Meet The Board & Staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Kay Lawson, PhD

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, JD

Treasurer

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

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Dr. Sam Lu, MD

Board Member

Pediatrician, Children's Hospital Oakland

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Ina Zhang, MPH

Publicity Chair and Clearance Coordinator

Senior Research Scientist, PRECISIONheor

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Ingrid Bran

Secretary

Mentor for Oakland Serves

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Dr. Maya Friedman, PhD

Board Member

Lecturer, UC Santa Cruz

Mentor for Oakland Serves

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Celsa Snead

Board Member

Executive Director of the Mentoring Center

If you would be interested in working with the Oakland Serves 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

Sujata Neurgaonkar, JD

Outreach Consultant
Former Deputy District Attorney

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Isabel Pratt Herman

Outreach Consultant​