Board of Directors

DINA TASIOU, MBA-PMP-CSM

Dina is a seasoned Program manager and Innovation leader working in information technology for 20 years. She is the Principal of a leading consulting company in Silicon Valley that designs and runs technology Programs, Hybrid projects and Product Innovation sprints using Design thinking and Agile, serving multiple industries like Finance, Renewable energy, Legal, e-commerce.

In the past she was the co-founder of a leading telecommunications company in Europe and a marketing director for data services at a global telecom provider. As a senior Project manager and President of The European projects committee, she has managed for several years large scale, high visibility projects for software products and services, application integration, SaaS, ERP, CRM.

She holds a Master in Business Administration, a bachelor of Science in Physics, she is certified PMP and CSM, has a Diploma in Executive Coaching and a certification from MIT for Product Innovation.

She has served PMI SF Bay Area Chapter as Secretary of the Board for two years, as Board Director for a year, as a Mentor and Leader of the Chapter’s Academic Outreach program, now serving as President of the Board.

Contact:

president@pmisgbac.org

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ktasiou

Zenaida Alejandrino

Treasurer

ZAN Project Management and Consulting

Isabelle Lescent-Giles

Secretary

Hult International Business School

Stephanie Salazar

CGO

Federal Reserve

Timothy Kevin Bombosch, Ph.D.

Director at Large

N/A

Lorena De Benedittis

Director at Large

Golden Gate University - MS

Cynthia Estalilla is a Client Service Manager with Wells Fargo Private Bank in San Francisco.  She manages a team of investment and fiduciary services client associates who service high-net-worth clients with their financial needs. 

Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Cynthia was a human resources professional where she worked in various industries to include apparel, hospitality and technology startup. She has been in the financial services industry with Wells Fargo for 16 years.   

Cynthia earned a Bachelor of Science in Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.  She holds a certificate in Human Resources Management.  

She is a member of the Project Management Institute, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, where she previously held the titles of Newsletter Editor and Acting COO and is a Certified Associate in Project Management.  She is also a member of the Wells Fargo Project Management Community of Practice where she volunteered with the enterprise operational team, a member of the Society for Human Resources Management and the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association.  Her hobbies and interests include reading, drawing, watching football and tennis, and playing billiards. She especially enjoys boating with her significant other, Jerry, a software engineer and avid fisherman. She is a San Francisco native and a proud mother to her adult son, Ervin. 

Tyrone Navarro has served on a number bay area non-profit boards and currently serves on the Board for Project Management Institute San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and as a Planning Commissioner for the City of American Canyon.  He is the President of the Board of Directors of IFR.  He joined the board in 2005, during which he has served in various capacities including Treasurer. 

Tyrone has been employed in the public sector since 1995, currently, he serves the Port of San Francisco as the Principal Administrative Analyst for the Real Estate Department.  He oversees revenues of approx. $75M from the Commercial and parking rents from the 500 various tenants along the 7 ½ miles of the San Francisco Waterfront.  Prior to his work at the Port, Tyrone was the Operations Manager for the Department of Public Health, Ambulatory Care / Community Programs.  In this capacity, he managed the real estate portfolio for community-based mental health clinics, where he was responsible for approx. $25M budget; managed facilities and capital improvement project as and oversaw a centralized procurement project.  Additionally, Tyrone was responsible for security infrastructure, vocational training programs, emergency and disaster preparedness and response.

He enjoys an active lifestyle of running, biking and swimming and is a self-confessed geek. He lives in San Francisco and American Canyon with his wife, where they enjoy independent films, dining, gardening, volunteering and large family gatherings.

He attended UC Berkeley and then obtained a Master’s in Business Administration from University of San Francisco.

Bessie Tam

Director at Large

SFPUC, PMB