 | Eddie Ahn (nominated by the A. Philip Randolph Institute) serves as Policy Counsel for Brightline Defense Project, where he advocates on behalf of
low-income communities of color for environmental and economic justice.
He played a key role in the development of San Francisco's
groundbreaking local hiring law, passed in December 2010. Eddie is a
2011 Fellow of New Leaders Council and previously worked as an Afterschool
Programmer for Oakland Asian Students Educational Services. He lives in
San Francisco.
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 | Gloria Bruce (nominated by East Bay Housing Organizations) is Deputy
Director at East Bay Housing Organizations, where she leads advocacy
and education campaigns on affordable rental housing, equitable land
use, and foreclosures at the local and regional levels. She is a former
Program Associate at the San Francisco Foundation and serves as Board
Chair of Walk Oakland Bike Oakland. Currently, Gloria sits on the Alameda County Housing and Community Development Authority. She lives in Oakland. | |
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 | Jessica Buendia (nominated by the San Francisco Foundation) is the
Environment Program Fellow at the San Francisco Foundation. She formerly
worked as an Urban Sustainability Consultant to Newark, New Jersey's
Mayor Cory Booker and as Legislative Field Representative to California
State Senator Loni Hancock. She currently serves on the San Francisco
Public Utilities Commission Community Advisory Committee, the Rose
Foundation's Grassroots Funding Board, and the Greenlining Academy
Alumni Board. She lives in San Francisco.
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 | Larisa Casillas (nominated by East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable
Economy) is a Program Officer at the Common Counsel Foundation. She
previously served as a commissioner for the San Francisco Immigrant Rights
Commission and has a history of working for immigrants at the regional
and state levels, with a focus on preserving and protecting services for
low-income immigrants. Larisa is also a board member of People
Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER). She lives
in Oakland. | |
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 | Deland Chan (nominated by Chinatown Community Development Center) is a Senior Planner at Chinatown Community Development Center, where she focuses on transportation, land use advocacy, and youth leadership development in service to San Francisco's working-class families, very low-income seniors, and the formerly homeless. She currently serves on the San Francisco Transportation Plan Community Advisory Committee. She lives in San Francisco.
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 | Ben Choi (nominated by Sheryl Lane, Class of 2009) is an active member of the Panhandle
Annex Neighborhood Council, on which he represents in the Richmond
Neighborhood Coordinating Council. He also serves on the
Richmond Planning Commission. He lives in Richmond. | |
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 | Ed Donaldson (nominated by Sustainable Intequity) is the Business
Development Manager at APD Solutions, LLC and the founder of Maat Community Partners. His work
focuses on
bridging the gap between community based groups and private equity to do community stabilization work in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. Ed is a founding member of the Osiris Coalition and serves on the San Francisco District Attorney's African American Public Safety Steering Committee. He lives in San
Francisco. | |
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 | Jenny Lam (nominated by Brightline Defense Project) is the Director of
Community Initiatives at Chinese for Affirmative Action, where she
provides leadership on civil rights issues impacting Asian Pacific
Islanders in San Francisco. She is also a board member of the National
Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and played a key role in the
development of San Francisco's 2010 local hiring law. Jenny serves on
San Francisco's Redistricting Task Force. She lives in San Francisco. | |
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 | Macio Lyons (nominated by Renaissance Parents of Success) is the founder
of San Francisco's Southeast Community Development Corporation. He
serves as a case manager for the San Francisco Family Services Agency,
and formerly served as a Family Advocate for the Economic Opportunity
Council/Potrero Hill Family Resource Center. He played a critical role
in the development of San Francisco's 2010 local hiring law. He is
also a member of the Osiris Coalition. Macio currently serves as the Reentry Council representative on the San Francisco Workforce Investment Community Advisory Committee. He lives in San Francisco. | |
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 | Victor Nelson (nominated by Dolores Street Community Services) is a
housing advocate for low-income and no-income San Francisco residents.
Through his work at the Mission SRO Collaborative of Dolores Street
Community Services, he organizes and educates tenants. He volunteers
with the office of San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim as a constituent
issue investigator, working on issues of land-use planning on behalf of
low-income people and people of color. Victor also serves on the SRO
Task Force. He lives in San Francisco. | |
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 | Maxine Oliver-Benson (nominated by Communities for a Better Environment)
is a member of Communities for a Better Environment, where she leads
work in East Oakland addressing cumulative health impacts. She previously
served on the Alameda County Commission on the Status of Women, the Oakland Community Development Block Grant Board,
and the Alameda County Mental Health Board. She currently seves on the Alameda County Housing and Community Advisory. She lives in Oakland. | |
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 | Sandra Padilla (nominated by TransForm) is the Land Use Program Director
at TransForm, where she coordinates various aspects of the Great
Communities Collaborative and manages the Safe Routes to Transit
program. Previously, she served as a Research Specialist for Public
Health Law and Policy. Currently, she serves as the regional transit representative on the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Citizens Advisory Committee. Sandra lives in Oakland. | |
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 | Katrina Vizinau (nominated by Community Housing Development Corporation)
is a Senior Housing Counselor at Community Housing Development
Corporation, providing foreclosure intervention counseling to homeowners
in jeopardy of losing their homes. She currently serves on the Contra
Costa Anti-Predatory Lending Task Force and serves on the board of the
California Reinvestment Coalition, where she works with the Foreclosure
Working Group. She lives in Richmond. | |
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 | Ryan Young (nominated by Greenlining Institute) is a Legal Fellow at the
Greenlining Institute, where he has served as lead counsel in several
high-profile regulatory legal proceedings at the California Public
Utilities Commission (CPUC). Formerly, he served as an intern for CPUC
Commissioner Timothy Alan Simon, and as a law clerk for the United
States Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section. Ryan is
a board member of The Ecology Center in Berkeley. He lives in Berkeley. | |
