Hydra Mendoza

VP, Chief of Strategic Relationships in the Office of the Chair and CEO at Salesforce
Former President of the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education

Hydra Mendoza is a distinguished education and public service leader. She currently serves as the VP, Chief of Strategic Relationships in the Office of the Chair and CEO at Salesforce.

Previously, she served as Sr. Advisor on Education to former Mayor Gavin Newsom, Deputy Chief of Staff on Education and Equity to the late Mayor Edwin Lee, and Deputy Chancellor of Community Empowerment, Partnerships, and Communications for NYC Public Schools with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza. She was the first and only Filipina ever elected to office in San Francisco and served on the SFUSD Board of Education for 12 years. It was in that role and with Mayor Lee and Marc Benioff that Hydra helped co-architect the original educational investments made by Salesforce.org.

Hydra is a native San Franciscan and is committed to improving her local community, serving the most vulnerable, and being impactful with resource consumption. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Glide Foundation, the Bay Area Council, the California Academy of Sciences, and as an Advisor to the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good at USF.