Committee Members
Finance Committee:
Matt Phillippi
Jamie Harpster
Steve Hawker
Dan Hunter
Operations Strategy Committee:
Steve Hawker
Jamie Harpster
Matt Phillippi
Tyler Brokamp
Scott Thomas
Operations Committee:
Jamie Harpster
Steve Hawker
Mike Miller
Mike Race
Ashley Pieper
Hank Deibler
Hand Tool Haven Committee:
Joan Lilly
Jamie Harpster
Steve Hawker
Ashley Pieper
Mara
Hank Deibler
Iaian Thompson
Eric Whetstone
Seth Kopald
WoodStack (Software) Committee:
Zoe Laventhol
Jamie Harpster
Scott Thomas
Steve Hawker
About The Team
Tyler Brokamp
Director of Marketing
Tyler is a marketing leader passionate about mental health advocacy and driving meaningful change. They currently serve as the Head of Search at Grey Matter, where they design strategies to help businesses grow. Throughout their career, they have run growth marketing programs for agencies and startups across the U.S.
With a Master’s degree in Marketing from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from the University of Cincinnati, Tyler brings both education and hands-on experience to their work.
Outside of work, Tyler stays active playing golf and pickleball, hunting for unique treasures at antique stores, and tackling DIY home projects with his wife, Isabella. These hobbies reflect his love for problem-solving, teamwork, and creativity.
Tyler is excited to join the nonprofit’s mission, using their voice and experience to empower individuals and communities through better mental health support.
Scott Thomas
Director of Cyber Security
Scott brings two decades of strategy, operations, and program management experience in tech to Plane Wellness. Though his early career focused on in international development, most notably in the U.S. Peace Corps, Scott relocated to the San Francisco Bay area to pursue an MBA at Santa Clara University and has held roles in organizations of varying size and complexity from venture capital and startups to Fortune 500 companies. His passion for managing organizational risk recently led him to become an associate ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
Raised in a family with two generations of military service and around his aunt and uncle’s woodshop and antique store in Timmonsville, SC, Scott’s support for Plane Wellness’s mission was a natural, and enthusiastic choice.
A long time CrossFit and Krav Maga practitioner, he can also be found out and about in the beautiful California wilderness, usually among the peaks of Mt. Tam or the sea cliffs in Point Reyes.
Zoe Laventhol
Director of Engineering
Zoe grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California and began her career in environmental nonprofit work in the Bay Area, where she researched and advocated to reduce harmful chemicals in consumer products, and ran an AmeriCorps program implementing community and municipal climate projects across the state of California. Her love for hands-on, practical work led her to software development in 2022, when she moved to Spain to study with CodeOp, a coding school for women, trans and nonbinary people breaking into tech. She’s been building from there ever since — continuing to work with mission-driven organizations and now bringing that commitment to Plane Wellness, where she’s excited to build digital tools for the people who build real-world things! And to build community and care in the process. Outside of work, she enjoys practicing aikido, cooking, eating, learning languages, and occasionally dancing.
Steve Hawker
Chief Operations Officer
Steve has enjoyed a long career in high-tech product development, gained initially as a hardware engineer and then as a product manager, in audio, semiconductors, and telecoms. His most recent focus has been on smartphone and web apps in the social impact space.
He has held management positions in Engineering, Operations, and Product Management. Steve has launched many successful products for blue-chip clients such as Verizon Wireless, Motorola, AT&T, Red Hat, and Palm.
Steve has an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BSEE from the University of West of England. He recently completed the Allstate Foundation Nonprofit Leadership Essentials course.
Steve first picked up a plane at secondary school in England and has been tinkering every since. He also has a passion for leadership and mentoring and will readily discuss the relative merits of Star Trek captains. He can often be found playing guitar and mandolin for Seabright Morris, a dance team based in Santa Cruz, CA.