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Jan Williamson is the Executive Director of the 18th Street Arts Center, which provides studio, gallery, and public space for artists of all disciplines. During her tenure, she has developed 18th Street’s model Residency Program, led fundraising efforts for the renovation of the organization’s headquarters, and helped transform it into California’s largest artist residency center. [...]
Leonardo Vilchis is the Executive Director of Union de Vecinos, a nonprofit based in East Los Angeles that builds community power through organizing, leadership development, coalition building, and creating models for dialogue and democratic engagement. A working artist who amplifies his activism with videography and sound installations, Leonardo has collaborated with thousands of volunteers and [...]
Neal Dudovitz is the former Executive Director of Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA), a role he assumed in 1993 following a distinguished career as an advocate for low-income communities. The organization is one of California’s largest public interest law firms, providing legal assistance to residents in the San Fernando, San Gabriel, and [...]
Roy Hong is the Founder and former Executive Director of Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates (KIWA). Founded in response to the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles and situated in the heart of the city’s Koreatown, KIWA organizes workers to hold employers accountable in disputes over wages and working conditions. The organization also provides activist training [...]
Kazue Shibata is the Founder and Executive Director of Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. (APHCV), a full-service health center serving low-income Asian Pacific Islanders in the Metro Los Angeles-Hollywood area. The organization offers basic medical care, immunizations, health services for seniors and children, family planning, women’s care, and HIV testing and counseling. Kazue began [...]
Rabbi Marvin Gross began his career as a congregational rabbi and became the Chief Executive Officer of Union Station Homeless Services in 1995. A full-service center for the homeless in Pasadena, Union Station provides shelter, transitional housing, and an array of services to help homeless men, women, and children transition to permanent housing and self-sustainability. [...]
Peter Braun is the former Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association, California Southland Chapter, which provides support to people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families while advancing research toward prevention, treatment, and a cure. Under Peter’s leadership, the Chapter grew from a two-person office into a multi-site operation that employs dozens and serves thousands across [...]
Alva Moreno is the former Executive Director of the East Los Angeles Women’s Center (formerly Avance Human Services), which launched the first Spanish-language 24-hour crisis hotline for survivors of sexual assault in Southern California in 1976. The Center has expanded its services for survivors of sexual assault to include peer counseling, hospital accompaniment, advocacy, self-defense [...]
James Preis served as the Executive Director of Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc. (MHAS), an organization that assists both children and adults. With an emphasis on securing government benefits and services, protecting rights, and fighting discrimination, MHAS provides training and technical assistance to attorneys, mental health professionals, consumer and family member groups, and other advocates. [...]
Sandra Bankhead is the former Program Director of the El Nido Family Centers, which provides pregnancy prevention services and counseling for parenting teens. She was also the producer and host of To The Point, a Golden Cable Award-winning program shown on Continental Cablevision, which addressed an array of subjects affecting teens and young adults. As [...]
