Candidate Responses

Self-Nominated

Please summarize the reasons you are submitting this nomination
Board governance is a place of support and leadership.  It is an opportunity to use the skills I have to further the continued success of the Partnership.  The macro focus of the Partnership builds and sustains our movement in ways that individual agencies often cannot.

Describe this nominee’s participation in the Partnership’s regional networks, policy committees, peer learning circles and other components of our Membership community
I am currently in the role of president on the Partnership board.  I spent over two years on Governance and on the Nominating Committee.  I chaired and co-chaired the Annual Membership Committee, co-chaired the Executive Search Committee, and am currently on the race, power, privilege committee.

Tell us about the nominee’s professional skills in finance, fundraising, government affairs, human resources management, marketing and public relations
I have over 25 years of experieince in the field including the elements of finance, fundraising, human resources, and public relations.  I currently assist other nonprofits in this area though mostly focus on inclusion, diversity, equity, access, and liberation practices.

How does this nominee represent California’s rich diversity? How might this person bring underrepresented voices into the center of our work?
I am BIAPOC and am deeply interested in focusing on BIAPOC leaders and collective liberation.

On a scale from 1 to 10 (1=low, 10=high), how informed are you about the Partnership’s mission and strategies?
10 – High

Please summarize the Partnership’s priorities as you understand them.
The Partnership focuses its programming in four areas:  Public Policy, Capacity Building, Prevention, and Communications.  Across the programs, the Partnership centers the needs of survivors and communities both within current systems and by challenging inequities within systems.

Describe your leadership experience in business, philanthropy, legal, government and nonprofit sectors.
I have been in the field for over 25 years.  I have been a crisis counselor for sexual assault and domestic violence, managed shelter programs, emergency response programs, crisis lines, legal, prevention, school-based prevention, community response, racial equity, policy, and administrative.  I have been a fundraiser and an administrator.  I have a background in internal systems work, reproductive justice work, and in-home therapeutic services.

Board members help to foster a positive image of the Partnership. Describe relationships you have with business leaders, policy-makers, media outlets, philanthropists and the broader community. Tell us how you intend to cultivate those relationships on behalf of the Partnership.
I continue to have relationships local, statewide, and national.  I am happy to use these connections to drive attention to the work of the staff at the Partnership and to respond to requests of the staff.  I just spoke at a conference on decarceration and DV out of Chicago and named some of the convening work the Partnership has done to lift up the conversation. I will continue to left up the Partnership’s work and may be a better fundraiser for the Partnership since leaving my previous ED role.  There is no longer the same conflict that once existed.

Like other nonprofits, Partnership Board members are expected to raise funds on behalf of the organization. What will you do to help us meet our annual fundraising goal?
I am happy to participate in fundraising efforts and to find a way to support a Fund Development Plan as the new ED and staff determine the direction.