Sylvia is a retired Chevron Supply Chain Management senior leader, with broad international experience in the USA and in Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South America and West Africa. Upon graduation from Baylor University in Texas with a Bachelor’s in Business, she headed west to California, the start of a 34-year career with Chevron. Highlights from her career include leadership roles among the first teams tasked with operations start-ups in Kazakhstan, immediately following the country’s independence from the former Soviet Union, as well as in Thailand and Angola.

Career focus for Sylvia always included enjoying the people you work with and learning about and supporting the communities where you live. As the proud mother of a transgender son, Sylvia is passionate about making the world a better place for all members of the LGBTQ community and currently serves as a Steering Committee Member of the San Francisco Bay Area Human Rights Campaign. In retirement, Sylvia has taken on a leadership role with Impact100 East Bay, which provides friendship and collective giving with like-minded, philanthropic women addressing the unmet needs of nonprofits in Contra Costa and Alameda counties.

“I’m proud to be part of a growing organization that has so far, collectively contributed sustainable support totaling $500,000 to six local non-profits, in the areas of mental health services for foster and homeless youth; literacy, college and life skills training for at-risk youth and women; and entrepreneurial capacities of under-served individuals.”