Reshma Shamasunder is Director of the California Immigrant Policy Center, a partnership of four immigrant rights organizations advocating for immigrants in California. Prior to coming to the Policy Center, Reshma was Director of Benefits Policy and Government Affairs at the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. In addition to working on immigrant issues, Reshma has worked on issues of homelessness, child labor in India, and domestic violence. Reshma holds a Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Vanessa Cajina is CIPC Statewide Policy Analyst, based in Sacramento. Formerly she was the Regional Networks Coordinator and Director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. Before working with LCHC, Vanessa served as Health Insurance Coordinator for the Yolo Familly Resource Center in Woodland. Vanessa is a graduate in Community and Regional Development of the University of California at Davis, and alumna of the HOPE Leadership Institute.

Isaac Menashe is CIPC Policy Analyst based in CIPC's Oakland office. Formerly, Isaac worked as a Paralegal at the Immigrants Rights' Project of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He has also worked with Bay Area Legal Aid and taught math at the Community School of the East Bay. Isaac was a legislative intern with U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and is a graduate in Politics of the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Isabel Alegria is currently Communications Director with the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC). Formerly, she worked with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund on MALDEF’s Census 2000 program. Isabel pursued a broadcasting career for more than 20 years, working most recently as a Reporter for National Public Radio, based in San Francisco. Formerly, she worked at radio station KPBS-FM in San Diego and at KXCR in El Paso, Texas. She was the co-founder of the Latin American News Service from El Paso, Texas. Isabel is a graduate of Stanford University in Communications.

Melissa Nalani Ross is currently Communications Project Associate with CIPC. Formerly she was with the Center for New Community in Chicago, Illinois as Director of the Campaign for a United America. She also worked with the Invisible Institute, a social justice company focusing on police brutality and violence against women. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona in Sociology and Political Science.

Garrick Wong is CIPC's Program Assistant in Sacramento. Garrick is a graduate in Political Science from the University of California at Davis and currently a graduate student at USC's School of Policy, Planning, and Development in Sacramento. Most recently he worked as a Newsroom Intern in the Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has also worked in the offices of U.S. Congress Member Doris Matsui and California State Assembly Member Lois Wolk as an office intern.