Leadership Academy Graduates

Since the launch of East Bay Housing Organizations’ Leadership Academy in 2015, over 100 affordable housing residents and staff have graduated from the program.

Graduates of the Leadership Academy have gone on to serve on local and state Boards and Commissions and draft policy that has been implemented statewide.

Class of 2023

The Leadership Academy Class of 2023 is pictured with Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb

Graduates: Judith Allen, Dana S. Coleman, Darrell Davis, Yvonne Dunbar, Kyndelle Johnson, Margie Marks, Sheila Marrow, Helen Moore, Dina MurrayHoem, Jennifer Oakley, Tahara Woods

Class of 2022


Graduates: Dave Blount, Irma Boden, Ola Colemon, Misty Cross, Cheneika Dixon, Melody Parker, Susana Suarez, Renee-Marie Telefoni, Janny Truong

Class of 2020

Leadership Academy was held online in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Graduates: Irma Boden, Lori Michelle Goss, William Goodwin, Katie Morton, Lillian Ferrer Phaeton, Tania Pulido, Damion Scott, Michael Whurton

Class of 2019

Taqwaa Abdul Al-Maalik
Carmen Beltran
Danetta Betancourt
Carol Crooks
Katie Dixon (KD)
JoAnn Erin
Isaac Harris
Derek Sean Herbert, Jr.
Madlynn Johnson
Percy Johnson
Janelle Keene
Maria Law de Colombia
Jerome Mcintosh
Ester Ruth Parker
Tracy Phillips
Calvin Rogers
Sam Sheldon
Beverly Smith
Melvin Washington
Tiffany Wong

Not Pictured: Lori Michele Goss, Rochelle Le Flore, London Outlaw

Class of 2018

Judith Ann Christopher
Mia Collins
Cathy Eberhardt
Huiying “Katie” Li
Kin Li
Dawn Love
Robin J. Moore
Denise Norman
Dr. Theresa Priester, J.D. 
Carey Whiteside

Not Pictured: Don-Neva E. Johnson, Genevieve Sotelo

Class of 2017

Shalin Craig
Diana Davis
Wendolyn Dorsey
Luwana Evans
Ms. Frederica
Edymir Guerrero
Tamia Jamalle Green
Saira Guzman
Ganiyu Hassan
Daphine Lamb-Perilliat
Julie Ma
Juakeema Mann
Anita Poole
Ladd Phelps
Shereen Rahman
Ya San Wu
Barbara Shingleton
Willie Stevens
Casie Stone
Lydia Swinney
Martin Zhang

Not Pictured: Maria Sandoval, Katherine Samuels

Class of 2016


Graduates: Chantaell Barker, Mary Butler, Connie Chan, Bill Collins, Stevi Dawson, Alma Ferguson, Jeri Givens, Judith Harrington Charbuck, Georale Huggins, Charlene Jimerson, Loretta Mahone, Sharon Montgomery, Ramiro Montoya, Theola Polk, Marium Qureshi, Kellen Shipley, Annie Sze, Jenni Tung, Stephen Watters, Guitar Whitfield, Olivia Williams, Betty Wright, Valarie Young

Class of 2015


Graduates: April Anthony, Valerie Blue, Joann Bonda, James Cai, Maurice Edwards, Adenrele Iposu, Jackie Jackson, William Jackson, Secret Peoples, Doris Pitts, Bernice Randle, Anita Schools, Mary Schreifels, Dylan Versteeg, Gregory Ward, Francine Williams, Anne Wong