Jake Sinclair: Profit Driven, Mission Minded

Jake Sinclair and his fiancé Dawn Nakano.

I had a memorable lunch with Jake Sinclair and Dawn Nakano this week. We met at Roy’s Restaurant in SoMa, which is a few blocks away from our office.

Jake Sinclair is President of Physicians Choice Medical Group (PCMG) and is one of our early adopters of Paubox.

His fiancé Dawn Nakano is the Executive Director of Public Engagement for Public Schools.

All of us have Hawaii ties and it was my first time meeting Jake in person.

Here are my takeaways from our wonderful lunch:

• Jake has been running in rape prevention programs in Africa for 19 years.
• Jake’s foundation produced a viral video on Facebook (40M views as of today).
• 2 million of Nairobi’s 4 million residents live in slums.
• Jake’s mom went to Punahou.
• Dawn Nakano: “Public schools are where we make Americans.”
• Jake thinks I should someday make a donation to Kuhio Park Terrace (my mom used to work there).
• Jake is down to participate in an upcoming fireside chat we’re looking to do.
• Like Marc Benioff, Jake is profit driven and mission minded.

Physicians Choice Medical Group

Physicians Choice Medical Group is a physician owned and directed, community-based medical group. Their physicians have decades of experience working together to enhance quality while managing the costs of health care.

They were an early adopter of our HIPAA compliant email solution and we’re thankful to have them as a valued customer.

Jake Sinclair had this to say about working with Paubox:

“I was able to continue giving away $500k a year to programs in Africa at a time when my business faced a threat of losing our position in the healthcare marketplace.

Paubox came along at a perfect time to enable us to maintain our contracts and continue our mission.”

Roy’s SF

Roy’s San Francisco is located in SoMa, just two blocks from the Moscone Center.

The first Roy’s was opened in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1988 by namesake Roy Yamaguchi, a James Beard Award winner. Since those early days, they have proudly spread their passion around the world.

There are 18 Roy’s restaurants in the continental United States, six in Hawaii, one in Japan and one in Guam.