Fr. Jerry Wade, Daniel Pinna & Michael Fiorillo

Fr. Jerry Wade spent his early years in Santa Clara, California, or what he calls "The Valley of St. Claire". His mother was raised in St. Claire's parish and his father owned a pharmacy where Jerry remembers a picture of Santa Clara Mission. In his senior year in high school he decided he wanted 'to be like his parents and to find a way to work with other people to make a difference to the lives of others'. Fr. Wade is well known and respected in Santa Clara County and is best known for all of his various roles at Bellarmine College Preparatory including President & Chancellor. He has dedicated his life to helping others and is truly a hand of God. In 2017 Jerry celebrated his 80th birthday at Bellarmine where more than 1,200 well-wishers attended the celebration on January 27th.

I was born in San Jose, California and have lived in the Silicon Valley Bay Area my entire life. In fact, I'm 3rd generation San Jose which is a rarity these days. I was raised by my mother Kathleen Rae (Kroetch) Pinna with the help of my grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch. I spent my early years in the Cambrian area of San Jose, a few years in Palo Alto, and own homes in Cambrian and Willow Glen California. I attended St. Francis Cabrini k-8th grade, Bellarmine College Preparatory and Santa Clara University. My passion has always been building things since an early age. I worked at the Santa Clara Valley Contractors Association (SCVCA) for my mentor Larry Gates while attending high school and each weekend answered the phones (aka switchboard) for the Jesuit Priests on a work scholarship program. I continued to work at SCVCA while attending college where I began the Santa Clara Entrepreneur Organization (SCEO), was active in the Student Senate and Off Campus Student Association, and in my sophomore year began the first version of AncientFaces. Post graduation I went on to manage a sub-contracting kitchen & bath remodeling company for three years, then worked as VP of Business Development at an eDiscovery company in Palo Alto from 2006 until the end of 2010. In early 2011, I began working full time on AncientFaces and have been at it ever since. I am humbled that I get to help build the application and community that makes AncientFaces. I married Lisa Michelle Kinslow on June 14th, 2014 in Pebble Beach, and currently reside in Willow Glen California approximately 4 miles away from where both sets of my grandparents used to live around the 1950's.