Meet SVB’s ‘Woke’ board of directors

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One is a Hillary Clinton mega-donor who went to a Shinto shrine to pray after Donald Trump won the White House. Another worked for President Obama before her own political career spectacularly failed. A third is a prolific contributor to Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi — who owns a Napa Valley vineyard just 15 minutes from his.

There’s even an improv performer.

The 12 directors who were supposed to oversee fallen Silicon Valley Bank — and prevent the catastrophic errors on Friday threw the entire banking system into jeopardy — might not be household names.

But now they face a series of investigations into their collective role in its collapse.

A Post examination of the board of execs reveals it did not jibe with Silicon Valley’s young image: only one independent director is under 60, while the oldest is 78.

Read more at NYpost.com

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