect, her clients include Earth Day Network, San Diego EarthWorks, Independent Arts & Media, Common Assets Defense Fund, ZeroDivide Foundation, Spitfire Agency, and Parents for Public Schools - San Francisco. Tech Connect & Kari can be reached at Kari.grey@sfconnect.org.
Rebecca Mayer
Rebecca Mayer joined SF Connect in October 2006. She works in program coordination, accounting, fundraising, and general support of SF Connect and all its programs. Previously, Rebecca was employed in politics, worked on several political campaigns, and for the City and County of San Francisco. Rebecca holds a degree in Political Communications from the George Washington University in Washington DC. If you have any questions about SF Connect, feel free to email her at: Rebecca.mayer@sfconnect.org.
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