Joanne Jacobs

Chief of Operations, Humane Society Silicon Valley

Joanne Jacobs joined Humane Society Silicon Valley as Chief of Operations in 2016. She is responsible for Marketing, IT, Facilities, and driving cross–functional operational excellence and customer experience. Before joining HSSV, Joanne held various executive positions in P&L management, product management, marketing, operations and IT at Intuit and other high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to that, she began her career at GE and GE Capital in the engineering leadership program and moved on to senior leadership roles in sales, sourcing, and business process management. Joanne holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Davis, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.