Maria Lucero Padilla: President
Maria is a 20+ year employee at UC Berkeley campus where she coordinates compliance education. Her primary filter to the world is class and she works to promote services and resources to alleviate poverty and provide access for low-income and immigrant communities. She initiated a federally funded program that supports low-income, first-generation college California community college transition to UC Berkeley. This population of student crossed all ethnic and racial lines and was often older with families. Her work in West Berkeley centers on affordable housing, improved public education and equity in public services because many of these students reside in West and South Berkeley. She is currently a member of the Berkeley Public Education Foundation (BPEF) and past member of the Berkeley Library Foundation during period of efforts to raise funds to refurbish and upgrade the Central Library. She continues to advocate for improving Berkeley's West and South Berkeley community libraries. She and her husband, Genaro Padilla, have lived in Berkeley 20 + years and are the parents of five children and activist supporters of public education transformation.

Darryl Moore: Vice-President

Jonathan Brack: Treasurer
Jonathan is the founding coordinator of Berkeley Scholars to Cal, a long term mentorship program whose goal is to make college education available to at-risk youth in Berkeley. Jonathan has also taught a racial justice seminar at UC Berkeley and worked for the Greenlining Institute. Jonathan received his BA from UC Berkeley and is currently working on a doctorate degree in education from UC Berkeley.

Denise Jenkins
Denise Jenkins is a life-long member of the City of Berkeley. Denise grew up in Berkeley and attended Berkeley Public Schools. Growing up in the later 60's and 70's, Denise got involved with the local politics of the day, which in turn inspired dedication to the City as well as the greater Bay Area. Denise is currently a Human Resources professional at the University of California and has been an employee for over 30 years. She has volunteered for a number of campus-wide initiatives and considers herself an advocate for change. She is the grandmother of three, who attend school in the Berkeley Unified School district and feels strongly about her community. Denise has been a member of the West Berkeley Foundation for over a year.

Terry O’Hare
Terence O'Hare is a UC Berkeley graduate who has lived in Berkeley since 1980. He is an urban planner with over 25 years experience in working on plans and reports for both small and large scale urban development and real estate projects as well as residential projects. He is the principal in Terence O'Hare Associates, a sole proprietorship environmental and planning firm established in 1995, that provides consultant services related to land use planning, site design and property acquisition projects for various federal, state and local agencies and private developers. He has been on the Board of the West Berkeley Foundation for several years during which he has served as President of the Board and has also served as Vice President.

Ana Traylor
Ana Traylor is a doctoral student in Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Ana grew up in Berkeley, attended the Berkeley public schools and completed both her BA in Social Welfare and Master of Public Policy degrees at UC Berkeley. Ana's research at UC Berkeley focuses on the causes, consequences and potential remedies of racial and ethnic disparities in education and health outcomes. Currently an evaluation consultant for Kaiser Permanente and the City of Berkeley, Ana has over 10 years of experience designing, implementing and evaluating community service projects. She has taught public policy analysis at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State Universities. Ana is currently board president of Stiles Hall and serves on the Alameda County Public Health Commission, in addition to her volunteer work with the West Berkeley Foundation.