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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, [...]
Beth Steckler is the former Policy Director of Livable Places, Inc., an organization that promoted a more livable and sustainable Los Angeles through planning and by building urban residences that demonstrated efficient land use, green space, and public transit access. Beth’s project led her to different communities around the nation that have successfully generated public [...]
Norma Mtume is the former Associate Director and Chief Financial Officer of SHIELDS for Families, a South Los Angeles family service agency providing mental health and substance abuse treatment, housing, and vocational and child development services. A co-founder of five nonprofit organizations throughout her career, Norma was concerned about replenishing the graying leadership in the [...]
Gilda Haas is the former Executive Director of Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE). Her project goal was to shift the debate around how to address economic inequality, which she accomplished by creating popular education materials that used Web 2.0 tools to explain and engage people in understanding the root economic causes of current [...]
Elwood Hopkins is the former Managing Director of Emerging Markets, Inc., which worked with major industries in Los Angeles to familiarize them with low-income neighborhoods, overcome their avoidance of doing business there, and partner with communities productively. For his inquiry, Elwood used the same approach—which has been successful with mainstream financial services—to try to locate [...]
Cora Mirikitani is the former President and CEO of the Center for Cultural Innovation, a training and financial services incubator serving individual artists. For her project, she investigated new donor development streams that can better support the work of, and increase available resources to, individual artists in Los Angeles. * Cora transitioned out of her [...]
Aaron Paley is the President of Community Arts Resources (CARS), which produces festivals and concerts and provides expertise on the role of arts and culture in urban settings. For his inquiry, he researched and explored the concept of public space—its form and use—and developed new, enduring projects for Los Angeles that encourage human interaction and [...]
Alexia Salvatierra is the former Executive Director of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE Justice), where she organized religious leaders and congregations to join low-wage workers in their struggle for economic justice and human rights. For her inquiry, she researched faith-rooted organizing models, and created an integrated model for the 21st century. She [...]
Lisa Watson is the former Executive Director of the Downtown Women’s Center (DWC), which provides permanent supportive housing and other services for women who would otherwise be homeless. The Center’s mission is to end homelessness for women and gender diverse individuals by providing safe housing and supportive services centered on wellness, employment, and advocacy. Her [...]
Anita Landecker is the Executive Director of ExED, a nonprofit organization focused on the development and management of charter schools serving our lowest-income students. For her Stanton Fellowship project, she tackled the issue of how the Los Angeles Unified School District might be restructured to consistently deliver high-quality schools and to singularly focus resources on [...]
