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Board of Directors

Portrait of Chet  Hewitt

Chet Hewitt, Chair

President and CEO
Sierra Health Foundation

Portrait of Rusty Areais

Rusty Areais

Founder and Partner
California Strategies

Portrait of Ophelia  Basgal

Ophelia Basgal

Affiliate
Terner Center for Housing Innovation, University of California, Berkeley

Portrait of Tani Cantil-Sakauye

Tani Cantil-Sakauye

President and CEO
Public Policy Institute of California
(Chief Justice of CA, retired)

Portrait of Sandra Celedon

Sandra Celedon

President and CEO
Fresno Building Healthy Communities

Portrait of John Chiang

John Chiang

Board Member
Apollo Medical Holdings
(Former California State Controller and Treasurer)

Portrait of Caroline Choi

Caroline Choi

Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Public Policy
Edison International and Southern California Edison

Portrait of A. Marisa Chun

A. Marisa Chun

Judge
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco

Portrait of Ana J. Matosantos

Ana J. Matosantos

Former Cabinet Secretary
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Portrait of Michael Méndez

Michael Méndez

Assistant Professor and Andrew Carnegie Fellow
University of California, Irvine

Portrait of Steven A. Merksamer

Steven A. Merksamer

Of Counsel
Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP

Portrait of Steven J. Olson

Steven J. Olson

Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Portrait of Leon E. Panetta

Leon E. Panetta

Chairman
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy

Portrait of Dave  Puglia

Dave Puglia

President and CEO
Western Growers

Portrait of Cassandra Walker Pye

Cassandra Walker Pye

President
Lucas Public Affairs

Portrait of Helen Iris Torres

Helen Iris Torres

CEO
Hispanas Organized for Political Equality

Portrait of David Traversi

David Traversi

CEO
Traversi & Company, LLC

Portrait of Gaddi H. Vasquez

Gaddi H. Vasquez

Retired Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Edison International, Southern California Edison

Directors Emeriti & Corporate Officers

Directors Emeriti

Mark Baldassare
Ruben Barrales
María Blanco
Louise Henry Bryson
William K. Coblentz *
David A. Coulter
Edward K. Hamilton
Gary K. Hart
Walter B. Hewlett
Roger W. Heyns *
Phil Isenberg
Donna Lucas
David W. Lyon *
Cheryl White Mason *
Mas Masumoto
Arjay Miller *
Ki Suh Park
Gerald L. Parsky
Kim Polese
Alan Post *
Constance L. Rice
Thomas C. Sutton
Cynthia A. Telles *
Raymond L. Watson *
Carol Whiteside
Harold M. Williams *

*Founding board member

Corporate Officers

Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Deborah Gonzalez
Douglas Moore