April 25, 2018

Samuel Johnson, Chair of the Board of Directors

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Dear Mr. Johnson and other members of the SVCF Board of Directors,

We, the undersigned former employees of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, stand as a united
group with many years of collective service to the institution. We each reflect a piece of SVCF's
history. Collectively, we have all experienced, witnessed, were aware of, or existed amidst abuse and
mistreatment during our time with and after our departure from SVCF.

We have felt powerless to raise these issues with the Board, and more publicly, for fear of retribution.
We are grateful for our colleagues whose brave voices lifted the veil off years of embarrassment,
shame and stress. We want to ensure abuse and mistreatment never happens again within the walls of
SVCF.

While the resignation of Mari Ellen Loijens was an important and necessary first step, what is left in
her wake is a culture shaped by inappropriate conduct and irresponsible complicit leadership.

As a matter of urgency, we believe that Emmett Carson, President & CEO, should be terminated
immediately. As the leader of the organization and the culture, Emmett did not address Mari Ellen's
inappropriate behavior and permitted the abuse to continue for years.

In light of our sincere belief that the SVCF human resource records do not accurately reflect many
important staff cases and complaints and that the Board may have been provided with misleading data
about staff departures and turnover, the following must, at a minimum, also occur:

 Employees, past and present, should be encouraged in a statement by the Board to come
forward.
 Employees, past and present, who decide to come forward to the Board and/or investigators
should be given written assurance that statements made as part of the investigation will not be
used against them - now and in the future. Those statements should be kept confidential.
 The complete results of the transparent investigation should be released to any donor or
employee, past or present, who requests a copy.

We all joined SVCF committed in public service to serving the needs of others, improving their lives
and building stronger communities. We sincerely hope in your positions of authority you will continue
to stand with us in choosing to do the same.

Sincerely,

Sabira Alloo, Business Development Officer and Philanthropy Advisor (October 2013-January 2017)
Caitlin Bayly, Senior Development Associate (July 2015-July 2017)
Erica Bleicher, Development Officer (November 2015-October 2017)
Chuck Brown, Development Officer (April 2016-March 2018)
Kelley Coe, Senior Development Associate (July 2016-November 2017)
Helen Dannelly, Senior Director of Development (June 2008-February 2009)
Elizabeth C. Dressel, Senior Development Officer (April 2011-April 2012)
Rebecca Dupras, Vice President, Development (June 2014-March 2017)
Dory Gannes, Director, Development (May 2014-May 2016)
Sarah Goodman, Social Media and Digital Marketing Lead (March 2014-September 2014)
Daniel G. Hoebeke, JD, Director of Planned Giving (December 2007-May 2008)
Anubha Jain, Manager, Corporate Responsibility (April 2014-April 2017)
Palak Joshi, Philanthropy Advisor, Donor Engagement and Experience (April 2013-April 2017)
Liz Lipton-McCombie, Director, Corporate Responsibility (November 2015-March 2017)
Victoria Mendiola, Director of Donor Resources (May 1996-March 2007); Senior Philanthropy
Advisor (May 2011-May 2014)
Maria Moreno, Executive Assistant to the Chief Business Development and Brand Officer
(November 2015-January 2018)
Wen-Chih O'Connell, Director, Corporate Engagement (Corporate Responsibility)
(June 2013- November 2016)
Elaine Orr, Director, Investments (July 2014-December 2016)
Patti Pace, Corporate Philanthropy Manager, Business Services (August 2007-January 2013)
Dipti Pratt, Marketing Director (March 2012-July 2014)
Michelle Sklar, Vice President, Development; Vice President, Business Services
(April 2010-April 2012)
Lily Steinbach, Investments Officer (January 2015-September 2016)
Margaret Welik, Development Associate (June 2015-February 2016)
Jennifer Wood, Director, Individual Giving (April 2007-October 2009)
Marie Young, Director, Donor Engagement; Senior Director, Donor Engagement; Interim Vice
President, Donor Experience and Engagement; and Senior Advisor, Donor Experience and
Engagement (June 2008-December 2015)