Board of Directors

  • VANESSA RUSSELL

    Vanessa Russell

    Board Chairperson
    Founder and Executive Director at Love Never Fails

  • Alvin DaCosta

    Board Vice–Chairperson

    NVIDIA - Vice President, Global Partner Organization

  • HuLynne Besharatpour

    Board Treasurer

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Director of Finance and Operations

  • Mick Burke

    Secretary

    Allied Telesis International B.V., Managing Director

  • Luke Hatton

    Board Member

    Data Dog HQ, Sales Leader and Advisor

  • Tiffany Grant King

    Managing Director, TEGrant Consulting 

  • Kari Garcia

    Ministry and Events Coordinator, New City Church

  • Tim Ambrose

    Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Realtor

  • Ted Hahs

    Artist & Pro Athlete, Speaker & Podcaster, Social Entrepreneur

  • Elizabeth Quiroz

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

Advisory Board Members

  • Jenn Alvarez-Byrd

    SoulJen Solutions, Founder & Life Purpose Coach

  • Briana Carli

    Registered Nurse

  • Mika Clauson

    Sr. Client Executive, One Digital

  • Tim Fahey

    President and founder of Dirigo Agency Inc.

  • Olivia Herriford

    Regional Director, Bay Area Community College Consortium

  • Robynne Jeisman

    Executive Director, Turntable

  • Cassandra Monteith

    Regional Credit Administrator, Tri Counties Bank

  • Anita Nunes

    Founder, Mocktail Nation


  • Cecil Plummer

    President & Chief Executive Officer, WRMSDC

  • Laura Quintana

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

  • Muna Reber

    VP and Branch Manager, California Bank & Trust

  • Tiffany Schmitz

    Senior Account Executive, Twilio

  • Sabrina Shafer

    CEO Transformation Continuum

  • Maulik Shyani

    Founder and CEO, BayInfotech

  • Darlene Sloan-Hawkins

    Darlene Sloan-Hawkins

    Workforce Development Specialist, Alameda County

  • Hillary J. Vonich

    MFT and Coach

  • Phyllis Givens

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

  • Nicole Mossman

    Chief Marketing Officer, AssetMark

  • Mindy Wegner

    VP of Partner Engagement and Assistant to CEO and Founder of CityServe Int’l

  • Kathryn Mioduszewski

    Consulting Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

  • Kate Wilson

    Executive Director of Public Affairs, Gilead & President of Gilead Foundation

  • Tamika Smith

    Director of Rail Services, San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission