Lisa Sobrato Sonsini

About this episode

Larry Harper interviews Lisa Sobrato Sonsini about her family's philanthropic legacy and their impact on the community.

Welcome to the Good Tidings Podcast with host, Larry Harper, Founder of the Good Tidings Foundation. This podcast is all about highlighting the good in people and what individuals are doing to make an impact in this world. On today’s episode, Larry sits down with a Good Tidings “OG” Lisa Sobrato Sonsini. This podcast highlights Lisa’s involvement right from the start to get the Good Tidings Foundation formed as an official non-profit charity. The best part about their happenstance meet up was that Larry did not know of her family’s philanthropic history. The discussion continues where Lisa describes her grandmother Ann who gained renown as the “Mother of Silicon Valley”—one of the most successful developers in what has become the leading technology region in the world. Then Lisa shares how her father took his mother’s vision in combining a profitable business that equally gives back to the community. Sobrato Philanthropies mission is to partner with communities to meet immediate needs, address systemic barriers, and pursue social justice to build a more equitable and sustainable world. Her family has now gone on to sign The Giving Pledge, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett…

People in this episode

Host: Larry Harper

Guest: Lisa Sobrato Sonsini

Topics covered

• philanthropy
• non-profit
• community impact
• social justice
• Silicon Valley
• family legacy

Keywords

• Good Tidings Foundation
• philanthropy
• Silicon Valley
• social justice
• community
• The Giving Pledge

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Good Tidings Foundation, Sobrato Philanthropies, The Giving Pledge

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