Daniel J. Warmenhoven has been Chief Executive Officer of Network Appliance Inc., a network data storage company, since October 1994. Mr. Warmenhoven served as the President of Network Appliance Inc. from October 1994 to May 2000. Prior to joining Network Appliance Inc., Mr. Warmenhoven served in various capacities, including President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Network Equipment Technologies Inc., a telecommunications company, from November 1989 to January 1994. He has held senior positions with both Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM Corp. Mr. Warmenhoven served as a Chairman of the Board since May 7, 2003 and Director of Redback Networks Inc. since April 1999. Mr. Warmenhoven has been a Director of Network Appliance Inc. since October 1994. He also serves on the Board of Directors of two private companies. Mr. Warmenhoven holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University.

For over a decade Chris Larsen has focused on using the Internet to make consumer lending more efficient, fair, honest, open, and trustworthy.

Prior to Prosper, Mr. Larsen co-founded and served as Chairman and CEO of E-LOAN. Under Mr. Larsen's leadership, E-LOAN closed over $27 billion in consumer loans, and was consistently ranked as one of the nation's most trusted consumer brands. E-LOAN earned consumers' trust by taking radically pro-consumer actions such as being the first company to provide consumers with access to their credit scores, and playing a critical role in the passage of the strongest consumer financial privacy protection law in the nation. Mr. Larsen led E-LOAN through a successful IPO in 1999, and oversaw the company's acquisition by Popular, Inc. in 2005.

Mr. Larsen holds an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University and a B.S. degree from San Francisco State University, where he was named the 2004 Alumnus of the Year.

James MacGregor is publisher of the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, a position that provides him a unique perch from which to observe the many aspects of the Silicon Valley economy.

MacGregor came to the Business Journal in August, 2007, from a sister publication, the San Francisco Business Times. As director of advertising sales there, he won the parent company's Eagle Award three of the past four years. That's the highest honor from American City Business Journals, which owns 41 business journals. MacGregor, 38, grew up near Toronto, and graduated from Bishop's University in the province of Quebec. His career took him west, as a sales consultant in Vancouver, British Columbia, at Seaboard Advertising and Rogers Broadcasting. Later, he was general manager of Obie Media Corp. in St. Louis before joining the San Francisco Business Times in 2002.

When it comes to reducing our dependence on foreign oil, providing an alternative to skyrocketing gas prices and curbing climate change, the U.S. Senate did America a disservice this week when it fell 10 votes short of extending the Renewable Energy Tax Credit. The credit is an essential tool to expand the solar and wind energy industry while it is in its infancy. The failed vote will certainly place the industry in critical condition and could well put people employed in the solar and wind energy fields out of work. Extension of the broader research and development tax credit was also blocked, as part of the same proposal.

Here is the list of the 44 Senators that voted no, and the 6 that were non-voting. Let these senators know it's time for America to break its dependence on foreign oil. Let them know their support is needed for renewable energy.

Nays
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Non-voting
Byrd (D-WV)
Clinton (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Kennedy (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)
Obama (D-IL)

Teresa Briggs is the managing partner of Deloitte & Touche Silicon Valley. She served on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco for nearly a decade, and is now passionate about 1st ACT Silicon Valley--a cross-sector collaboration in art and technology.

Teresa also recently participated in the Leadership Group’s Annual CEO/Elected Official Cycle-To-Work Day Challenge to help curb Climate Change, riding from Redwood shores to downtown San Jose and back.

Teresa Briggs is the managing partner of Deloitte & Touche Silicon Valley. She served on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco for nearly a decade, and is now passionate about 1st ACT Silicon Valley--a cross-sector collaboration in art and technology.

Teresa also recently participated in the Leadership Group’s Annual CEO/Elected Official Cycle-To-Work Day Challenge to help curb Climate Change, riding from Redwood shores to downtown San Jose and back.