Meet The Board & Staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Kay Lawson

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Professor Emerita, San Francisco State University

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Sharon Rose

Co-Founder & Chair
Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TEOSL), Co-chair, Block by Block Organizing Network

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Mary Hackenbracht, J.D.

Treasurer

Formerly Sr. Assistant Attorney General, 
State of California, Volunteer, Writer Coach

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Dr. Sam Lu

Secretary

Pediatrician, Children's Hospital Oakland

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Ina Zhang, M.P.H.

Publicity Chair and Clearance Coordinator

Associate Research Scientist, Precision Xtract

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Dr. Maya Friedman

Board Member

Lecturer, UC Santa Cruz

Mentor for Oakland Serves

Celsa Snead

Board Member

Executive Director of the Mentoring Center

If you would be interested in working with the Oakland Team, please say what kind of help you would like to give, which committee interests you, and what your relevant experience has been.

We will answer within three days. Thanks!

STAFF

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Dr. Nora Bacon

Administrative Assistant

Professor Emerita, University of Nebraska

Sujata Neurgaonkar, J.D.

Outreach Consultant
Former Deputy District Attorney

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