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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 [...]
Margie Martinez is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (ChapCare), a nonprofit whose mission is to provide high-quality, accessible, and culturally sensitive health care and related services in an environment of care and mutual respect in the greater Pasadena area. In 2023, ChapCare was acquired by AltaMed. For her [...]
Mark Gold is the former Executive Director of Heal the Bay, an organization dedicated to making Southern California coastal water and watersheds safe, healthy, and clean. For his inquiry, he worked on the development of HtBX, a scientific problem-solving consulting arm to Heal the Bay that will lend its expertise to environmental, community and governmental [...]
Jonathan Parfrey is the former Executive Director of the GREEN LA Coalition, an organization that united over 60 organizations to collaboratively advance environmental health, justice, and equity in Los Angeles by addressing multiple issues through coordinated efforts, public engagement, and policy advocacy. For his Stanton Fellowship, Jonathan investigated national and international models of citizen action [...]
Eve Hill is the former Executive Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center, which provides information, education, mediation, and legal representation for people with all types of disabilities. For her inquiry, she consulted with national media and communications experts about how to change the public perception of disability rights, and created a plan for doing [...]
Robert Sainz is the former Assistant General Manager, Operations, for the City of Los Angeles Community Development Department (now the Economic & Workforce Development Department), which managed the City’s Workforce Development System, FamilySource, and economic development programs. His Stanton project explored new models to increase high school dropout recovery by incorporating community and local government [...]
Sister Jennie Lechtenberg is the former Chief Executive Officer of PUENTE Learning Center, a nonsectarian, nonprofit organization offering tuition-free educational programs to students of all ages. For her inquiry, she researched the possibility of implementing adult charter schools in California. “Statistics prove that adult illiteracy and lack of basic education are rampant in the state [...]
Torie Osborn is the former Executive Director of the Liberty Hill Foundation, which partners with Los Angeles grassroots organizations to combat poverty and injustice, and later served as its Senior Advisor to Philanthropic Programs. She has also served as Special Advisor to the Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, linking the Mayor’s office to the [...]
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 [...]
