Joseph Roberson, M.D. serves as Founder and President for The Let Them Hear Foundation, a medical organization passionate about bringing the gift of hearing to those living in silence in the U.S. and around the world.
Currently, Roberson also serves as CEO and Managing Partner at the California Ear Institute, where he oversees all business, clinical and surgical daily operations at several Northern California locations. Roberson serves as faculty member and is the former Chief of Otology-Neurotology-Skull Base surgery at Stanford University where he worked before launching LTHF. He serves as a consultant for several industry leaders, including Acclarent, Medtronic, Advanced Bionics Corporation and Cochlear Corporation. He maintains an active clinical and surgical practice, and functions as the Fellowship Director of CEI, a program responsible for training surgeons in Otology-Neurotology-Skull Base surgery.
As LTHF Founder and President, Roberson leads all daily operations and strategic planning efforts for the Foundation. His responsibilities as President include traveling to train surgeons and found cochlear implant programs overseas, program development and administration.
A widely published and featured speaker, Roberson has appeared on multiple national television programs, and serves as the Medical Director of the Adult and Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program at California Ear Institute and Children's Hospital Oakland.
Kirk Dunn Kirk Dunn brings to the Foundation a diversified knowledge base of
technology engineering, marketing, and sales and management experience and
presently is the CEO at Powerfile. During his nearly 20-year career, Kirk
has worked extensively with Fortune 200 accounts, successfully built
strategic sales and product divisions, and led international expansions.
Prior to coming to PowerFile, Kirk was CEO of Bang Networks where he
devised and executed a market and product strategy that delivered the
first real-time Web messaging appliance to Fortune 200 customers. He was
also Vice President of North America Field Operations for Inktomi where he
built and led a team from $3M to a $150M run rate, and was instrumental in
new product planning as member of Inktomi's executive strategy council.
Kirk came to Inktomi from Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NET) where
he held executive positions in sales, marketing, and professional
services. Prior to NET, Kirk worked for IBM, in senior sales positions.
Kirk received a B.A. in Mathematics and Applied Sciences from the
University of California, Los Angeles.
Jim Pollock Jim has grown up locally in the Bay Area and received his undergraduate
degree from Stanford University. He founded and is President of Pollock Financial
Group and its affiliates: Pollock Investment Advisory Corporation, Pollock
Realty Corporation and Pollock Life Insurance Corporation. Since 1960, Pollock
Financial Group and its affiliate corporations have provided various financial
services for its corporate and personal clients. While away from work, Jim
and his wife Guyla enjoy spending time with their five children and eight
grandchildren. Jim resides locally in Portola Valley and is an active member
in several professional associations. Personal favorite activities include
playing the banjo, cycling, tennis, fly-fishing, and softball.
Past Board Members:
Dale L. Fuller
(Previous) President & Chief Executive Officer Dale Fuller joined Borland Software Corporation in April 1999 with
more than 20 years of experience in general management, marketing and business
development in the technology industry. As president and chief executive
officer, Fuller is committed to helping organizations worldwide to align
their business needs with software development. He assumes complete management
responsibility for Borland and its Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
suite of solutions.
Prior to joining Borland, Dale served as president and chief executive
officer of WhoWhere? Inc., a leading Internet community site, acquired
by Lycos in 1998. Prior to joining WhoWhere?, he held the position of vice
president and general manager at Apple Computer in the Powerbook Division.
From 1994 to 1996, he was with NEC Technologies, Inc. and served as vice
president and general manager of Portable Computer Systems.
When away from work Dale enjoys fly-fishing and realxing with his wife
Jennifer and their two daughters.
Les Koonce Les was born in Raleigh, North Carolina where he attended school
and received his B.B.A from Campbell College. Years of traveling brought
him to the San Francisco area, where he now resides. Professionally, Les
entered the insurance business and organized Koonce Financial Corporation
in 1982. Presently, the firm provides insurance, investment and pension services
to over 1,200 individual and corporate clients.
In 1992, Les was appointed General Agent of Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Company of Northern California and managed over 70 associates in three
Bay Area offices. In 1993, the Peninsula Association of Life Underwriters
honored him as the “Insurance Professional of the Year”. Les
and his wife Suzanne, reside in Menlo Park, and enjoy golf, running marathons,
and attending Menlo Park Presbyterian Church where Les is a Deacon.
