Staff & Board

Maisha Cole

Leadership Team

Executive Director

Laurie Furstenfeld

Leadership Team

Director of Legal Advocacy

Julia Forte Frudden

Legal Team

Senior Policy Analyst

Karina Laigo

Legal Team

Senior Staff Attorney

Giani Interiano Brown

Legal Team

Senior Staff Attorney

Mariam Sossouadouno

Legal Team

Staff Attorney

Ken Lupoff

Communications Team

Senior Development Manager

Sarah Carlin

Communications Team

Development Manager

Simone Bradley

Communications Team

Communications & Community Advocacy Associate

Jeff Dukes

Finance Team

Operations Associate & Board Liaison

Deanne Bray

Finance Team

Finance Director

Mari Rogers

Finance Team

Finance Associate/Office Manager

Ernest Hammond III

Leadership Team

Chair

Lead Product Counsel - Meta

Natasha Saggar Sheth

Leadership Team

Vice-Chair

Government Attorney

Frank Paré

Leadership Team

Treasurer

Certified Financial Planner ™

Sabrina Siddiqui

Leadership Team

Communication Executive

Secretary

Sarah Efthymiou

Senior Counsel, Alliance for Justice

Rachel Boyce

Counsel-Perkins Coie

Mary Gutierrez-Hunter

Former Board Members

Strategic Campaigns Director - SEIU CA State Council

Samuel Levine

Former Board Members

Senior Associate - Gilead Sciences