Meet The Neighbor's Team
Henry Etzkowitz- Executive Director
Henry Etzkowitz is the founder and director of Neighbors for Environmental and Social Justice (NESJ) on the San Francisco Peninsula, is a chronicler of the entrepreneurial world that Silicon Valley represents. His writing about the innovation, the creativity and the enterprise of the age has helped spread its spirit internationally. At the root of its success is what he calls the "triple helix of university, industry and government" and the role they play in the global knowledge economy. He currently heads the Triple Helix Institute and its affiliated think-tank in Menlo Park. He is perhaps best recognized locally as a 2024 candidate for Palo Alto City Council. Even though he didn't win, he still has the area's best interests at heart.
Trudy Stephenson Willis- Editor
Trudy Stephenson Willis is a communications specialist volunteering for Neighbors. She has worked as a feature writer for a major daily newspaper in Virginia; as editor-in-chief for the Virginia Education Association's magazine; and as editor-in-chief of the California Teachers Association magazine, the California Educator. She's a writer, editor, photographer and designer, as well as a seasoned traveler and a contra dancer. She holds a master's in the humanities from Stanford.
