Villy Wang

San Francisco, California, United States

President & Chief Executive Officer, BAYCAT

<p>Villy brings an extensive and unique 20+ year background in education, media, arts and technology programming, nonprofit business and law.&nbsp; BAYCAT sprung from Villy&rsquo;s passion for using the digital media arts to capture stories untold, and to create social change.&nbsp;</p> <p>Prior to BAYCAT, Villy was a teacher in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) for three years specializing in project-based collaborative teaching methodologies that incorporated music, media, arts and technology into standards based curricula.&nbsp; Villy has been a curriculum developer for the SFUSD and teacher presenter for the Dean of Education at University of California, Berkeley.&nbsp; As the Director of Business and Operations, Villy was integral in advancing the SF Jazz Festival store and for launching its first jazz education programs in the public schools.&nbsp; Prior to her nonprofit work, Villy was an attorney at Morrison &amp; Foerster, Adjunct Law Professor at New College School and served as a commercial and investment banker in New York prior to moving to San Francisco in 1990.&nbsp; Villy received her double B.A. in Engineering and Economics from Brown University, J.D. degree from Northwestern University, and her teaching credential from San Francisco State University.&nbsp; Villy filmed and produced a short entitled, &ldquo;Unplugged,&rdquo; that was featured in the 2005 Marin Environmental Film Festival.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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