President and CEOSilicon Valley Community Foundation
Nicole Taylor is the president and CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation – the world’s largest community foundation with over $2.5 billion in annual grantmaking and a deep commitment to solving its region’s toughest challenges through advocacy, research, policy and grantmaking. Nicole also spent more than 15 years with the East Bay Community Foundation, eventually serving as its president and CEO for six years. Nicole received both her M.A. in Education and A.B. in Human Biology from Stanford University. She served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for six years and is currently a board member for Common Sense Media, Carnegie Foundation and Top Hat, a market leader in student engagement solutions in higher education. She is on Stanford University’s Advisory Council for the Graduate School of Education and In 2022, Nicole was named to the annual Forbes 50 over 50 list and recognized by Inside Philanthropy as “Community Foundation Leader of the Year.”