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Bay Area Council Forms Search Committee to Recruit New CEO
SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 2025--The Bay Area Council today announced the formation of a Search Committee to recruit a new Chief Executive Officer. The committee of ten Bay Area Council Board members will be chaired by Kausik Rajgopal, who is the current Chair of the Nominating and Governance committee of the Council and PayPal Executive Vice President, and a former Council Chair.
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