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Marissa Nuncio is the Director of the Garment Worker Center, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering low-wage garment workers in their fight for social and economic justice. The Garment Worker Center addresses systemic issues like wage theft, unsafe working conditions, and workplace abuse while centering the voices of workers. Marissa, a Loyola Law School [...]
Leslie Ito is the Executive Director of the Armory Center for the Arts, a nonprofit visual arts organization that presents contemporary exhibitions and offers artist-led education programs for children, teens, and adults. Founded in 1989, the Armory operates as a hybrid between an art museum and an art school, centering artists and community to advance [...]
Chancela Al-Mansour is the Executive Director of the Housing Rights Center, the nation's largest and oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting housing discrimination and securing equal access to fair housing. Since joining in 2010, Al-Mansour has led an organization that provides free consulting and legal services to tens of thousands of households in Los Angeles [...]
Tara Barauskas serves as Executive Director of the Community Corporation of Santa Monica, where she oversees the organization's affordable housing portfolio, including housing development, resident services, maintenance, and staff administration. The Community Corporation fosters a more inclusive, compassionate, and environmentally sustainable city by restoring, building, and managing affordable housing for low-income Angelenos while working to [...]
Rudy Espinoza is the Chief Executive Officer of Inclusive Action for the City, an organization dedicated to serving underinvested communities and building thriving local economies. As an urban planner with expertise in place-based initiatives and community economic development, he specializes in identifying investment opportunities in low-income communities, building private/nonprofit partnerships, and training residents to participate [...]
Cristian Ahumada serves as the Executive Director of Holos Communities, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating spaces for all people through a holistic approach that works to end homelessness, combat global warming, and reverse racial inequity. Over his tenure, he has successfully transitioned the organization from its parent company into an independent housing developer and [...]
Rick Nahmias is the Founder and CEO of Food Forward, a nonprofit organization that rescues fresh food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributes surplus fruits and vegetables to hundreds of agencies serving people experiencing food insecurity. Food Forward works across eight California counties, including Los Angeles and Ventura, along with six adjacent states [...]
Joe Lyou is the President and CEO of the Coalition for Clean Air, an organization whose mission is to protect public health, improve air quality, and prevent climate change. Coalition for Clean Air works collaboratively with advocates, organizations, companies, legislators, and more across the state to find cooperative solutions to California’s most pressing air quality [...]
Iliana Tavera is the Chief Executive Officer of Haven Hills, an organization that lifts up survivors of domestic violence to transform their lives. Haven Hills offers shelter, crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and activities supporting increased economic opportunity for thousands of women and men every year.
Heather Carrigan is the Chief Executive Officer of Allies for Every Child, a nonprofit organization driven by the belief that every child deserves a healthy, loving childhood and the support they need to reach their full potential. Allies is dedicated to preventing and healing the impact of childhood trauma through comprehensive, family-strengthening interventions, dual-generation mental [...]
