CORO

Board and Staff

Board of Directors

Jamie Allison
Development Committee
Program Officer, Youth Development
S.H.Cowell Foundation
Michael Andemeskel 
Student
Oakland Technical High School
Luis Buhler FPPA '76
Board Chair, Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Board Development Committee
Principal/CFO at Rockledge Asociates
James Cervantes, FPPA ’80
Chair, Alumni Relations Committee, Executive Committee
Managing Director
Stone and Youngberg, LLC
Alex Clemens
Marketing and Communications Committee
Founder and President
Barbary Coast Consulting
Tom Clifford, FPPA ’99 
Program Committee
Counsel
Tramutola LLC
Annemarie Conroy
Development Committee
Law Enforcement Coordinator
United States Department of Justice

Suzanne Cross
Development Committee, Chair Planned Giving Committee
Consultant
The Regents of the University of California
Office of the President

Kiyana Davis Kiel
Alumni Committee
Attorney
Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Tom Gede
Program Committee, Marketing and Communications Committee
Principal
Bingham Consulting, LLC

Jennifer Kern 
Campaign Coordinator
David Onek for District Attorney
Christine M.Landon 
Board Vice Chair, Program Committee, Finance Committee, Executive Committee
Director of Executive Education
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Kevin Leader 
Development Committee
Principal Vice President & Treasurer
Bechtel Corporation
Richard C. Mallory 
Development Committee
Founding Partner
Allen Matkins

Heather Mason
Development Committee, Marketing and Communications Committee
Founder
A Caspian, Production

Robert H. Mendelsohn
Chair, Development Committee, Executive Committee
President
The Sagamore Company

Clinton Moloney
Consultant
Blue Sky

Maria Nicolacakis FPPA ’99
Development Committee
Community Volunteer

Stewart Ramsay
Board Treasurer, Chair - Finance Committee, Executive Committee
Consultant

Betty Schafer 
Honorary Board Member

Connie Shapiro
Chair, Board Development Committee
Executive Committee
David Sibbet FPPA '66
Chair, Program Committee, Executive Committee
President
The Grove Consultants International
Lawrence Simi
Board Development Committee, Chair - Marketing and Comminications Committee
Community Volunteer
Megan Smith Janis  
Director of Compliance and Ethics
Pacific Gas and Electric
Rosa Terrazas FPPA '06 
Alumni Development Committee
Director of Customer Service
Big Tent
Susan Walters FPPA '81 
Development Committee
Senior Vice President
California Emerging Technology Fund

FPPA= Fellows Program in Public Affairs
CL=Community Leadership Program

Board Members can be contacted through the Coro Center for Civic Leadership at:

Coro Center for Civic Leadership
601 Montgomery Street, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94111

Voice: 415-986-0521
Fax: 415-986-5522
Email:
coronocal@coro.org

Board of Directors Spotlight »

Coro Staff

Minden Bennion
Senior Director of Leadership Development 
Phone: (415) 986-0521 extension: 104

mbennion@coro.org

Toni Cassar
Director of Finance and IT
Phone:  (415) 986-0521 extension: 200

tcassar@coro.org


Yolanda De La Paz
Director of External Relations
Phone: (415) 986-0521 extension: 103

ydelapaz@coro.org

Mahvish Jafri 
Deputy Director 
Phone: (415) 986-0521 extension: 107

mjafri@coro.org

Tracey Jones
Director of Alumni Relations
Phone: (415) 986-0521 extension: 106

tjones@coro.org

Ben Polansky
Director of Youth Programs
Phone: (415) 986-0521 extension: 102
bpolansky@coro.org

Susan Shain
CEO
Phone:  (415) 986-0521 extension: 101
sshain@coro.org

Davey Shlasko
Manager of Fellows Program in Public Affairs
Phone:  (415) 986-0521 extension: 105
dshlasko@coro.org

Alison Traina
Manager of Youth Programs
Phone:  (415) 986-0521 extension: 108
atraina@coro.org



Adjunct Staff and Trainers
   Nancy Shemick- email: nshemick@coro.org
   John Barr - email: jbarr@coro.org
   Mariana Moore - email: mmoore@coro.org
   Alexandra Kent - email: alexali@gmail.com


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