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Omar Brownson joined River LA (formerly LA River Revitalization Corporation) in January 2011 as its founding Executive Director. Omar also led the Los Angeles expansion of Seslia & Company, a financial advisory firm focused on structuring and sourcing project financing for public institutions. Prior to that, he served as vice president of acquisitions and development [...]
Dr. Debra Duardo is the former Executive Director of Student Health & Human Services for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the nation. Debra was responsible for student attendance and enrollment, dropout prevention and recovery, and programs designed to support students with special circumstances that impede school success such [...]
Madeline Janis is the Co-Founder and former National Policy Director of the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE). Under her stewardship as Executive Director from 1993 to 2012, LAANE became an influential leader in the effort to build a new economy based on good jobs, thriving communities, and a healthy environment. Prior to [...]
Joe Lyou serves as President and CEO of the Coalition for Clean Air, a statewide nonprofit organization committed to restoring clean and healthful air to all of California. Joe previously served on the South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board for 12 years. A longtime advocate for environmental justice, he founded the California Environmental [...]
Adam Murray is the Executive Director of Inner City Law Center (ICLC), the only provider of legal services on Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles. ICLC combats slum housing while developing strategies to end homelessness. Prior to joining ICLC, Adam was a litigator with the international law firm Howrey LLP. He has served as President [...]
Nancy Steele is the former Executive Director of the Council for Watershed Health, the Los Angeles region’s trusted hub for watershed research and analysis. The Council is uniquely able to influence and inform policy through convening forums and conducting applied research that is reliably fair, objective, and rooted in science. With a legacy of facilitation [...]
Maria Cabildo is the former President of the East LA Community Corporation (ELACC), an organization that advocates for economic and social justice in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles by building grassroots leadership, developing affordable housing and neighborhood assets, and providing access to economic development opportunities for low- and moderate-income families. For her Stanton project, [...]
Paula Daniels is the former Senior Advisor on Food Policy, Special Projects in Water in the Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles, where she oversaw the Los Angeles Food Policy Council. The Council is a collaborative network with the goal of making Southern California a Good Food region, where food that is healthy, affordable, [...]
Patti Giggans is the Executive Director of Peace Over Violence (POV), the first agency in Southern California—as well as one of the first in the nation—to deal with sexual and domestic violence. POV provides intervention and prevention services aimed at building healthy relationships, families, and communities free from sexual, domestic, and interpersonal violence. As the [...]
Marqueece Harris-Dawson is the former President & CEO of Community Coalition, an organization that works to help transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty. The Coalition has built a community institution that involves thousands of members in creating, influencing, and changing public policy. His Stanton Fellowship [...]
