Our Staff

EXECUTIVE TEAM

LESLIE JOHNSON

Chief Culture Officer

GERRI LAWRENCE

Chief Operating Officer

AUREA MONTES-RODRIGUEZ

Executive Vice President

ALBERTO RETANA

President & CEO

RYAN J. SMITH, Ed.D.

Chief Strategy Officer

COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

GLAUZ DIEGO

Director of Arts & Culture

MIGUEL DOMINGUEZ

Director of Education & Youth Policy

CHRISTIAN FLAGG

Director of Training

PATRICIA GUERRA

Director of Organizing

CARLOS LEON

Associate Director, Organizing

MARSHA MITCHELL

Director of Communications

YOLANDA NASH

Director of HR & Administration

KIRK SAMUELS

Director of Civic Engagement

HECTOR SANCHEZ

Deputy Political Director

TEAM MEMBERS

Eden Aberra

Prevention Manager

OSCAR ALVAREZ

Policy Manager

BENJAMIN CASAR

Youth Organizing Manager

robert collins

Community Organizer

Jacky Contreras

Project Manager

Brooke Ervin

Organizer

Julio C. Esperias, jr.

Communications Manager

BELEN FLORES

Parent Organizer

ENRIQUE GASPAR

Community Organizer

Jose Hurtado

Driver

RENEE HENDERSON

Office Administrator

Eryn Jones

Academic and College Success Coordinator

ANSLEY JEAN-JACQUES

Facilities Manager

Jathan Melendez

Lead Organizer

Valery Mendoza-Martinez

Special Projects Manager

Jesse Maeshiro

Associate Director of Grants

ANTWON MITCHELL

Driver

David Nguyen

Civic Engagement Specialist

CLAYTON PUCKETT

Database Coordinator

ERNESTO ROCHA

Associate Director of Arts & Culture

LUPE ROMERO

Lead Driver

angelica Sanchez

Community Organizer

Mariana Villafaña

Special Projects Manager

JUDY WONG

Director of Finance