Advisory Board

Drew Sanders is a founding Principal at Banyan Tree Strategies, a business advisory firm specializing in corporate strategy, risk management and sales. Sanders is responsible for the positioning of Banyan in the marketplace and for acquiring and leading the talent that comes together to deliver on the firms initiatives.

Prior to his work with Banyan, Sanders served as the Executive Vice President for ISU of San Francisco where he led a 25 person team that advised over 3500 clients. Prior to ISU, Sanders was a Principal and Private Equity Group Practice Leader for EPIC where he oversaw an international group of portfolio company insurance programs for several multi-billion dollar private equity, hedge and real estate funds.

Sanders currently is active as an executive committee member of the First Tee of the Tri Valley, and is the founder and President of the California Season of Life Foundation. Sanders earned a Bachelors of Arts in History in 1993 from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was an All-Pac 10 Selection as the Captain of the Men’s Golf Team. In 2012, Sanders published "Change Doesn't Bite" as a way to give the Millennial Generation a playbook for entering the workforce.

Nimesh brings along over 20 years of consulting experience with companies like Symantec, Expedia, Verisign, Flextronics, Applied Materials, Safeway. Nimesh graduated from University of Toronto with a Bachelors of Science, and a diploma in data warehousing from University of Berkeley Ext. Nimesh is a hiker, edibles gardener and a builder at heart, building software or homes.

Vivek is an accomplished supply chain solutions executive. He is a published author in supply chain management, with cross-functional experience and a consistent track-record of building effective supply chain solutions. Vivek holds a post-graduate degree in Industrial Engineering, and has built several supply chain solutions working with leading supply chain vendors like i2 Technologies and Manhattan Associates, and Fortune 500 companies like GE and The Home Depot.