Emerging Leaders

Class of 2025

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

Anthony Yoshida
Anthony Yoshida
(he, him, his)
District Representative
Office of Senator Josh Becker
Hugo Torres
Hugo Torres
(he, him, el)
Board President & Principal
San Mateo County Board of Education
Kayla Tolentino
Kayla Tolentino
(she, her, hers)
Program Officer
Sobrato Philanthropies
Lenelle Suliguin
Lenelle Suliguin
(she, her, hers)
Senior Management Analyst
City of Daly City
Kiana Simmons
Kiana Simmons
(she, her, hers)
Lead Organizer
Housing Leadership Council San Mateo County
Joe Sanfilippo
Joe Sanfilippo
(he, him, his)
Economic Development & Housing Specialist
City of Burlingame
Carolina Salinas
Carolina Salinas
(she, her, ella)
Community Program Analyst II, Immigrant Services
County of San Mateo
Abby Rovner
Abby Rovner
(she, her, hers)
Director of Grants, Partnerships and Operations
San Mateo County Office of Education
Lanipse Rosario
Lanipse Rosario
(she, her, ella)
Instructional Designer
CuriOdyssey
Graham Rogers
Graham Rogers
(he, him, his)
Business Operations Project Manager
Caltrain
Carlos Reyes
Carlos Reyes
(he, him, el)
Program Manager- North San Mateo County
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
Virginia Portillo
Virginia Portillo
(she, her, ella)
Commissioner
City of Menlo Park Housing Commission
Osvaldo Muro
Osvaldo Muro
(he, him, his)
Coordinator of College Access Counseling & Programming
Peninsula Bridge
Emily Mungul
Emily Mungul
(she, her, hers)
Director of Community Engagement
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
Emile Morales
Emile Morales
(he, him, his)
Vice President
DeBolt Civil Engineering
Kelsey Mikols
Kelsey Mikols
(she, her, hers)
Programs Manager
Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY)
Anjenette Mendoza
Anjenette Mendoza
(she, her, hers)
Director of Shelter Services
Samaritan House
Carmela Meehan
Carmela Meehan
(she, her, ella)
Community Outreach Program Director
Nuestra Casa
Gracia Martinez Najera
Gracia Martinez Najera
(she, her, ella)
Youth and Family Therapist
Daly City Youth Health Center
Jade Martinez
Jade Martinez
Associate Director
PAL Center
Jose Luaorozco
Jose Luaorozco
(he, him, el)
Detective
East Palo Alto Police Department
John Lovell
John Lovell
(he, him, el)
Senior Project Manager
Mission Housing Development Corporation
Angenette Lau
Angenette Lau
(she, her, hers)
Communications Manager
City of South San Francisco
Laura Kirby
Laura Kirby
(she, her, hers)
Management Analyst II- Human Resources
City of Belmont
Michelle Kim
Michelle Kim
(she, her, hers)
Community Engagement Associate
Acterra
Robert Kalkbrenner
Robert Kalkbrenner
(he, him, his)
Police Sergeant
Town of Hillsborough
Ruby Gómez Harrison
Ruby Gómez Harrison
(she, her, ella)
Principal Insights Parnter
Genentech
Elisa Guizar Chavez
Elisa Guizar Chavez
(she, her, ella)
Collective Impact Coordinator
RWC Together
Goldie Gica
Goldie Gica
(she, her, hers)
Records Manager
Cypress Lawn
Artem Gevorkyan
Artem Gevorkyan
(he, him, his)
Aquatics Director
YMCA
Bernadette Frias
Bernadette Frias
(she, her, hers)
Director of Programs
Life Science Cares
Erika Dugay-Alarcio
Erika Dugay-Alarcio
(she, her, hers)
San Mateo County Director of Programs
Youth Leadership Institute
Jennifer Dianos
Jennifer Dianos
(she, her, hers)
Assistant Administrative Services Director
City of San Bruno
Corina Chung
Corina Chung
(she, her, hers)
Supervising Epidemiologist
County of San Mateo
Spandan Chakrabarti
Spandan Chakrabarti
(he, him, his)
Community Resource Director
Sonrisas Dental Health
Marika Buchholz
Marika Buchholz
(she, they)
Human Services Analyst, Center on Homelessness
County of San Mateo
Suruchi Bhutani
Suruchi Bhutani
(she, her, hers)
Administration, Business Support & Waste Management Services
City of San Mateo
Tanya Beat
Tanya Beat
(she, her, ella)
Director of Commissions
County of San Mateo
Lucero Avila-Garcia
Lucero Avila-Garcia
(she, her, hers)
Executive Assistant to the City Manager
City of East Palo Alto
Jennifer Adams
Jennifer Adams
(she, her, ella)
Environmental Justice Program Manager
Nuestra Casa
Julissa Acosta
Julissa Acosta
(she, her, ella)
Commissioner
San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women
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