Board of Directors

Board members during board retreat

 

Elizabeth Lugo, Chair 
Vice President, Power California 
Co-Founder, InnerCity Struggle

Tom DeSimone, Finance Committee Chair
President & CEO, Genesis LA

Jennifer "J-Mo" Maldonado, Audit Committee Chair & Nominating Committee
Program Manager, Funder’s Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO)
Youth Alumna, InnerCity Struggle 

Belen Vargas, Sustainability Committee Chair
Associate Vice President for Operations and Chief Mission Officer, California State University, Los Angeles

Rose Contreras, Nominating Committee Chair & Audit Committee
Vice President (Ret.), Creative Services Lakeshore Learning Materials

Camila Chávez, Finance Committee 
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Dolores Huerta Foundation

Silvia R. Argueta, Sustainability Committee
Executive Director, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

Gabriel Robles, Sustainability Committee
SVP and Group Director of Commercial and Private Banking

Kristie Hernandez, Audit, Finance & Nominating Committee 
President, Maravilla Advisory Committee 

Glauz Diego, Sustainability Committee 
Senior Director of Programs, Community Coalition

Isela Gracian, Finance Committee 
Deputy, LA County Board of Supervisors, Holly Mitchell

 

 

Advisory Board

Amy Cooper, Past Chair
Education Consultant

Lester Garcia, Past Chair
Political Director, SEIU Local 99

Aurea Montes-Rodriguez, Past Chair
Executive Vice President, Community Coalition

Douglas Wance, Immediate Past Chair
Shareholder, Buchalter

Pedro A. Noguera, Ph.D
Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education

Robin Gurney
President, SavEarth Media