Contact Us

General Information

Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California 
commonwealthclub.org
110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco CA 94105
415-597-6700
info@commonwealthclub.org

Please send packages to the address above; direct all other mail for the Club to:
The Commonwealth Club
P.O. Box 194210
San Francisco, CA 94119

Box Office 
415-597-6705 or 800-847-7730
You can email us with questions about existing ticket orders: tickets@commonwealthclub.org

Membership
Please note: all ticket sales are through the box office (above)
415-597-6708
membership@commonwealthclub.org

Corporate Membership & Sponsorship
408-684-5809
mdalo@commonwealthclub.org

Program Ideas and Speaker Suggestions
programs@commonwealthclub.org

Travel
415-597-6720
travel@commonwealthclub.org

Silicon Valley Office
clubsv@commonwealthclub.org


Click on the highlighted names of staff members below to learn more about them.

Dr. Gloria C. Duffy, Co-president & Co-CEO
gduffy@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6721

Philip W. Yun, Co-president & Co-CEO
pwyun@worldaffairs.org
415-293-4615

Carly Cooper, Executive Assistant to the Co-CEOs 
ccooper@worldaffairs.org
408-636-3183

Administration & Finance 

Nicholas Leon, Vice President of Finance and Administration
nleon@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6711

Kassin Dela Cruz, Technology Specialist
kdelacruz@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6718

Climate One

Gregory Dalton, Vice President of Special Projects and Director of Climate One Project
gdalton@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6710

Jenny Park, Managing Director
jpark@commonwealthclub.org

Megan Biscieglia, Production Manager
mbiscieglia@commonwealthclub.org

Wency Shaida, Development Manager
wshaida@commonwealthclub.org

Ben Testani, Communications Manager
btestani@commonwealthclub.org 

Ariana Brocious, Producer and Editor
abrocious@commonwealthclub.org

Austin Colón, Audio Editor and Producer
acolon@commonwealthclub.org

Brad Marshland, Senior Producer
bmarshland@commonwealthclub.org

Development

Michelle D'Alo, Vice President of Development & Program Operations
mdalo@commonwealthclub.org
408-684-5809

Paula Linares, Special Event Manager
plinares@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6737

Danielle Jorgensen, Development Manager: Strategic Partnerships
djorgensen@commonwealthclub.org 
415-597-6703

Billy Bean, Donor Specialist: Leadership Circle
bbean@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6738

Editorial 

John Zipperer, Vice President of Media & Editorial
jzipperer@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6715

Education 

Lauren Silver, Vice President for Education
lsilver@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6734

Griffith Swidler, School Partnerships Manager
gswidler@commonwealthclub.org 
415-597-6709 

Gallery/Arts and Humanities Curator 

Robert Melton
rmelton@commonwealthclub.org 

Global Philanthropy Forum

Sarah Howard, Managing Director
showard@philanthropyforum.org 
510-684-2175

Megan Wenger, Senior Program Manager
mwenger@worldaffairs.org

Guest, Event and Facility Services

Alex Hernandez, Vice President of Guest, Event and Facility Services
ahernandez@commonwealthclub.org 
415-869-5930

Sean Burmeister, Director of Guest, Event and Facility Services
sburmeister@commonwealthclub.org
415-869-5939

Lisa Moschetti, Event Sales and Marketing Manager
lmoschetti@commonwealthclub.org
415-869-5940

Joanne Presas, Guest & Volunteer Services Manager
jpresas@commonwealthclub.org

Tyler Reed
Private Event Technology and Book Manager 
treed@commonwealthclub.org
415-244-6142

B. Vasquez, Events Coordinator
bvasquez@commonwealthclub.org

Narrative Audio Projects

Jarrod Sport, Vice President of Narrative
jsport@worldaffairs.org

Mateo Schimpf, Senior Radio and Podcast Producer
mschimpf@worldaffairs.org

Programs 

Kara Iwahashi, Director of Program and Literary Arts
kiwahashi@commonwealthclub.org 
408-280-5145

Chris Dobson, Director of Programs and Action Projects
cdobson@worldaffairs.org 

Contact page for Member-Led Forum chairs

Radio/Podcast/Television 

Mark Kirchner, Director of Audio and Video Services
mkirchner@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6716

Spencer Campbell, Video Producer
scampbell@commonwealthclub.org

Dan Lawrence, Media Engineer
dlawrence@commonwealthclub.org

Travel 

Kristina Nemeth, Travel Director
knemeth@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6720

Web 

Josh Coley, Senior Web Technologist
jcoley@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6722