Community Events Coordinator

Petrona’s purpose in life is to foster spaces of joy and liberation.

Eric Ares serves as Housing and Homelessness Director for Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez. Prior to this he was the Sr. Manager of Strategy and Systems Change at the United Way of Greater Los Angeles.

Co-Chair

Chris Ko serves as VP, Impact & Strategy for the United Way of Greater LA overseeing its efforts to combine community power, donations, and new solutions to support neighbors in crisis and close the prosperity gap.

Paul is best known as a communications and public affairs strategist. Paul has over 25 years of experience working to engage and influence a range of audiences on key issues such as juvenile & criminal justice, racial equity, homelessness and health care.

Margaret Hardin is a global products CEO and board director who helps scale B2C and B2B2C companies by building passion brands, creating go-to-market strategies, and evaluating acquisition opportunities.

Program Operations Manager

Anh’s mission in life is to contribute more good to the world.

Michelle’s career has been defined by standing up for equity and access for disenfranchised individuals and communities and is currently the CEO of LIFT.

Treasurer

Vera is a program director at the Weingart Foundation where she manages the John W. Mack Movement Building program, capacity building partnerships and grantmaking in Ventura County.

Amber Sheikh is Chief Impact Officer at Sheikh/Impact, where she leads an incredible team who tenaciously work to raise the capacity of organizations trying to solve the toughest issues and assist our Los Angeles communities through organizational development, fundraising, and communications.

Healing Justice & Wellbeing Senior Manager

Alli brings a background of project management, administrative operations, event logistics, and wellness work to SJPLA.

Vice-Chair

A lawyer and mediator by training, Carolyn currently serves as a Trust Research Specialist at US Trust, Bank of America.

Executive Director

Christine is passionate about channeling our collective power to create enduring justice and community.

Senior Program Manager-Racial Equity in Homelessness

Frank brings to SJP over 16 years of experience in creative marketing, digital engagement strategies, and communicating complex issues into compelling brand stories for non-profits.

Helen Leung is the Executive Director of LA Más, a community-based organization that builds collective power in Northeast Los Angeles.

Kaci Patterson has worked in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors for over 18 years. She began her career in the nonprofit sector while in college and soon developed a passion for advancing social justice through expanding educational, economic and political opportunity for people of color.

Racial Equity in Homelessness

Kelli is a champion for diversity and believes strongly in dismantling systems of oppression to build a future that values equity and inclusion.

Program Manager

Michelle has a mission: create spaces where everyone feels like they belong. They value connectedness, justice, and personal growth.

Partnerships Manager

Sharon brings to SJPLA a background in the social change, innovation, and human rights space in Australia, South Korea, and the U.S.

Senior Communications Manager

Teresa has spent her career communicating for nonprofits, private industry, athletics teams, and candidates.

Co-Chair

Sam is the Founder & Executive Director of LA Room & Board. With nearly 14 years of experience in higher education as a student affairs practitioner, most of his career has been built in Housing & Residential Education.