Leadership / Team

LEADERSHIP:

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.

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]

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]

Support Team

Daniel Bao – Accounting and Finance – [Email]

Jordan Kanarek – Innovation

Jesse Elias – Correspondence

Ryan Harijanto – Information Technology

Former Members

Doris Newsome – Community Development

Daniel Novick – Green Development

Mai Sese – Operations Associate

Masai Davis – Communications Associate

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.