About Us
Meet Our Staff
Gabriela Ake
College & Career Fellow
Lorena Alvarez
College & Career Fellow
Becca Baird
Development Giving Manager
Alaina Baum Erlin
Senior Director, Marketing & Communications
Monse Bautista
College & Career Fellow
Harmela Beyene
Director of Career Success
Barbara Bravo
Director of College Access
Vanessa Burnside
Chief Impact Officer
Lupe Calvillo Ojeda
College & Career Coach
Maybelle Caro
College & Career Fellow
Marilyn Ching
College & Career Fellow
Jin Choi
Senior Director of Scholarship Programs
Katrin Ciaffa
Regional Director, Sonoma & Napa
Ana Cisneros
College & Career Fellow
Rachel Clark
Senior Marketing & Communications Manager
Kory Cogdill
Chief of Staff to the President & CEO
Milton Contreras Medina
College & Career Fellow
Amanda Cornell
College & Career Coach
Gladys Cortez
Data Training & Support Manager
Koree Cox
Director of Black Student Engagement
Jackie Cruz
College & Career Coach
James D’Haiti
Black Student Career Success Manager
Brian De Leon
College & Career Fellow
Kareelynn Donjuan Fernandez
College & Career Fellow
Erika Espinoza-Perez
College & Career Fellow
Nidia Figueroa
Manager of Program Operations
Debra Fletcher
Academic Success Coordinator
Angel Flores Santana
College & Career Fellow
Brigitte Foisy
Staff Accountant - Accounts Payable
Gracie Francisco
Director of Institutional Advancement
Joseph Garcia
College & Career Coach
Alejandra Gil
College & Career Fellow
Monica Golden
Academic Success Coordinator
Daniela Gomez Woodward
College & Career Fellow
Abigail Gonzaga Toxqui
Director of College Access
Julisa Gonzalez
College & Career Coach
Stephanie Hamilton
Scholarships Manager
Maria Hernandez
Director of Program Operations
Darlene Hoglund
College & Career Coach
Kaysi Holman
Director of Talent Development & Culture
Ivette House
Deputy Program Officer
Perry Im
Program Communications Specialist
Jose Jimenez
Director of Financial Aid Impact
Brenna Jones
Career Pathways Manager
Cameron Kinslow
Director of Volunteer Engagement
Yessenia Kuhn
Associate Director of Annual Giving & Events
Traci Lanier
Vice President
Bryan Lopez-Gonzalez
Scholarships Coordinator
Maritza Lopez-Zurita
College & Career Fellow
Rachel Loud
Regional Director, Philanthropic Giving
Anton Lyons
Regional Director, Contra Costa
Marisol Magaña Bright
Scholarships Coordinator
Soila Martinez
College & Career Coach
Kim Mazzuca
President & CEO
Yesica Mendoza
College & Career Coach
Krista Mitchell
Accounting Manager
Sarah Morales
College & Career Fellow
Carla Moran
Director of College Access
Lara Morgan
Regional Director, San Francisco
Kyle Muña
Director of Alumni Engagement
Anthony Nguyen
Social Media Manager
Miriam Nolazco Barajas
College & Career Fellow
Hardy Olivas
Director of Community College Completion & Transition
Rachael Ong
Academic Success Coordinator
Diana Ortiz
Scholarship Donor Relations Steward
Lisa Pavlovsky
Academic Success Coordinator
Ana Isabel Pérez
Senior Program Manager
Jeanette Perez
Director of College Completion & Transition
Paz Perez
College & Career Fellow
Samantha Pfau
College & Career Coach
Saransh Puri
Data Analyst
Hugo Que
Senior Director of College Access
Briana Ramirez
College & Career Fellow
Josue Ramirez
Systems Administrator - Salesforce
Regina Ramirez
Fellowship Experience Manager
Madison Ramirez Zavala
Data Support Coordinator
Tania Requenes
Director of Community College Persistence
Korey Reynolds
Senior Director of Human Resource Operations
Daira Rivera
College & Career Fellow
Enoe Riveros
College & Career Fellow
Eslin Rodas Dias
Human Resources Generalist
Karla Santiago
Senior Director of College & Career Success
Jhianna Santos
College & Career Fellow
Martina Sarceno
College & Career Coach
Anna Schlegel
Director of Annual Giving & Events
Ann Schnuer
Senior Director of Career & Alumni Success
Jill Sellers
Academic Success Program Coordinator
Caroline Silverstein
Chief Development Officer
Itzel Sosa Cervera
Director of Program Data Strategy
Tristan Soto Moreno
College & Career Fellow
Linda Steck
Development Volunteer
Jordan Thompson
Senior Director of Evaluation & Learning
Eileen Tsai
Regional Director - Silicon Valley Partnerships
Maria Vargas
College & Career Coach
Julisa Vargas Casilla
College & Career Coach
Rodrigo Vasquez Lopez
Career Success Coordinator
Lizbeth Velasco-Ramirez
College & Career Fellow
Barbara Velline
Senior Director of Finance
Oscar Villalobos Campos
Director of College Persistence
Adriana Warden
Senior Staff Accountant - AR & Grant Management
Vicky Yah
College & Career Coach
Sarah Yazdani
Grant Writer
Jay Zaragoza
College & Career Fellow