Most recently, Vy Nyugen served as a Senior Director of Special Projects and Communications at the Weingart Foundation where she worked on initiatives and other projects that fell outside of […]
Dr. Adel Syed serves as President and CEO for UMMA Community Clinic, a federally qualified community health center, in South Central Los Angeles providing comprehensive primary care, behavioral health, and […]
Vanessa Cajina is a lobbyist with KP Public Affairs, one of the largest lobbying and public affairs consulting firms in California. Vanessa has been with KP since 2012 and leads […]
Gabriela Sandoval is the Executive Director of EWDi – Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute where she leads work to address the corrosive influence of excessive wealth on our government and democracy. Previously, […]
Tom K. Wong is an associate professor of political science and founding director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Center (USIPC) at the University of California, San Diego. He served as an advisor to the White House Initiative […]
Rachelle Reyes Wenger is the Director of Public Policy and Community Advocacy for Dignity Health. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is one of the largest, private, not-for-profit healthcare systems […]
Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles and now living in Oakland, CA, Marc Philpart has been a leader in the racial justice movement for more than a decade. […]
Allan Colbern is an assistant professor in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University. His scholarship explores how the relationship between political institutions and social movements […]
Xóchitl Castañeda is the founding director of the Health Initiative of the Americas, a University of California initiative that coordinates and optimizes health resources for immigrants from Latin America and […]
Richard Barrera is the President of the San Diego Unified School District Board of Trustees. He was first elected to the San Diego School Board in 2008. A first-generation San […]