Shobana Gubbi
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Shobana Gubbi has served as Chief Philanthropy Officer of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley since 2022. She originally joined Second Harvest as Director of Major Gifts in 2015. After leading impressive growth in major gifts revenue, she was promoted to Director of Leadership Gifts before ultimately becoming the organization’s Chief Philanthropy Officer. She is credited with building a strong team of fundraisers, leveraging data analytics for insights to inform new fundraising strategies, and prioritizing and building deep relationships with donors.
Shobana started her career in the for-profit world, putting her UC Berkeley engineering degree to work as a project manager, software engineer and product manager for several Bay Area tech companies before answering the call to serve her community — first as Executive Director of the Los Altos Educational Foundation and then as a Major Gift Officer at American Red Cross before joining Second Harvest.
In her free time, Shobana enjoys reading, hiking and cooking.