BRAVO! CLUB Council

Omar leads an engineering team at Amazon Music, where he combines his passion for music and machine learning to help people search for their favorite music, and to make new discoveries. Omar earned his Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. Outside of the opera, Omar enjoys dancing Argentine tango, playing classical guitar, and re-watching The Sopranos.

Martha is the Director of Development at Stanford Law School. She earned a BA from Princeton University in religion and theater. When not enjoying an opera or ballet at the War Memorial Opera House, she enjoys CrossFit, cooking, traveling, seeing plays and musicals, and spending time with her wife and their dog.

Gaurav is a software engineer at Google, working to detect information security threats. He received an M.Eng. and S.B. from MIT, studying computer science and mathematics. Outside of opera, he enjoys puzzle hunts, traveling, and reading.

Philipp is the Global Head of Technology & Innovation at Tenthpin Management Consultants spearheading the transformation of the Life Science Industry into the next generation. He is German and was a Fulbright Scholar to the US from 2007-2010 in New York City. When not at the opera, he can be found traveling around the world collecting magnets, scuba diving, skiing, or just at home cooking for friends and family.

Abi is a Product Manager at Netflix. She studied engineering at Cornell and earned an MBA at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. Abi grew up playing the violin, and performed with the Orange County Junior Orchestra at festivals across North America and Europe. In her spare time, you can find Abi playing USTA team tennis, cooking Sri Lankan curries, and streaming Netflix with her husband.

Yobo is an investor at San Francisco-based activist hedge fund, ValueAct Capital. Prior to joining ValueAct, she lived in New York and worked in infrastructure private equity at EQT and healthcare investment banking at Morgan Stanley following her graduation from Columbia University with a double B.A. in Economics-Philosophy and Hispanic Studies with honors. Yobo holds numerous nonprofit leadership positions and currently serves on the board of Synergist Network and Columbia College Women. Music is the great love of her life and she is a proud member of the San Francisco Choral Society.