For 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
