Our Board of Directors
Margaret (Gogi) Hodder, President
Claims Supervisor, BETA Healthcare Group
Michele Brown, Vice President
Organizational Consultant
Mark Breimhorst, Treasurer
President/Founder, Rinconada Ventures Foundation
Shivani Ganguly, Secretary
Principal, Friday Consulting
Jonathon Marley, Development Committee Chair
Director of Development & Planning, East Bay Community Law Center
Cynthia Colvin, Event Committee Chair
Clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst
Erica Cicero, Nominating Committee Chair
Founder/Director, Outervention
Holland Bender
Mother of Mosaic student
Amanda Cook
Coordinator for Residential Education, UC Santa Cruz
Christine (Daisy) Han
Upper Elementary Head Teacher, Spring Hill Montessori
Brett Dennen
Singer/Songwriter & Resident Rock Star, The Mosaic Project
Jose Durante
Counselor/Teacher, Families First
Steve Goldberg
President, Random Order Productions
Kristin Hull
Program Advisor, Matlock Capital; Founder, North Oakland, Community Charter School; Founder, George Mark Children’s House
Laila Ibrahim
Self Employed Doula & Parenting Consultant
Lara Mendel
Executive Director, The Mosaic Project
Tari Nicholson
Community Activist
Dr. Linda K Ricketts, Ed.D
Ricketts & Associates, Owner and Senior Consultant
Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar
Vice President of Talent Management, Gap Inc.
Serian Strauss
Teacher, North Oakland Community Charter School
Jim Yarborough
Teacher, Blue Oak School
Our Advisory Board
Dr. Michael D. Baran
Harvard University
Director, Cambridge Diversity Consulting
Dr. Mignon Duffy
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Professor of Sociology
Jeffrey Gibb
Real Estate Investments
Director
Laurie Grossman
Mindful Schools
Co-Founder and Director of Funding & Outreach
Ted Harrison, J.D.
Freelance Writer
Paul Kivel
Violence Prevention Educator
Coltrane Lord
Coltrane Conuí Designs, owner; Peace Activist
Priscilla McKenney
Consultant and Trainer
Former Program Director for GirlVentures
Barbara Mintzer-McMahon
President, Center for Transitional Management
Executive and Consultant
Alison Park
Blink Diversity Consulting
Owner
Patti Purcell
Bel Aire Elementary School
Principal
Staci Sambol
Slub Design
Co-owner and Graphic Designer
Dr. Winona Simms
Stanford University
Assistant Dean/Director of the American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Program
Cornelia St. John, MFT
Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
Faculty & Supervisor
Joyce Mende Wong
Hand to Hand Self-Defense Program
Co-Director and Certified Self-Defense Instructor