New Partners: Larry Fox and Judy Kellar Fox

(from the April 2009 Newsletter)

Larry and Judy joined SVPP in February. Larry comes from 27 years as Finance Controller at Intel, after teaching as a graduate student and earlier, doing trail maintenance and firefighting for the Forest Service. His B.A. is in Political Science from UC Santa Barbara, followed by an ABD and MBA from UC Berkeley. He brings his background in operational finance and leadership development to SVPP. He jumped right in to serve on the 2009 Capacity Building Investment team. He says SVPP is his first venture into philanthropy and enters with “no specific focus, just a liberal’s interest in a healthy and fair society.” His interests include history, history of ideas, backpacking, fitness and leadership mentoring. He speaks French, Portuguese and Spanish.

Judy brings her skills as a homemaker and as former volunteer coordinator of the Arts Literacy program for the Beaverton School district. She is a Certified Genealogist whose work has been published in a national professional journal and has volunteered these skills at the Beaverton Family History Center for 18 years. She is a skilled writer, and is adept at data collection, organization and analysis. Judy’s many interests include speaking French and Spanish, sewing, cooking and growing her own produce. She says she is “passionate about the relationship between diet and well being.”

Married for 38 years, Judy and Larry are proud of their sons, Jeremy, 29, and Trevor, 25; they describe them as good people who are pursuing their passions in life (environmental education and major league pitching). Larry and Judy love traveling and ballroom dancing.