Leadership

2023-2024 Board of Directors

Katie Aspell – President

Katie Aspell has been an active member of the Junior League of San Francisco, Inc since 2014. She has served on multiple committees, including as the Communications Committee Chair when it was awarded “Committee of the Year” in 2016-2017. She was also awarded the “Rockstar Award” in the same year. She went on to serve as VP of Communications, and as the Executive Vice President. She is active throughout the San Francisco community supporting the fundraising efforts of various non-profit organizations. By day, Katie is a software engineering lead. Outside of work and volunteering, she can be found watching a warriors game or in a spin class.

 

Jenny Giles – Executive Vice President

Jenny Giles has been an active member of the Junior League of San Francisco since 2017. She has served on Advocacy Committee (twice), Institute on Aging Committee, and was Vice Chair of New Member Education. Her leadership roles include chairing Advocacy Committee (2020-2021, 2022-2023) and the Florence Fang Community Farm committee in it’s first year as a community partner (2021-2022). The committee was awarded Committee of the Year. She has also been awarded Active Member of the Year (2018-2019) and the Wendy Hayward Award (2021-2022).

Jenny’s other volunteer activities include appointment as Commissioner on the Juvenile Justice Commission, Superior Court of CA, County of San Francisco and also a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) where she advocates for a youth in the foster care system. Professionally she works in Finance and has a background in event planning.

She is native to the Bay Area and in her free time she enjoys gardening, textile arts and cooking for her friends and family.

 

Lauren Debo – Treasurer

Lauren Debo joined the Junior League in San Francisco in 2020 after being an active member in both the Junior League of Atlanta and Junior League of Dekalb County since 2013.  Lauren has been an active part of both external and internal placements including Membership Engagement, General Membership Meetings, Journey to Literacy and Arts for Learning.

Lauren is a CPA with a background in accounting and FP&A.  She lives in Berkeley with her two cats and spends her free time exploring the Bay Area with her friends.

 

Tiffany Chatkara- Secretary

Tiffany Chatkara has been a member of the Junior League of San Francisco since 2015.

She has served on various committees including Recruitment & Outreach, Membership Support, Membership Activities and Community Impact. League leadership roles include vice chair, new member advisor, chair and board of directors including current role as Secretary. From participating in the newly founded Membership Support committee in 2017 to co-chairing it for two years, membership is an area close to her heart. She was awarded the “Wendy Hayward Distinguished Member of the Year Award in 2021”.

Professionally, Tiffany is a digital marketing manager for a prominent hotel management company. In her spare time, she blends her passions of hospitality and empowering women as a mortgage loan officer, helping people become homeowners. She also enjoys meeting fellow league members, traveling, and spending time with loved ones.

 

Sarah Kurhajetz – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Button – Governance Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marissa Leon – Community Partners Director
Marissa Leon has been an active member of the New York Junior League since 2017 and transferred to the Junior League of San Francisco in 2020. She previously served on the Advocacy Council and Community Partners Council, including as Chair of SMART. She’s a corporate, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions lawyer. In her free time she enjoys hiking, running, cycling and playing tennis.

 

Amy Tam – External Engagement Director

Amy Tam has been an active member of the Junior League of San Francisco, Inc since 2020. She served on the Advocacy Committee (twice). Most recently, she served on the Audit Committee and was last year’s Home Tour Chair

Outside of JLSF, Amy also serves on the Leadership Council for Compass Family Services and is active in the community supporting various organizations.

Professionally, Amy is medical social worker.  Amy also has a side hustle in photography and invests in real estate.  In her free time, Amy enjoys spending quality time with loved ones, hiking, traveling, learning, and building new skillsets.

 

Kate Van Dalsem – Membership Development Director

 

 

 

 

 

Cheryl Zimmerman – Membership Engagement Director

 

 

 

 

 

Lizzy Shay Kaler – Fund Development Director

Lizzy Shay Kaler is the Director of Fund Development and leads the League’s Fundraisers, additionally, Lizzy serves as the Chair of the JLSF Endowment. Lizzy has been a member of JLSF since 2018 and has experience across categories of the League from Done in A Day, New Member Advisory, Strategic Planning, and of course Fundraising. Professionally, Lizzy is a Principal as a principal investment fund and personally loves to spend time in Tahoe with her husband and dog.

 

Noelle Roost – Nominating Chair

 

 

 

 

 

Kalla Vieaux – President-Elect

Kalla began her San Francisco Junior League career in 2011, double placing on the Finance and Fashion Show Committees. She then transferred to the New York Junior League where she served as a member and later Secretary/Vice-Chair of the Winter Ball fundraiser. She returned to the Junior League of San Francisco to serve again on the Fashion Show committee, mentor on SMART, and participate on the Placement Committee. In 2017, she led the creation of the Membership Support Committee and continued to chair the committee through the 2019 League year. Kalla then advanced to the positions of VP of Membership Development and Executive Vice President. She received the Spirit of the League award in May 2022. Kalla is founder of the online vintage & designer fashion boutique Haute Heaven and spends her spare time cooking and volunteering at various organizations throughout the bay.

 

Kristen Priddy – Executive Vice President-Elect

Kristen has been a member of the Junior League of San Francisco since 2013. Her previous leadership roles include sitting on the JLSF Board of Directors as the Strategic Planning Director and chairing the the Done-in-a-Day and Community Impact Committees. She has also been a member of the Safe & Sound and Advocacy Committees. Kristen was awarded the “Leadership Luminaries” award in 2023. Kristen is a Vice President of Environmental Finance at U.S. Bank and enjoys skiing, cooking, and volunteering in her spare time.

 

 Alexandra MooreTreasurer-Elect

Alexandra Moore is a strategic M&A, business development, and operations executive with 15+ years of experience. Alex was named one of “Hollywood’s Top Dealmakers of 2022”by The Hollywood Reporter. 

She is currently Chief Business Officer of EMPIRE, the leading global independent distribution, recording, and publishing music company where she leads strategic business and revenue functions including content distribution, commerce, business development, and international market expansion

Prior to joining EMPIRE, Alex held several executive roles, most recently as CEO of a $100MM growth equity fund focused on consumer and celebrity investments and previously at Amazon where she was head of global strategic initiatives and strategy for Amazon Music. In this role, she led the organization’s efforts in international market expansion, livestreaming, audio and video content acquisition, and merchandising / retail. Before joining Amazon Music, Alex was an executive on Amazon’s central Corporate Development team where she led global investments and acquisitions for digital content, consumer internet, and device businesses at Amazon. Prior to Amazon, Alex held Corporate Development roles at Electronic Arts and Marsh & McLennan Corporation and was an investment banker at Citigroup. 

Outside of her professional experience and role as a Board Member of the Junior League of San Francisco, she also serves on the Board of Directors of the Oakland Symphony.

 

Nora Quattrin – Secretary-Elect

Nora Quattrin has been an active member of the Junior League of San Francisco since 2016. During that time she has served on the Nominating, March Madness, Placement, and Sustainer Engagement committees. Her leadership roles include New Member Advisor (2017-2018) and co-chairing roles in the following committees: Recruitment and Outreach (2018-2019), New Member Education (2019-2020), and Membership Engagement (2020-2021). She was awarded the “Melissa Harrington Hughes Outstanding Leadership Award” in 2018 and co-chaired Recruitment and Outreach when it was awarded “Committee of the Year” in 2018-2019.

In her professional career, Nora is controller at Presidio Farms, a family owned and operated agricultural business based in California. In her free time, Nora enjoys the outdoors, spending time with family and friends, volunteering at the San Francisco Opera Archives, cheering on Bay Area sports teams and the USC Trojans, trying new recipes, and exploring all the hidden gems the SF Bay Area has to offer.

 

Adriana Aro – Sustainer Director

Adriana began her JLSF career in 2014 as a way to gain skills and knowledge that would help her grow as a professional and to make new friends, both of which she has accomplished, thanks in part to Junior League. Over the last nine years as an active member, Adriana has served as a committee chair on several councils, including External Engagement, Member Engagement, and Member Development. She has also served as a member of the Nominating committee and Strategic Planning Ad-Hoc committee. She previously served on the JLSF Board as the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Director. She’s excited to serve again as the Sustainer Engagement Director and start this new chapter of her JLSF career. In her personal life, Adriana enjoys being a dog mom to her rescue, Kelsey, after decades of being terrified of dogs (who saved who?). She also enjoys a close relationship with her extended family through weekly Sunday dinners, and is figuring out what her hobbies are after the last few years of pandemic uncertainty.