Board of Directors

Helen Romero Shaw (President) - Public Affairs Manager, SoCal Gas 

Christina Sanchez (Treasurer) - Senior Partner, Milagro Strategy Group

Enrique Aranda, MBA (Secretary) - Financial Advisor & Consultant, New Economy Strategies 

Gabriel Buelna - Trustee, Los Angeles Community College District 

Alma Martinez - City Manager, City of El Monte

Marlon Morales - Program Manager, Growing Generations

Alejandra Velazquez - Director of Public Affairs, Oportun

Ray Verches - Consultant

Advisory Board

Frank Aguirre - Full-Time Business Instructor, East Los Angeles College

Marco Antonio Gonzalez - Vice President, Public Relations & Corporate Affairs, LBI Media Inc/Estrella TV

Lou Calanche - Executive Director, Legacy LA

Vanessa Delgado - Executive Director, California Affordable Housing Development Association

Victor Dominguez - Executive Vice President & Chief Mission Advancement Officer, YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles

Jessica Duboff - Business Development Manager, Suffolk Construction

Felicia Escobar - Former Special Assistant to President Obama for Immigration Policy

David Galaviz - Executive Director, USC Local Government Relations

Jorge Garrido - Vice President, Mercury Public Affairs

Jimmy Gomez - Congressman, CA District 34

Erica Jacquez - Commissioner Civil Service/Census, Office of Mayor Garcetti at City of Los Angeles

Ray Jimenez - CEO, Embolden Entertainment

Linda Lopez - Social Impact Consultant

Ricardo Mireles - Executive Director, Academia Avance

Ana Muñiz - Assistant Professor of Criminology, Lawand Society, UC Irvine

Rick Olivarez, Esq. - Founding and Managing Partner, Olivares Madruga Lemieux and O'Niell

John Perez - Chair, Board of Regents, University of California

Avygail Sanchez - Senior Business Development Manager, Parsons Corporation

Michael Torra - Principal, Raben Group

Robert Villasenor - Vice President/Sr. Relationship Manager, City National Bank