Our Leadership

Itzak Salazar  
77th Youth Governor

Briana Alagba    
77th Secretary of State

Brooke Drew  
77th Chief Justice

Robert “Robbie” Abelon
Board Chair
Consultant 
I Street Public Affairs 
Northern California
 

Greg Baker
Vice Chair, Board and Financial Development Committee
Director/Sales Manager, KFSN-TV ABC 30
The Walt Disney Co. / 
Disney Ad Sales
Central California

Chantal Cotton Gaines
Vice Chair, Finance Committee
Deputy City Manager
City of Palo Alto
Northern California

Martha Alvarez
Chief of Legislative Affairs and Governmental Relations
Los Angeles Unified School District
Southern California

Kasey Babb
Delegate, Torrance-South Bay, YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles ‘25
Southern California (Terms: 4.1.23 - 3.31.24; 4.1.24 - 3.31.25)

Diane Boyer Vine
Legislative Counsel, ret.
Northern California

Pete Casillas
Bay Area Market President and Publisher
San Francisco Business Times
Northern California

Anthony P. Chavez
Consultant and Educational Equity Advocate
Central California

Dr. Kenny Donaldson
Sr. Associate Athletic Director, Academic Excellence, and Sport Administration/Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
UCLA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Southern California

Roxanne Gould
CEO/President
Gould Government Relations
Northern California

Isabella Gorenec
Delegate, Sonoma, Sonoma County Family YMCA ‘25
Northern California (Term: 4.1.24 - 3.31.25)

Ligia Gutierrez
Executive Coach
Central California

Morrell Jones II
History Educator
Geffen Academy @ UCLA
Southern California

Karen Kennard
Arbitrator; Associate General Counsel, Deloitte, ret.
Northern California

María Lemus
District Director 
California State Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula
Central California

Victor Madero
Vice President of Strategy
OPTUM CALIFORNIA
Southern California

Sue Marasco
Senior Vice President of Branch Operations, ret.
YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles
Southern California

Catherine Piotrowski
Delegate, Torrance-South Bay, YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles ‘25
Southern California (Term: 4.1.24 - 3.31.25)

Lydia Pochueva
Delegate, Diablo Valley, YMCA of The East Bay ‘25
Northern California (Term: 4.1.24 - 3.31.25)

Juan Carlos Torres
Vice President, Legislative Affairs
Tzunu Strategies
Northern California