Clint Reilly founded Bay Scholars in 2007 with just ten scholarships at Sacred Heart High School in San Francisco. Today, the organization serves over 500 students and their families across 18 Bay Area Catholic college-prep high schools. He also leads the Clint Reilly Organization, a family-owned group of companies including Clint Reilly Landmark Properties, Clint Reilly Productions, and Clint Reilly Communications—publisher of the San Francisco Examiner and Nob Hill Gazette, as well as San Francisco Printing Company.

Clint is married to Janet Reilly, Chair of the University of California Board of Regents and founder of Clinic by the Bay, a free health clinic serving the working uninsured in San Francisco. They have two daughters: Jill, who works in the U.S. Congress, and Ava, who serves at the San Francisco Boys Home for Catholic Charities CYO.

Kristin Kurth (Koelzer) is a marketing and nonprofit leader who co-founded EquiBrand Consulting in 2001, advising startups, nonprofits, and Fortune 100 companies before focusing her work on education, faith, and social impact. She previously served as Executive Director of Lumen Christi Academies, leading five inner-city Catholic elementary schools in underserved Bay Area communities.

Kristin holds a BBA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and has been an adjunct professor at Saint Mary’s College since 2002. She lives in the East Bay with her husband, Tim, and their son, Isaac, and has three adult children in Austin, Texas. Their family has been a licensed foster care home in Contra Costa County since 2003.

Vanessa Rocha is a proud scholarship recipient and graduate of Bishop O’Dowd High School who went on to earn her degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She brings both lived experience and professional leadership to Bay Scholars’ mission.

After beginning her career in wealth management at Merrill Lynch, Vanessa returned to education and most recently served as Interim Director of Admissions at Holy Names High School. Her background spans admissions leadership, financial aid and scholarship access, global education, and program development. Work with all-girls schools in India and Tanzania further shaped her conviction that the right support and environment can change students’ trajectories. Today, she leads scholar programming, family engagement, and strategic partnerships in support of more than 500 Bay Scholars.