Welcome new board members!
Vesper Society is delighted to welcome two leaders who join our board of directors this year: Hydeh Ghaffari and Lindsay Nako. They share Vesper’s belief in the simple idea that a just society begins when everyone is well and respected as a human being. We look forward to working with them to uplift through service, break down barriers, and elevate community voices.
Hydeh Ghaffari is a retired partner at Squar Milner (now Baker Tilly), a nonprofit practice in Oakland, California. She has over 35 years of experience as a financial manager and 30 years as a CPA, 27 of which were with nonprofit organizations. In 1991, she started her business serving nonprofit organizations exclusively.
Hydeh taught at the University of San Francisco as an adjunct faculty and conducted workshops in California and nationally for AICPA, California CPA Society, Compass Point and United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Lindsay Nako is the Director of Litigation and Training for the Impact Fund, a Berkeley-based non-profit legal organization that provides grants to support impact litigation, represents individuals and groups in strategic civil rights litigation, and trains public interest attorneys in litigation skills and collective action strategies. Before joining the Impact Fund in 2015, Lindsay spent a decade as an attorney and shareholder at a private plaintiff-side employment law firm and taught as an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley School of Law.
Lindsay graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Highest Honors from UC Berkeley and received her law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law.
These remarkable women bring deep experience and gifts that reflect our commitment to our values of service, justice, and partnership. With their compassion and expertise on our board, we are one step closer to our vision of a world that protects human dignity and enhances human potential.