
LEADERSHIP:
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Advisory Board

Andreas Weigend, Ph.D. – Senior Advisor (Technology) – Fmr. Chief Scientist, Amazon.com
Donald K. Tamaki – Senior Advisor (Legal) – Partner, Minami Tamaki LLP
Ruth B. Love, Ph.D. – Advisor (Education) – Fmr. Superintendent, Oakland & Chicago Public Schools
Ben Hazard – Advisor (Civic) – Fmr. Curator, Oakland Museum
Jason Mayden – Honorary Advisor (Creative) - Sr. Footwear Designer, Jordan Brand, a div. of NIKE, Inc.
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Board of Directors

Martin Kojnok – President – [Email]
Linda Poeng – Vice President / Treasurer – [Email]
James Fong – Secretary – [Email]
Cathy Kuzia – Member – [Email]
Norman Weekes – Member – [Email]
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Executive Team

Shaun Tai – Founder & Executive Director – [Email]
Jennifer K. Woo – Human Resources Coordinator – [Email]
Vernita Naylor - Project/Program Manager – [Email]
Albert Yam - Development Coordinator – [Email]
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Support Team

Daniel Bao – Accounting and Finance – [Email]
Jordan Kanarek – Innovation
Jesse Elias – Correspondence
Ryan Harijanto – Information Technology
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Former Members

Doris Newsome – Community Development
Daniel Novick – Green Development
Mai Sese – Operations Associate
Masai Davis – Communications Associate
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Recent Program Volunteers
(A-Z) Angie Tam, Annie Chen, Ben Lintschinger, Caleb Wolper, Dale Wang, Eric Myers, Heidi Kong, Howard Dyckoff, Jeffrey Kao, Janus Bickham, Joonhee Kim, Josh Wright, Kazuharu Omata, Kedar Kulkarni, Kenneth Lin, Mark Isham, Megan Qian, Michael Gumora, Ngoc Ngo, Peiyu Chiu, Sylvia Chang, Wilson Tai, Yvonne Tran, and Zeyu Lu.


