Our Team

Dana is also the founder of Breakaway Security, a senior security industry business analyst, and the publisher of Secure Access Central, a web portal that serves an international community of network security professionals. He has over 20 years of experience marketing complex business solutions, has led marketing teams at Rolm, IBM, 3Com, Vitalink, HP and several security ventures and served as the vice president of both sales and marketing. Dana has extensive knowledge of business strategy, product marketing, product planning and management, marketing communications, business development, partner management, sales education and sales support.

While working in Silicon Valley, Dana has successfully led launches of new businesses and dozens of new products and professional services. He has been an active member of Habitat for Humanity, building homes in San Mateo County one-day-a-week for five years and served as an marketing advisor to the local chapter's executive director. At Brown he earned a BS degree in engineering and at Stanford, an MBA.

He has been the CEO or COO with five early stage companies in software, Internet, and wireless markets, and currently works with the Pacific Leadership Group as an interim executive and advisor to start-up and early stage ventures. Most recently Wes was President and COO of Nuvoiz, Inc. a mobile VoIP software company in Mountain View, CA. and prior to that, the President and COO of cFares, a venture capital backed search website focused on international travel. He was also the CEO of Gyration, a leading wireless device technology company based in Saratoga, CA, and a co-founder and CEO of MadeToOrder.com, Inc., now iPrint Systems. Wes served as Vice President of Marketing for publicly held Global Village Communications, where he directed the introduction of easy-to-use personal and enterprise communication products. Wes began his career in mainframe computer sales with IBM. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from Yale University.

Lisa is the President & CEO of Avenidas, a Palo Alto-based, not-for-profit senior services agency. Previously she had twenty years of commercial banking experience culminating as Senior Vice President and Manager, Regional Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo Bank, Palo Alto. She has contributed to the success of numerous not-for-profit agencies, and has served on the boards of Samaritan House which provides basic services to low-income residents in San Mateo County, the Menlo-Atherton Educational Foundation and the Womens Recovery Association. Lisa brings extensive experience building, managing and marketing non-profits including extensive fund-raising activities. She is currently on the Board of The Private Bank of the Peninsula. Lisa has 20+ experience preparing and reviewing budgets and financial statements and currently serves on Peninsula Bank's loan review committee. She will help us create budgets, reports, review processes, etc. and guide us on our governance, organization, and human resource strategies.

Millie manages the database(s) and PC/web tools Rebuild Hope uses to communicate with its various constituencies, e.g., donors, applicants/beneficiaries, military support personnel. She also ensures that members of the Rebuild Hope team can easily and effectively take advantage of these resources in their own activities. She also handles some of our special projects.

"My husband was an active duty Army officer for 10 years and I was involved with activities on the platoon, company and battalion level in many capacities. We held events with the NonCom Officers group and I got interacted with all levels of military personnel. I also volunteered through the Red Cross at Fort Knox, KY, working primarily with enlisted families, listening to their needs and finding resources so they would not feel so overwhelmed with finances, living far away from family, and helping mom's cope when dad was out in the field for weeks at a time. I still feel connected to the military families and always will. I have lived their lives and understand the sacrifices that go with serving our country."

Melinda has spent most of her career as a professional volunteer, currently with WellSpring (A Resource for Christian Spiritual Growth). At WellSpring since its foundation as a non-profit in 1994, she has trained and supervised spiritual mentors, assisted in retreat leadership, and functioned as secretary for the board of directors, among many other administrative duties. She began her volunteer training with eight years of service to the Junior League of Palo Alto*Mid Peninsula, of which she is still a sustaining member. Melinda has also served as a deacon at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and as a board member of the parent association of Menlo School.

Melinda also works part time as a spiritual director. She has a Master's degree in Counseling and Mental Health, and holds two certificates in Spiritual Direction from Azusa Pacific University and Mercy Center in Burlingame. Spiritual direction is the practice of listening to the life experience of others as a way of deepening their awareness of God's presence in everyday life.

"I volunteer for Rebuild Hope because I believe we all owe a debt of gratitude to our military families for the service and sacrifices they have made. I want to support the injured soldiers in their recovery and transition into civilian life, and to encourage others to do the same."

Tom helps eligible injured servicemen and women and veterans join the Rebuild Hope financial support network and community. He ensures the entire process - from completing an acceptable application to creating their personal profile on our website - proceeds as smoothly and quickly as possible. He also helps families identify resources available from other organizations.

Tom is a veteran of two deployments in Iraq where he was a squad leader in an Infantry Long Range Surveillance detachment. He was injured in multiple combat operations and suffers from many physical injuries to his upper extremities and health problems including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

"I joined Rebuild Hope to help other soldiers and their families who are going through experiences similar to mine and my family's."