Emerging Leaders

Class of 2025

Titles represent participants’ position at the time of class participation.

Lucero Avila-Garcia

Lucero Avila-Garcia

(she, her, hers)

Executive Assistant to the City Manager

City of East Palo Alto

Julissa Acosta

(she, her, ella)

Commissioner

San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women

Jennifer Adams

(she, her, ella)

Environmental Justice Program Manager

Nuestra Casa

Tanya Beat

(she, her, ella)

Director of Commissions

County of San Mateo

Suruchi Bhutani

Suruchi Bhutani

(she, her, hers)

Administration, Business Support & Waste Management Services

City of San Mateo

Marika Buchholz

Marika Buchholz

(she, they)

Human Services Analyst, Center on Homelessness

County of San Mateo

Spandan Chakrabarti

Spandan Chakrabarti

(he, him, his)

Community Resource Director

Sonrisas Dental Health

Corina Chung

(she, her, hers)

Supervising Epidemiologist

County of San Mateo

Jennifer Dianos

Jennifer Dianos

(she, her, hers)

Assistant Administrative Services Director

City of San Bruno

Erika Dugay-Alarcio

Erika Dugay-Alarcio

(she, her, hers)

San Mateo County Director of Programs

Youth Leadership Institute

Bernadette Frias

Bernadette Frias

(she, her, hers)

Director of Programs

Life Science Cares

Artem Gevorkyan

Artem Gevorkyan

(he, him, his)

Aquatics Director

YMCA

Goldie Gica

(she, her, hers)

Records Manager

Cypress Lawn

Elisa Guizar Chavez

Elisa Guizar Chavez

(she, her, ella)

Collective Impact Coordinator

RWC Together

Ruby Gómez Harrison

Ruby Gómez Harrison

(she, her, ella)

Principal Insights Parnter

Genentech

Robert Kalkbrenner

Robert Kalkbrenner

(he, him, his)

Police Sergeant

Town of Hillsborough

Michelle Kim

(she, her, hers)

Community Engagement Associate

Acterra

Laura Kirby

(she, her, hers)

Management Analyst II- Human Resources

City of Belmont

Angenette Lau

(she, her, hers)

Communications Manager

City of South San Francisco

John Lovell

(he, him, el)

Senior Project Manager

Mission Housing Development Corporation

Jose Luaorozco

(he, him, el)

Detective

East Palo Alto Police Department

Jade Martinez

Associate Director

PAL Center

Gracia Martinez Najera

Gracia Martinez Najera

(she, her, ella)

Youth and Family Therapist

Daly City Youth Health Center

Carmela Meehan

(she, her, ella)

Community Outreach Program Director

Nuestra Casa

Anjenette Mendoza

Anjenette Mendoza

(she, her, hers)

Director of Shelter Services

Samaritan House

Kelsey Mikols

(she, her, hers)

Programs Manager

Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY)

Emile Morales

(he, him, his)

Vice President

DeBolt Civil Engineering

Emily Mungul

(she, her, hers)

Director of Community Engagement

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula

Osvaldo Muro

(he, him, his)

Coordinator of College Access Counseling & Programming

Peninsula Bridge

Virginia Portillo

Virginia Portillo

(she, her, ella)

Commissioner

City of Menlo Park Housing Commission

Carlos Reyes

(he, him, el)

Program Manager- North San Mateo County

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center

Graham Rogers

(he, him, his)

Business Operations Project Manager

Caltrain

Lanipse Rosario

Lanipse Rosario

(she, her, ella)

Instructional Designer

CuriOdyssey

Abby Rovner

(she, her, hers)

Director of Grants, Partnerships and Operations

San Mateo County Office of Education

Carolina Salinas

Carolina Salinas

(she, her, ella)

Community Program Analyst II, Immigrant Services

County of San Mateo

Joe Sanfilippo

(he, him, his)

Economic Development & Housing Specialist

City of Burlingame

Kiana Simmons

(she, her, hers)

Lead Organizer

Housing Leadership Council San Mateo County

Lenelle Suliguin

Lenelle Suliguin

(she, her, hers)

Senior Management Analyst

City of Daly City

Kayla Tolentino

Kayla Tolentino

(she, her, hers)

Program Officer

Sobrato Philanthropies

Hugo Torres

(he, him, el)

Board President & Principal

San Mateo County Board of Education

Anthony Yoshida

Anthony Yoshida

(he, him, his)

District Representative

Office of Senator Josh Becker

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