BAWSI Board Members

Marlene Bjornsrud, Board member, BAWSI CEO

Marlene has more than 30 years experience in management and nonprofit work and was previously general manager of the San Jose CyberRays women's professional soccer team overseeing all business operations of the organization. Before her role with the CyberRays, she was assistant director of athletics at Santa Clara University, where she supervised marketing and media relations as well as eleven sports. Prior to coming to the Bay Area, she was assistant athletic director and senior women's administrator at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. She coached the women's tennis team at Grand Canyon University for several years and was named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1981. Her career includes leadership roles in nonprofit organizations working with youth and homeless families. Bjornsrud is co-founder of BAWSI and has responsibility for management of the organization, including fundraising, human resources, strategic planning, programs, finance, communications, and representing BAWSI to government agencies, the community, and the public. She is a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum (ALF).

Liza Chuck, Board Secretary

Liza Chuck has been an active BAWSI supporter since the program inception. She has worked to coordinate the BAWSI-in-A-Bag program taking the BAWSI Girls format and bringing it to St Lucy Parish School in Campbell for the past two years. Liza has served as Secretary for the School Board at St Lucy School and is currently serving a Secretary for the Parent -Teacher Group. After graduating from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, Liza worked as a department manager for a large retail chain and then as a client coordinator for a law firm involved in multi-client, class action litigation.

Liza has been married to former BAWSI Board member, Sam Chuck, for 13 years. They have three children, all of whom inspired her love of team sports. She is very active as team parent for the many sports and dance activities her children are involved in and continues to champion self-confidence in young women through fitness.

She grew up in the Bay Area and currently resides in Willow Glen.

Anne Kerwin-Payne, Board Chair

Anne is founder and Managing Director of Kerwin Associates, a legal recruiting firm representing both law firms and corporate legal departments with their attorney hiring needs. With more than twenty years of recruiting experience, Anne partners, counsels and coaches management teams and human resource professionals at companies and law firms on how to build legal teams. Additionally, Anne career counsels attorney candidates through the job search, interview and hiring process. Anne is an active supporter of UC Berkeley Women's Athletics, where she played collegiate tennis. She continues to play USTA National Tournaments and USTA team tennis. Anne is currently President of the Menlo Circus Club in Atherton, California, and has served on the Board for the previous six years. Anne is married and has two children and resides in Menlo Park.

Dr. Christine Levan

Christine was born in Vietnam and raised in Southern California. She received her undergraduate BS degree in biology from UC Riverside and attended medical school at Ross University Medical School. She completed her residency at Children's Hospital, Oklahoma City, with a specialty in pediatrics. Christine has also worked as a Clinical Instructor at Oklahoma University Health Science Center. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition to English, Christine is fluent in Vietnamese and speaks basic Spanish. She is married with three children and enjoys foreign films, music, martial arts and traveling.

Shari Moore, Board Treasurer

Shari has held HR and business leadership roles across a variety of industries over the last 20 years. She is currently Vice President, Human Resources- Global Sales, Services and Support at Hitachi Data Systems in Santa Clara, California. Prior to Hitachi, she was Vice President, Human Resources and Administration at Performant Financial Corporation. Shari's experience also includes over six years at Hewlett-Packard, where she held several positions, including HR Director and Operations Director for e-inclusion and Emerging Market Solutions, an organization within the Corporate Affairs function. This organization worked across the Company and in collaboration with not-for-profit and government organizations to design and implement programs to increase the standard of living in under-served communities around the globe.

Shari earned her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Accounting from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and her Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Yale University. She has just started coursework toward a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems at Fielding Graduate University.

Shari has a passion for fitness and helping women of all ages build self esteem through health of body, mind and spirit. Shari is a 4th generation Bay Area native and she and her husband, Brian, have a daughter who is active in a variety of activities including Kung Fu, swimming and dance.

Marcia Wallis, Board Member

Marcia is currently a Prosecutor for Santa Clara County. When she is not in the courtroom she is playing soccer for one of her various teams or playing golf. She currently is a member of the Olympic Club Women's Soccer Team and an avid Bay Area sports fan. Marcia was a two sport All-American at Stanford University and played one year in the WUSA for the Boston Breakers and one year on the LPGA's Futures Tour. She is passionate about helping women in sports and volunteers a lot of her time raising money for local charities and coaching youth soccer.