Jan
17
Eff W. Martin, Scott Grant, Bill Arnopp
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Eff W. Martin, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Eff is a Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He leads Goldman Sachs’ investment banking coverage of many of the most prominent technology companies, including Adobe Systems, Agilent Technologies, Apple Computer, Cisco, Commerce One, Hewlett-Packard, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, ONI Systems, Palm Computing, Siebel Systems and Sun Microsystems. He was involved in the early stages of the firm’s High Technology effort and continues to play a leadership role in that sector. Eff is the Chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Board of Governors of the San Francisco Symphony. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution and the Advisory Board of The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. In addition, he is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Menlo School. He is active in a variety of community organizations and is an elder at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 1983, Eff was a Managing Director at Dean Witter Reynolds. He obtained a B.A. and a Masters of Mechanical Engineering from Rice University in 1971 and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1973. Eff resides in Woodside, California with his wife, Patricia and their three children.
Scott Grant, Peninsula Bible Church
Scott Grant has served as a pastor at Peninsula Bible Church since 1994. He has headed up the singles ministry at the church, currently focusing on the Young Adults Fellowship for adults in their 20s, which began in 1996. Scott grew up in Mountain View, Calif., coming to Christ through a high school church group. He graduated from Pepperdine University in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He worked for 11 years as an editor or reporter for several newspapers in Northern California. While working for a newspaper based in Pleasanton, Calif., he began studying the scriptures intensely and teaching the scriptures to high school and college students. He left the newspaper business in 1990 to serve as an intern, further his training in the scriptures and learn ministry at Cole Community Church in Boise, Idaho. After graduating from the Cole Center for Biblical Studies, he joined the staff of Peninsula Bible Church.
Bill Arnopp, Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity
Bill Arnopp heads up the South Bay chapter of Habitat For Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is an international organization that brings families and communities in need together with volunteers and resources to build decent, affordable housing. Since 1976, Habitat has built more than 100,000 houses in more than 60 countries, including some 30,000 houses across the United States.