Joanne Pasternack
Strategic Advisor, SOcial Responsibility
Joanne Pasternack is a Strategic Advisor for SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory.
Pasternack is a dynamic and visionary philanthropic impact strategist who, over the past two decades, has galvanized community engagement with internationally recognized brands including the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers, ServiceNow, City of Mountain View, and Special Olympics. Pasternack spent twelve seasons leading philanthropic efforts for professional sports franchises in the NBA and NFL, most recently serving as the Vice President of Community Relations for the Golden State Warriors and the Executive Director of the Warriors Community Foundation. Previously, Pasternack was the Vice President and Executive Director of Community Relations and 49ers Foundation for the San Francisco 49ers. She also served as the Executive Director of the Golden Heart Fund, providing a lifeline to 49ers alumni in need of financial, medical, physiological or emotional support.
As the Executive Director of Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA, Pasternack is positioned to lead Laureus USA into the next phase of growth and influence. As Executive Director, she will leverage her skills as a philanthropic leader to elevate Laureus USA’s strategic fundraising efforts, optimize program delivery and impact, and lead the organization’s relationship management as a champion of our mission- to improve the lives of youth and unite communities through the power of sport.
In September 2018, Pasternack was named one of 35 women in SportsBusiness Journal/Daily’s “Game Changers: Class of 2018.” She also supported NBA All-Star Kevin Durant’s successful bids for the 2018 Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award and NBA Community Assist Award and facilitated the social justice awareness programming in Washington, DC following the Warriors’ 2017 NBA Championship.
Pasternack holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, a JD from Santa Clara University, and completed the Executives in Non-Profit Leadership program at Stanford GSB. She is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, the University of San Francisco, and the SEIC program.
Pasternack lives in the Washington, DC area with her family, including Kira (15) (the current U-17 National Champion for USA Modern Pentathlon!); Reid (13) (Lacrosse, Soccer, Flag Football competitor!); and Bernedoodle Wesley. She serves on the nonprofit boards of Special Olympics of Northern California/Nevada, Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative (BAWSI), Positive Coaching Alliance, SPKN, Wender Weis, and Beyond Sport and the corporate boards of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC), iSport360, Applied Silver, Change and GeniusApp. She was elected to the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee USA Artistic Swimming Board in 2020. Pasternack is a vocal advocate for gender parity, abilities inclusion, LGBTQIA+, leadership for girls, and, in memory of her father, Bruce Pasternack, research around younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease.