Sponsor Scott Parlee, co-founded the San Francisco IHAD chapter and recruited his friends and colleagues in the Bay Area, Khira Griscavage and Tanya Capuano to join him on the board.

Together, they submitted a proposal to the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund and secured a $3.4 million commitment over a 14-year period. They hope to raise additional funds so that they can adopt additional classes of students for the "I Have a Dream" Program.

Scott Parlee works for Palm Inc., a handheld solution provider. He is a senior product manager and helps research, design, and deliver mobile and wireless handheld solutions to companies.

Scott also spent five years at Merck Pharmaceuticals in New York and Philadelphia, where his performance consistently placed him in top 10 percent of employees. While at Merck, Scott was active in the Junior Achievement program where he taught weekly economics courses to two 11th grade classes. This experience provided the opportunity to see first-hand that pursuing a college education is not a possibility in many disadvantaged youth's minds.

Scott holds an MM (MBA) from Kellogg, Northwestern University's Business School and attended Brown University, where he received his BS in Chemical Engineering and was captain of the wrestling team.

Khira Griscavage is a public finance professional with JPMorgan Securities' San Francisco office.  Since joining JPMorgan in 2001, Khira has worked with many municipal issuers including the City and County of San Francisco and the State of California. Prior to joining JPMorgan, Khira was a consultant for McKinsey and Company, a management consulting firm. During her nearly five years with McKinsey, prior and subsequent to her graduate work, Khira worked on a variety of projects in the healthcare, technology, financial services, retail, and non-profit sectors.

While in San Francisco, Khira served as a project leader for Street Project, a grass-roots organization that organizes volunteer opportunities for busy professionals. In addition, Khira volunteered for Trips for Kids, a non-profit organization that leads weekly mountain biking trips for at-risk youth. Her third year with McKinsey was spent in Johannesburg, South Africa. Khira worked on a pro bono project initiated to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of some of South Africa's most needy police stations.

In 1999, Khira received both an MBA and an MA in Education Administration and Public Policy from Stanford University. While at Stanford, Khira became very involved with the East Palo Alto Chapter of "I Have a Dream", serving as a co-leader for the on-campus organization. In 1998, she initiated an alumni based fundraising effort to increase the college stipend for the Dreamers. The resulting letter writing campaign raised over $20,000 and increased awareness of the needs of the program. Khira received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University.

Tanya Pine Capuano has been involved with the "I Have a Dream" Foundation - San Francisco from the very beginning, when she worked full-time on getting the foundation off the ground. Now as a Board Member, she enjoys advising on business issues, attending IHAD field trips and spending time with her wonderful mentee, Joyce.

Tanya is currently a manager at Hewlett-Packard and received her MBA, Masters in Education and BA all from Stanford University. She lives on the Peninsula with her husband, son and yellow lab, Bayley.

Carter Montague is the founder and president of Ventana Management, Carter worked for Health Net, a large health insurance company, in their New Ventures Group. Prior to this, Carter served as a management consultant at APM/CSC Healthcare, where he worked on engagements in strategy and reengineering for several nationally known companies.

Carter has an MBA from the Wharton School (where he was awarded the Dean's award) and a BA in Mathematics from Washington and Lee University. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA).