Kathleen Holmgren

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  • NACD 2021 Directorship 100

    National Associate of Corporate Directors

    NACD is proud to announce the 2021 NACD Directorship 100™, the annual listing of the most influential people in corporate governance—the directors, corporate leaders, policymakers, and influencers who have had the most significant impact on boardroom performance. “The past year has demanded innovation and rapidly evolving solutions from board leaders across the country,” said Peter R. Gleason, president and CEO of NACD. “This year’s honorees—each of whom have been nominated by a peer—have…

    NACD is proud to announce the 2021 NACD Directorship 100™, the annual listing of the most influential people in corporate governance—the directors, corporate leaders, policymakers, and influencers who have had the most significant impact on boardroom performance. “The past year has demanded innovation and rapidly evolving solutions from board leaders across the country,” said Peter R. Gleason, president and CEO of NACD. “This year’s honorees—each of whom have been nominated by a peer—have demonstrated their individual excellence in governance, by serving their organizations and communities during the most challenging of times. They exemplify accomplishment and integrity and inspire others with their dedication to enhancing board leadership.”

  • 2019 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors

    Woman Inc

  • Walk of Fame Recipient

    California Polytechnic State University

    Walk of Fame recognizes outstanding Alumni who have had significant success in their fields and are being recognized by the University.

  • Sun’s Microsystems Leadership Institute (top 10% of VPs)

    Sun Microsystems

  • YWCA Tribute to Women & Industry Award Recipient.

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    YWCA honors up to 55 women executive and emerging leaders that represent local technology, healthcare, education, non-profit, and business sectors. These women have excelled in their fields and have made significant contributions to the community in executive and professional roles.

  • President Award

    Sun Microsystems

    Awarded to the top 10% of VPs at Sun Microsystems awarding leadership, management, and execution.

  • Cal Poly School of Engineering Outstanding Alumnus

    California Polytechnic State University

  • RJ Miller Scholar

    Stanford University

    This award, named after former Dean Arjay Miller, recognizes the academically highest 10 percent of the graduating MBA class.

  • National Society of Professional Engineers & American Assoc. of University Women Fellowship Recipient

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  • Cal Poly Outstanding Engineering Graduate, School of Engineering Award for Academic Excellence, Outstanding Industrial Engineering Graduate

    California Polytechnic State University

Organizations

  • National Association of Corporate Directors

    Member

    - Present

    The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) empowers more than 17,000 directors to lead with confidence in the boardroom. As the recognized authority on leading boardroom practices, NACD helps boards strengthen investor trust and public confidence by ensuring that today’s directors are well prepared for tomorrow’s challenges.

  • Calavo Growers, Inc

    Board Member

    - Present

    Member of Board of Directors of Calavo Growers, Inc. (CVGW), a global avocado-industry leader. The company also procures and markets diversified fresh produce items, ranging from tomatoes to tropical produce. An expanding provider of value-added fresh food, the company’s Calavo Foods business segmentmanufactures and distributes guacamole, guacamole hummus and salsa under the respected Calavo brand name. Calavo’s wholly owned subsidiary, Renaissance Food Group, LLC, creates, markets and…

    Member of Board of Directors of Calavo Growers, Inc. (CVGW), a global avocado-industry leader. The company also procures and markets diversified fresh produce items, ranging from tomatoes to tropical produce. An expanding provider of value-added fresh food, the company’s Calavo Foods business segmentmanufactures and distributes guacamole, guacamole hummus and salsa under the respected Calavo brand name. Calavo’s wholly owned subsidiary, Renaissance Food Group, LLC, creates, markets and distributes a portfolio of healthy, high-quality lifestyle products for consumers through fast-growing brands that include Garden Highway and Chef Essentials. Founded in 1924, Calavo serves food distributors, produce wholesalers, supermarket retailers and restaurant chains worldwide.

  • Extreme Networks

    Board Member

    - Present

    Member of Board Of Directors of Extreme Networks. Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) delivers software-driven networking solutions that help IT departments everywhere deliver the ultimate business outcome: stronger connections with customers, partners and employees. Wired to wireless, desktop to datacenter, Extreme has over 20,000-plus customers in more than 80 countries, delivering 100% insourced support to organizations large and small, including some of the world's leading names in business…

    Member of Board Of Directors of Extreme Networks. Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) delivers software-driven networking solutions that help IT departments everywhere deliver the ultimate business outcome: stronger connections with customers, partners and employees. Wired to wireless, desktop to datacenter, Extreme has over 20,000-plus customers in more than 80 countries, delivering 100% insourced support to organizations large and small, including some of the world's leading names in business, education, government, healthcare, manufacturing and hospitality. Founded in 1996, Extreme is headquartered in San Jose, California.

  • P.E.O.

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    - Present

    P.E.O. is a philanthropic organization where women celebrate the advancement of women; educate women through scholarships, grants, awards, and loans and motivate women to achieve their highest aspirations.

  • Group Delphi

    Board Member

    - Present

    Member of the Board of Directors of Group Delphi, a company who designs, builds, and produces exhibits and media solutions for trade shows, events, museums, and retail marketplaces in the United States and internationally.

  • Automation Anywhere Inc.

    Board Member

    - Present

    Member of the Board of Directors of Automation Anywhere, Inc, a privately-held company that is the global leader in delivering an advanced, enterprise-grade, cognitive Robotic Process Automation (RPA) platform capable of automating any business process.

  • Silvercor

    Advisory Board Member

    - Present

    Silvercor has pioneered a new category of enterprise storage with the introduction of a new class of hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) that harness the full capabilities of a Storage Area Network (SAN) in a single 3.5'' drive. With integrated Ethernet connectivity, native virtualization support, unprecedented energy efficiency and a high performance multicore processing platform.

  • Cal Poly School of Engineering

    Dean's Advisory Board Member

    - Present

  • Professional Businesswomen of California (PBWC)

    Scholarship Committee

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  • National Charity League, Pleasanton Chapter

    Board Member

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    Membership Committee, Finance Committee

  • Mendocino Software

    Advisory Board Member

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    Mendocino Software, Inc. developed and marketed enterprise-class application data availability and access solutions. Its products included InfiniView, which offered data capture and view presentation for use with various application environments, including Oracle, Sybase, DB2 UDB, SQL Server, messaging, and other databases and enterprise file systems on supported operating system platforms.

  • Executive Women's Alliance

    Board Member

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  • Stanford Graduate School of Business

    Advisory Board Member

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  • Alvesta

    Board Member

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    Alvesta designed and manufactured optical technology for telecommunications, data communications, and storage infrastructure equipment. Alvesta's products enabled cost-effective bandwidth transport for central office, enterprise data center, and storage area networks. Based on a highly manufacturable and scalable 10 Gigabit-per-second parallel optics module, Alvesta's products accelerated the transition from electrical to optical communication for IP/SONET/SDH, InfiniBand, 10 Gigabit Ethernet…

    Alvesta designed and manufactured optical technology for telecommunications, data communications, and storage infrastructure equipment. Alvesta's products enabled cost-effective bandwidth transport for central office, enterprise data center, and storage area networks. Based on a highly manufacturable and scalable 10 Gigabit-per-second parallel optics module, Alvesta's products accelerated the transition from electrical to optical communication for IP/SONET/SDH, InfiniBand, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and next-generation Fibre Channel systems. Founded in April 1999.

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