Board of Directors

  • VANESSA RUSSELL

    Vanessa Russell

    Board Chairperson
    Founder and Executive Director at Love Never Fails

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  • Alvin DaCosta

    Board Vice–Chairperson

    NVIDIA - Vice President, Global Partner Organization

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  • HuLynne Besharatpour

    Board Treasurer

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Director of Finance and Operations

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  • Mick Burke

    Secretary

    Allied Telesis International B.V., Managing Director

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  • Luke Hatton

    Board Member

    Data Dog HQ, Sales Leader and Advisor

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  • Tiffany Grant King

    Global Program ManagerGlobal Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, HP Inc.

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  • Kari Garcia

    Ministry and Events Coordinator, New City Church

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  • Tim Ambrose

    Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Realtor

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  • Ted Hahs

    Artist & Pro Athlete, Speaker & Podcaster, Social Entrepreneur

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  • Elizabeth Quiroz

    Author of Purified in The Flame & Co-Founder of Redemption House of The Bay Area

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Advisory Board Members

  • Jenn Alvarez-Byrd

    SoulJen Solutions, Founder & Life Purpose Coach

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  • Briana Carli

    Registered Nurse

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  • Mika Clauson

    Sr. Client Executive, One Digital

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  • Sandra Estrada

    Founder and CEO, Case Industries

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  • Tim Fahey

    President and founder of Dirigo Agency Inc.

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  • Olivia Herriford

    Regional Director, Bay Area Community College Consortium

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  • Robynne Jeisman

    Executive Director, Turntable

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  • Cassandra Monteith

    Regional Credit Administrator, Tri Counties Bank

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  • Anita Nunes

    Founder, Mocktail Nation


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  • Cecil Plummer

    President & Chief Executive Officer, WRMSDC

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  • Laura Quintana

    Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Manager of Networking Academy, Cisco

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  • Muna Reber

    VP and Branch Manager, California Bank & Trust

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  • Tiffany Schmitz

    Senior Account Executive, Twilio

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  • Sabrina Shafer

    CEO Transformation Continuum

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  • Maulik Shyani

    Founder and CEO, BayInfotech

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  • Darlene Sloan-Hawkins

    Darlene Sloan-Hawkins

    Workforce Development Specialist, Alameda County

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  • Hillary J. Vonich

    MFT and Coach

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  • Phyllis Givens

    Minister Phyllis Givens is Commissioned Lay Pastor at Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church (STPC), in Richmond California

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  • Nicole Mossman

    BlackRock, Managing Director, Global Head of the Fundamental Equities Communications Team, Head of the San Francisco office

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