Chair

Alina Sanchez is Founder and Principal at Accelerating Purpose, an impact consulting firm whose mission is to collaborate with purpose-driven business leaders to activate their most pressing and compelling social and environmental initiatives.

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.

Ashley Bennett Boardman provides legal representation to companies, by advising on formation, fundraising, operations, privacy, and acquisition matters.

Vice-Chair

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

John is currently President of the Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation, a newly formed foundation of the Los Angeles County Office of Education.

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.

Secretary

Mark leads Chrysalis, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that works with the homeless and those disconnected from the workforce to help them find and retain employment.