Gateways for growth advisors

George Zavala
Western Regional Manager 
Welcoming America

Mo Kantner
Director, State and Local Initiatives
New American Economy

 

Steering Committee roster

Immigrant Services Team
Office of Community Affairs

 

Ka’Ryn Holder-Jackson
Executive Director
Adult-Education, College, and Career Educational Leadership (ACCEL)

Carlos Garcia
Youth Support Services Manager
Catholic Charities

 

Judith Guerrero
Executive Director
Coastside Hope
Co-Chair, Community Connectedness & Engagement

Cristina Dos Santos
Director, Immigration Program
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
Co-Chair, Safe Communities

Jose Santos
Program Officer
Grove Foundation
Co-Chair, Economic Development

Sheryl Muñoz-Bergman
Deputy Director
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
Co-Chair, Safe Communities

Ruben Avelar
Director of Career Center Services
JobTrain

 

Amanda Alvarado Ford
Executive Director
La Raza Centro Legal
Co-Chair, Safe Communities

Marie Baldisseri
President
League of Women Voters of North & Central San Mateo County

M. Stacey Hawver
Executive Director
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
Co-Chair, Equitable Access to Services

Miriam Yupanqui
Executive Director
Nuestra Casa
Co-Chair, Community Connectedness & Engagement

Bart Charlow
CEO
Samaritan House
Co-Chair, Equitable Access to Services

 

Larisa Ocañada
Marketing, Communications and Operations Manager, SAMCEDA
Co-Chair, Economic Development

 

Manuel Santamaria
Vice President, Community Action
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Linda Wolin
Senior Legislative Aide
Supervisor Dave Pine, District 1

Gina Quiney
Senior Legislative Aide
Supervisor Carole Groom, District 2

Brae Hunter
Legislative Aide
Supervisor Don Horsley, District 3

Maggie Cornejo
Legislative Aide
Supervisor Warren Slocum, District 4

Tony Bayudan
Senior Legislative Aide
Supervisor David Canepa, District 5

Shireen Malekafzali
Chief Equity Officer
SMC County Executive's Office

 

Tania Perez
Sr. Community Health Planner
SMC, Health
Co-Chair, Education Opportunities & Outcomes

 

Anthony Parenti
Management Analyst
SMC, Housing Department

 

Deanna Abrahamian
Director of Self Sufficiency Services
SMC, Human Services Agency

 

 

Niambi Clay
Executive Director, Equity, Social Justice and Inclusion
SMC Office of Education
Co-Chair, Education Opportunities & Outcomes

Winnie Yu
Director of Programs & Administration
Self-Help for the Elderly
Co-Chair, Equitable Access to Services

 

Tomás Jiménez
Director of Urban Studies, Professor Department of Sociology
Stanford University

Leafa Taumoepeau
Executive Director
Taulama for Tongans

 

Gitanjali Rawat
Program Director of the Western Region
Upwardly Global

 

 

Community Engagement Teams

Community Connectedness & Engagement
Co-Chairs: Coastside Hope & Nuestra Casa 

SAMCEDA | The Big Lift | SMC District 2 | League of Women Voters | The Grove Foundation | SMC District 1 | SMC District 3 | Human Services Agency | The Primary School | JobTrain | Redwood City Public Library | North East Medical Services | Fair Oaks Community Center | Immigration Institute of the Bay Area | Thrive Alliance | Made into America Initiative / Archive of Immigrant Stories | Bair Island Lions Club | Amgen | Skyline College | One Life Counseling Center | First 5 | Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula

Economic Development
Co-Chairs: The Grove Foundation & SAMCEDA 

SMC Housing Department | Self-Help for the Elderly | ACCEL | Upwardly Global | The Primary School | Upward Scholars | Multicultural Institute | Bair Island Lions Club | Sklyine College | First 5 | Chamber of San Mateo County

Education Opportunities & Outcomes
Co-Chairs: SMC Health & SMC Office of Education

Legal Aid Society | SAMCEDA | Coastside Hope | The Big Lift | Self-Help for the Elderly | JobTrain | SMC District 1 | ACCEL | SMC District 4 | The Primary School | Upward Scholars | Redwood City Public Library | One Life Counseling Center | Thrive Alliance | Bair Island Lions Club | Amgen | San Mateo Fost City School District | Sklyine College | First 5 | Ravenswood Elementary School District | Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula

Equitable Access to Services
Co-Chairs: Legal Aid Society, Samaritan House & Self-Help for the Elderly

SMC Office of Education | SAMCEDA | The Grove Foundation | Coastside Hope | SMC District 1 | SMC District 3 | Nuestra Casa | Human Services Agency | The Primary School | JobTrain | SMC Aging & Adult Services | Redwood City Public Library | North East Medical Services | Fair Oaks Community Center | HIP Housing | One Life Counseling Center | Multicultural Institute | YMCA Community Resource Center | Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Center | Latino Collaborative | Skyline College | Edgewood Center for Children & Families | First 5 | Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula

Safe Communities
Co-Chairs: Immigration Institute of the Bay Area, La Raza Centro Legal & Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Coastside Hope | Department of Housing | Catholic Charities | SMC Aging & Adult Services | One Life Counseling Center | CARON | Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Center | St. Francis Church | First 5

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