JACOBS FAMILY FOUNDATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
Grandson of the founders and son of Valerie and Norm, Andrew Hapke is the first in the third generation to hold the seat as Board Chair of the Jacobs Family Foundation and Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation.
Andrew's work has focused on identifying innovations in the private and social sectors, and translating them into viable solutions to entrenched problems. After graduating from college, he spent a year in an Americorps volunteer role with ACCION San Diego, a non-profit organization that assists underserved entrepreneurs through micro-lending. Andrew also worked in India with a social enterprise that connects rural villages with mainstream markets. Specifically, he helped conceptualize, pilot, and launch an innovative micro-finance program that supports budding entrepreneurs in villages across Northern India. After completing a Masters in Business Administration at the Yale School of Management, Andrew founded a crowd funding technology start up in New York City.
Andrew currently works for Etsy as a Senior Product Marketing Manager.
Job Titles:
- Secretary of the Board of Directors
Claire grew up watching the work of her grandparents and parents in what would become The Village at Market Creek. Her passion for learning about new cultures and appreciation for what residents have done together have led her to join the board of the family's foundation. As the third generation of the Jacobs family, the foundation will sunset in 2030 under the leadership of Claire, her brother Andrew, and the rest of the family, leaving the assets created in The Village firmly in resident ownership.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
The late Dr. Joe, who passed away on October 23, 2004, was the founder and director emeritus of the Jacobs Family Foundation and Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation.
He was chairman of the board of Jacobs Engineering Group, an international engineering and construction firm with approximately 35,000 employees. He developed the firm from a one-man consultancy in 1947 to its present status as a public company with revenues close to $11 billion.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Vice Chair of the Board of Directors
- Founder of Valerie Jacobs Consulting
Valerie is a board member of the Jacobs Family Foundation and Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation.
Valerie is the founder of Valerie Jacobs Consulting, dedicated to providing direct consultation support to individual philanthropists and family foundations. In addition, Valerie is a nationally -known speaker and has created a series of workshops for women of wealth and wealthy families dealing with both philanthropy and family dynamics.
She has been a licensed psychotherapist since 1979, specializing in the effects of wealth on relationships and personal well-being, and has worked in the field of philanthropy since 1994.
Valerie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Masters of Education degree from California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.
Valerie is married to Norm Hapke, and they have two children.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors