Jesús Ramón Villalba Gastélum

Jesús Ramón Villalba Gastélum is a Statewide Organizer at the forefront of CIPC’s Integrated Voter Engagement program.  Before joining CIPC, Jesús Ramón served as a Community Outreach Assistant and later […]

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Raymond Lo

Raymond Lo is CIPC’s Supervising Manager of Human Resources & Operations. With over 20 years of experience in leadership, strategy, and operations across various sectors, Raymond is passionate about driving […]

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Vy Nguyen

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 […]

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Adel Syed

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 […]

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Shiu-Ming Cheer

Shiu-Ming Cheer is CIPC’s Deputy Director of Immigrant & Racial Justice. In this role, she advocates for statewide and local policies that advance immigrant rights and protect people from criminalization, […]

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Sukaina Hussain

Sukaina Hussain serves as the Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives at CIPC. She is a community organizer who has worked to build relationships with a focus on equity and justice […]

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Belinda Coronado

Belinda Coronado is CIPC’s Development Associate. In this position, she supports fundraising initiatives and special events. Before joining CIPC, Belinda worked at Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) to implement their […]

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Hallie Stohler-Plaza

Hallie Stohler-Plaza is CIPC’s Chief of Staff. With over 15 years of both domestic and international multi-sectoral experience in nonprofit, academia and healthcare, Hallie is a “jill of many trades.” […]

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Anallely Martin

Anallely Martin is CIPC’s Legislative Assistant. In this position, she works in support of  the government affairs and operations teams. Before joining CIPC, Anallely worked to provide direct legal services […]

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Apolonio “Polo” Morales

Apolonio “Polo” Morales is CIPC’s Deputy Director of Programs and Campaigns. In this position, he supervises the organization’s policy, government affairs and organizing programs. Polo has a decade of experience […]

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Xochitl Sanchez

Xochitl Sanchez is the Statewide Organizing Manager with CIPC. She is a Salvadoran-American organizer and policy advocate with extensive experience working with nonprofits.   Before joining CIPC, Xochitl was the senior […]

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Masih Fouladi

Masih Fouladi is CIPC’s Executive Director. Masih has 15 years of advocacy experience, working to protect the civil rights of immigrant communities, focusing on defeating systemic injustices that harass, harm […]

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Ed Sifuentes

Edward Sifuentes is the Communications Director at the California Immigrant Policy Center. Before joining CIPC, he worked as the Deputy Communications Director at the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial […]

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Carlos Alarcon

Carlos Alarcon is CIPC’s Health & Public Benefits Policy Analyst in Los Angeles. Carlos received his Bachelors in Finance from UC Riverside and Masters in Public Policy from UCLA’s Luskin […]

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Eliana Carballo

Eliana Carballo is the Operations Coordinator at the California Immigrant Policy Center where she supports the internal administrative functions of the organization.    Eliana is a proud Salvadoran-American, born and […]

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Vanessa Cajina

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 […]

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AJ Joven

AJ Joven is CIPC’s Associate Director of Movement Building. In this role, he seeks to be a bridge between the voices of the community and the policy that CIPC champions, […]

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Bruno Huizar

Bruno is a community organizer, movement builder, policy advocate, and legal worker with over 12 years of experience in community organizing, coalition building, campaign coordination, and project management. Bruno’s foundation […]

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Chloe Steck

Chloe Steck is the Legislative Advocate for the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC).  She is responsible for supporting the Government Affairs department by way of bill tracking, drafting letters of […]

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Daniela Alvarenga

Daniela is the Economic Justice Policy Coordinator at CIPC. Her roles and responsibilities are focused on deepening relationships with coalition partners and advocating for immigrant-centered economic justice policies. She comes […]

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Anita Vukovic

Anita Vukovic is the Senior Messaging & Engagement Strategist at the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC). In this role, she supports CIPC and external partners with harnessing evidence-based messaging strategies […]

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Gabriela Sandoval

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, […]

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Tom K. Wong

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 […]

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Rachelle Reyes Wenger

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 […]

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