OUR
Nuestra
PEOPLE
STAFF

Marcos Vargas
Executive Director (he/him/el)

Patricia Solorio
Associate Director (she/her/ella)

Andres Armenta
Office Manager / Executive Assistant (he/him/el)

Alina Rey Keswani
Development & Communications Manager (she/her/ella)

Kathleen Knight
Capacity Building Manager (she/her/ella)

David Melendrez
YMC Coordinator (he/him/el)
INTERNS
Nancy Avoce
(she/her)
Peyton Bivona
(she/her)
Naz Haidarian
(she/her)
Angela De La Vega
(she/her)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rev. Julia Hamilton
President (she/her)
David Landecker
Vice President (he/him)
Gloria Soto
Vice President (she/her/ella)
Grant Making Committee
Jennifer Navarro Rios
Co-Chair
(she/her)
Suzanne Valery
GMC Liaison to Board (she/her)
Rachel Johnson
GMC Liaison to Board (she/her/ella)
Youth Making Change - North County
Jasmin Olivera
Facilitator
Carlos Gonzalez
Facilitator
Andrea Cuevas
Anya Gallardo
Brandon Aguirre
Cesar Vasquez
Demarie Diel
Denise Delgado
Jade Espinoza
Jamielynne Lomibao
Jesus Cayetano
Juridia Rojas
Karen Olvera
Litzy Bautista Cruz
Marisol Hernandez
Mickayla Piñon
Sarah Cabiles
Susana Espinoza
Zimin He
Youth Making Change - South County
Margherita Scussat
Facilitator
Kavya Suresh
Facilitator
anesu Chikowewro
Chelsea Miao
Christy Guerrero Jimenez
Gabriele Scussat
Joselyn Pacheco Morales
Kaitlyn Marden
Kiela Luke
Kimberly Mendoza
Lorenzo Lara
Marshall Graham
Naomi Walsh
Natalie Aldapa Hernandez
Natasha Huey
Noelle Cabrera
Orchid Gillespie
Selena Valencia
Tatiana Leyva
Honorary Board
Kate Adams
(in Memoriam)
Sevren Coon
David Peri
Herman Warsh
(in Memoriam)
Nancy Alexander
(Founder)
Nancy Franco
Susan Rose
Nancy Weiss
Bob Bason
Susan Jørgensen
Selma Rubin
(in Memoriam)
Susan Bower
(in Memoriam)
Don Olson
Naomi Schwartz
(in Memoriam)
Carnzu Clark
(in Memoriam)
Katy Peake
(in Memoriam)
Sarah Shoresman
(in Memoriam)