Our Board
FOUNDING CHAIR
The Honorable Barbara Lee
CONGRESSWOMAN
13th-CD, California
PRESIDING CHAIR
Hilary Sledge
Associate
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
VICE-CHAIR
David Tucker
Municipal Affairs Manager
WASTE MANAGEMENT
SECRETARY
Michael Lighty
Director of Administration and Public Policy
CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION
TREASURER
Phyllis Jones
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
Saundra Andrews, Senior Field Representative, Office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Jesus Armas, President, Armas Consulting Group
Diann Castleberry, Deputy Director, Prescott-Joseph Center
Roddrick Lee, Division Manager of Local Government & Community Relations, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Audree Jones-Taylor, Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Oakland
Tim Williams, Director of Diversity Affairs, Safeway
Denise Youmans, Regional Manager, Marketing & Business Development, Harris and Associates
Mrs. Charlie Mae Davis
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS
Dr. Clayborne S. Carson
(Ex-Officio)
DIRECTOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
PAPERS PROJECT
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
FOUNDER
Ira Jinkins








