SV2 seeks a dynamic and entrepreneurial Director of Partner Engagement and External Relations to manage SV2’s suite of Partner recruitment, training, and communications efforts.

This position is responsible for (1) Partner “life cycle management” that includes managing the recruiting, orienting, and retaining of Partners, ensuring that current Partners renew at a level commensurate with their financial capacity and passion for SV2’s mission; (2) spearheading high quality donor education and Partner events, including the design and execution of SV2’s “professional development” workshop series for donor Partners; and (3) leading SV2’s communications and external relations activities. READ MORE

This year, over 30 teens took time out of their busy weekends to participate in the SV2 Teen Philanthropy program. Now in its fifth year, the hands-on SV2 Teens program gave teens the opportunity to explore the issue of environmental sustainability and its relationship to home energy use, transportation, and agriculture.

A key part of the experience was visiting three local non-profit organizations working in the field. Acterra engaged the group in four different “learning labs” to help them better understand how to cut down on home energy use. TransForm CA taught the teens about current transportation challenges along the Peninsula and South Bay, and particularly how these challenges play out in low-income populations. And Hidden Villa provided teens with a delicious farm-to-table experience. READ MORE