Executive Team - Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum

Tiffany Harward Anderson, President

Tiffany was born and raised in Sherman Oaks, a suberb of the Los Angeles, CA. She earned a B.S. in Physical Education from Brigham Young University as well as an M.S. in Educational Administration from National University.

She enjoys the international community in Sunnyvale, and has lived overseas twice. First in Leicester England, and later as a young newlywed in Moscow, Russia. There, she managed the fitness center at the U.S. Embassy and taught physical education to the international students at the Anglo-American School of Moscow.

She and her husband moved to Sunnyvale while she was expecting her second son, in 1999. While raising her family, she pursued her teaching career, aquired a knowledge of social media, advertising & marketing with BODi fitness, and started her own business as a bookkeeper and NASM personal trainer.

Her career path includes becoming the Director of Operations for the San Jose State Women's volleyball team in 2019, Volleyball Coach at the Woodside Priory High School and an Administrative Assistant at IKB Design & Construction.

Tiffany was introduced to the Heritage Park Museum by fellow volunteers Dixie Larsen and Dale Mouritsen who invited her to be a server at the annual Teas. Since that first encounter with volunteering, her further engagement with the SHS includes coordinating volunteers for the Teas, documenting the set-up, and streamlining the process. Tiffany took over as Project Manager for the Teas in 2023. She also helps in other capacities, such as designing flyers for events and updating the website.

Tiffany's believes in building competent, knowledgable teams of people who enjoy working together. She is grateful for the amazing docents at the museum and loves to see their joy when they present local history and the story of the Murphy family.

When she’s not coaching volleyball or volunteering, Tiffany likes to waterski, garden, and visit beautiful homes, enjoying great architecture.

Javier Morales, Vice President

Vice President Javier Morales works in the Bio Tech arena. He is currently the Director of Ops responsible for operations, R&D, executive management, and improvement of the Santa Clara site as part of the ADME-Tox division of BioIVT. Javier holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Institute of Technology at Juarez City and is pursuing his MBA. His more than 25 years of industry and manufacturing experience covers many fields such as Engineering, Quality, Logistics, Research and Development, and Manufacturing, mostly in technical, management and executive functions. In the course of his career, Javier has been involved in the automotive, medical devices, instruments, and electronics industries, to name a few.

Having raised their two children in Texas and Central California, Javier and his wife moved to Sunnyvale in April 2017.

Javier’s interests lie in music and sports and he continues to play basketball despite opinions against it, as well as mountain biking.

In 2023, Javier was looking for weekend volunteer opportunities on Volunteer Match to support the community and came across the listing for the Heritage Park Museum. He signed up to be trained as a docent and continues to enjoy researching and learning about Sunnyvale’s history and founders. Javier shares this by giving tours at the museum whenever he can, loving it when visitors show attention and interest in this rich part of our community. In serving on the Board of Directors, he can actively shape the future of the organization.

Lisa Sato, Treasurer

Born in Queens, New York, Lisa Sato grew up in Fort Lee, New Jersey, a suburb of New YorkCity. After graduating from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, she started her accounting career in Los Angeles at Deloitte and earned a Certified Public Accountant license.

Since moving with her husband to the Bay Area in 1997, she has lived in Sunnyvale and worked at various high tech companies over a 25-year span.

Lisa was first introduced to the museum when her son and daughter (now teenagers) visited the museum on their third-grade field trips. After retiring in 2022 as Controller at LinkedIn Corporation, she was delighted to find a volunteer opportunity at the museum supporting the previous Treasurer. One of her first projects was to migrate the museums outdated accounting system to Quickbooks Online. Now as the museums Treasurer, Lisa is excited about continuing to support the museum’s mission of preserving and sharing Sunnyvales heritage and its key role in Silicon Valley's history.

When she is not volunteering at the museum, Lisa enjoys playing tennis, painting, gardening, and watching her children’s tennis and volleyball games at their schools.

Rose Kausek, Board Secretary

Rose Kausek was born in San José, CA and has lived in Santa Clara Valley almost her entire life. She holds a BS in Social Services from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA, and an MBA from Santa Clara University. After she married Thomas Kausek, the couple moved to Sunnyvale in 1977. In 2004, Rose and Tom completed the Leadership Sunnyvale training course. As a result of that training, Rose joined the Sunnyvale Heritage Preservation Commission and served as a commissioner from 2004-2008.

At the same time, she started attending Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association meetings, since the two organizations have much in common. Rose became a member of the association in 2004 and was president of the Board when the new museum opened in 2008.

Rose stepped into the role of SHSMA board secretary in 2023. She is involved in various aspects of museum life and enjoys helping with setting up new rotating exhibits. An avid knitter, Rose always has a knitting project going. She also enjoys attending Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Laura Babcock, Museum Director

Laura is a long-time community leader, former Planning Commissioner and Heritage Preservation Commissioner with a life-long passion for preserving history. She served on the Orchard Heritage Interpretive Exhibit Project Advisory Board for the society and was the Project Manager during its construction. Laura also chaired and served as Project Manager and Coordinator for the successful Museum Barn Relocation Project for the City of Sunnyvale in 2003, for the construction of the museum in 2008, and the city-wide Centennial Celebration in 2012.

Laura is a 1986 graduate of Leadership Sunnyvale and serves on the Historical Society Board of Directors. She brings extensive experience in leadership, project development and project management to this team. Laura has been a resident of Sunnyvale, California since 1979.

Shanna Gaudenti, Museum Manager

Shanna is the first person to hold the newly created position of Museum Manager. She is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the museum, including opening and closing on the days the museum is open to visitors, scheduling maintenance work and inspections, fielding research inquiries, and scheduling docents, among many other tasks.

Shanna has a special interest in Sunnyvale’s agricultural past from her own upbringing in a small farming town in the Central Valley. Before she joined the museum, Shanna was a social worker for the City of San José and an elementary school teacher in Fresno. She earned her BA in Liberal Arts and teaching credential from CSU Fresno, as well as an MA in Counseling Psychology from National University. Shanna currently serves as vice chair on Sunnyvale’s Heritage Preservation Commission.
Shanna’s family moved to Sunnyvale in 2005 and she and her husband raised their two children in this city. She enjoys visiting museums of all kinds and spending time at the beach, on urban walks, or practicing yoga.