Steering Committee

Amanda Hughes

Executive Director, Stanislaus 2030

Category: Economic Development Organization

Annette Roberts Webb

Director, UCM Extension University of California Merced

Category: 4-year University

Blanca Paniagua

Coordinator, Invest in me

Category: Rural Resident

Bruce Roberson

Retired teacher

Category: Community Leader

Doris Foster

Chair, WE WILL! (NSJV CERF)

Category: K-16 CERF

Elazar Abraham

Executive Director, HATCH Workshop

Category: Arts Advocacy Organization Resides In:

Esperanza Vielma

Coordinator, iHub San Joaquin

Category: Business Incubator

Gene Acevedo

Business Professor, Executive Director Stockton, Impact Corps

Category: Community Leader

Jashdeep Singh

Community Organizer, Jakara Movement

Category: Multi-County CBO

Jesse Ornelas

Program Manager, YLI

Category: Transition-Aged Youth-Serving CBO

Joe Eagle Grizzly Bear Rios

Self-Employed, Utoc Nation

Category: California Native Tribe

Johnny Garcia

Director, Stanislaus Latino Chamber of Commerce

Category: Minority Chamber of Commerce

Kalisa Rochester

Professor, Merced Community College

Category: Community College

Resides In: Merced County

Karlha Arias

Business Owner, Korazón Konsultants

Category: Community Leader

Kay Rustaller

CEO, Family Resource Center

Category: Multi-County CBO

Matt Holmes

Project Manager, Valley Improvement Project

Category: Environmental Justice Organization

Morokot Uy

Project Director, The Greenlining Institute

Category: Environmental Justice Organization

N. Achini Bandara

Development/Strategic Partnerships, GRID Alternatives (North Valley)

Category: Just-Transition Organization

Noe Paramo

Executive Director, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation

Category: Workers Rights Organization

Patty Virgen

Executive Director, San Joaquin County Workforce Development, Category: Workforce Development Board

Perfecto Munoz

Executive Director, West Modesto Community Collaborative

Category: Stanislaus CBO

Sol Rivas

Executive Director, Valley Onward

Category: Merced CBO

Stephanie Dietz

Executive Director, Community Foundation Merced

County Category: Community Foundation

Steve Stevenson

Business Rep/Organizer, Central Valley Pipe Trades JATC

Category: Apprenticeship/Earn-Learn Program

Tim Robertson

Executive Director, San Joaquin Building Trades Council

Category: Sub-regional Labor Union

Tim Roos

Business Owner, Roos Tree Nursery

Category: Agricultural Sector

Will Kelly

Executive Director, North Valley Labor Federation

Category: Regional Labor Union