Meet the Next Generation of LA Community Leaders

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CLDPLogo Combined 03 Meet the Next Generation of LA Community LeadersFor the past 12 years, CNM has helped hundreds of leaders of color successfully advance into top leadership positions at prominent organizations across Southern California. After completing the Next Leaders Development Program, over 90% of graduates are now in roles of greater responsibility and influence in nonprofit organizations or government positions, prepared to drive change.

This year we’re launching the Community Leadership Development Program with cohorts of emerging nonprofit leaders of color in South Los Angeles and the Antelope Valley. Over the course of 7 months, they will learn new skills, build peer networks and work together on common goals with other local organizations to address issues that matter most to the people in South LA and the Antelope Valley. We’re incredibly excited to introduce you to the 33 members of the Community Leadership Development Program:

South Los Angeles

Araceli Amezquita
Director of Outreach and Education, SAJE

Carlos Valle
Deputy Director, CADRE

Fabian Debora
Executive Director, Homeboy Art Academy, Homeboy Industries

Jacob Castaneda
Executive Director, LA Programs, Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM)

Jahrell Thomas
Coalition for Responsible Community Development

Jazmine Johnson
Land Use and Health Program Manager, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles

Jessica Amaya
Managing Director, ContraTiempo

Jonathan Galindez
South LA Reginal Coordinator, LA Compost

Karen Ramirez
Executive Director, Root Down LA

Kimberly Small
Executive Director, NFTE (Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship)

Liz Rios
VP of Programs, Center for Restorative Justice Works

Luciano (Chano) Mondolo
Program Director, Playworks

Maira Quintanilla
Manager, Community Services Unlimited

Myriah Henderson-Baskin
Supervising Case Manager, All Peoples Community & FamilySource Center

Pamela Marshall
Co-Director, A New Way of Life Reentry Project

Paola Reyes Arellano
Community Engagement Coordinator, LA Compost

Paula Andrea Torrado Plazas
Air and Toxics Program Manager, Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles

Rachele Zamani
QA/QI Impact Administrator, Shields for Families

Sonja Juniel
Program Administrator, Shields for Families

Tamica Washington-Miller
Associate Director, Lula Washington Dance Theatre

Tina Ochoa
Vice President of Programs & Strategic Partnership, Families In Schools

The Antelope Valley

Angela Clayborne
Project Coordinator II, City of Lancaster/Community Center

C. Angela Daughtry
Recruitment and Outreach Manager, CASA of Los Angeles

Cedric White
Executive Director, Antelope Valley Community Uplift Foundation

DeChane (Dey) Yusef
Executive Board Member/Secretary, MomsHouse

Donna Hill
Executive Director/Founder, MomsHouse

Nathaniel Ancheta
Artist, Art In Residence

Robert Benitez
Curator, Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation

Shameka Beaugard
Founder & Executive Director, Youth with a Purpose

Shaylale Taylor
Assistant Director of Project-Based Housing, The People Concern

Sydney Baker
THP/NMD Supervisor, Walden Family Services

Sylvia Garner
Director of Facilitation, Honorable Services Career Center

Tavia Wooley
Program Manager IV/Director of Homeless Shelter, Volunteers of America

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