Who’s Involved?
Collaborative Partners
The Mission Promise Neighborhood planning effort includes the Mission Economic Development Agency (lead agency) as well as partners from San Francisco Unified School District, Office of Mayor Ed Lee, UC Berkeley’s Center for Latino Policy Research, the United way of the Bay Area and the many high quality community, social and education service providers in the Mission. Our collective efforts to develop an implementation plan are supported by an Advisory Board, the Project Team and MEDA’s Board.
Advisory Board
| Name | Title and Institution |
| Estela Garcia | Executive Director, Instituto Familiar de la Raza |
| Claudia Jasin | Executive Director, Jamestown Community Center |
| David Campos | Supervisor, District 9 |
| Guadalupe Guerrero | Assistant Superintendent, SFUSD |
| Hydra Mendoza | Education Advisor, Office of Mayor Ed Lee and Commissioner, SFUSD Board of Education |
| Jenny Flores | Senior Vice President, Citi Community Development Manager |
| Luis Granados | Executive Director, Mission Economic Development Agency |
| Mario Paz | Executive Director, Good Samaritan Family Resource Center |
| Ed Center | Director of Community Investment, West Bay, United Way of the Bay Area |
| Wylie Liu | Director of University Community Partnerships University of California, San Francisco |
| Brian Cheu | Director of Community Development Community Development Division Mayor’s Office of Housing |
| Lynn Merz | Executive Director, Mimi & Peter Haas Fund |
| Maria Su | Director, SF Dept. of Children, Youth, and their Families |
| Hedy Chang | Director, AttendanceWorks |
| Joaquin Torres | Deputy Director, Invest in Neighborhoods Office of Economic and Workforce Development |
| Kevin Rocap | Executive Director of the School Improvement Grant, SFUSD |
| Richard Curci | Principal, Everett Middle School |
| Catalina Rico | Principal, Cesar Chavez Elementary School |
| Christina Velasco | Principal, Bryant Elementary School |
| Mark Alvarado | Principal, John O’Connell High School |
| Curtis Chan | Medical Director Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health San Francisco Department of Public Health |
| Ken Tray | Political Director, United Educators of San Francisco |
| Lisa Villareal | Program Officer for Education, The San Francisco Foundation |
| Raquel Donoso | Executive Director, Latino Community Foundation |
| Eric Sloan | Philanthropy Consultant |
| Laurel Kloomok | Executive Director, First 5 San Francisco |
| Leigh Phillips | Director, San Francisco Office of Financial Empowerment |
| Richard Carranza | Superintendent, SFUSD |
| Karling Aguilera-Fort | Assistant Superintendent, Mission Zone, SFUSD |
Mission Promise Neighborhood MOU Partners
| Partner |
| CABE |
| Causa Justa::Just Cause |
| Children’s Council of San Francisco |
| Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO) |
| Family Service Agency |
| Good Samaritan Family Resource Center |
| Goodwill, Inc. |
| Instituto Familiar de la Raza |
| Jamestown Community Center |
| Jewish Vocational Services |
| Juma Ventures |
| La Raza Centro Legal |
| Mission Economic Development Agency |
| Mission Graduates |
| Mission Language and Vocational School (MLVS) |
| Mission Neighborhood Centers (MNC) |
| Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC) |
| Mission SF Community Financial Center |
| Parents for Public Schools (PPS) |
| Raising a Reader |
| Refugee Transitions |
| San Francisco Organizing Project (SFOP) |
| Seven Tepees |
| Streetside Stories |
| Department of Children, Youth and their Families (DCYF) |
| First 5 |
| San Francisco Department of Public Health |
| San Francisco Department of Technology |
| San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) |
| San Francisco Treasurer’s Office of Financial Empowerment |
| San Francisco Office of the Mayor |
| United Way of the Bay Area |
| San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) |
| City College of San Francisco |
| UCSF |
| John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities at Stanford University |
MEDA Board of Directors
| Name | Background |
| Leigh Phillips, Board Chair | Program Manager, SF Office of Financial Empowerment |
| Jabari Herbert | Consultant, Community Economic Development |
| Kevin Stein | Associate Director, California Reinvestment Coalition |
| My Do | City of Daly City,Economic & Community Development Department |
| Karoleen Feng | East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation |
| Susan Harper | Senior VP, Bank of America |
| Jenny Flores | Senior Vice President, Community Relations Manager, Citi |
| Michelle Jun | Senior Attorney,Consumers Union |
| Jessie Martinez | Founder, Latino Startup Alliance |
| William Ortiz | Owner, Gentle Parking |
| Jane Duong | Director of Programs & Advocacy, National CAPACD |
About MEDA
For over 38 years, MEDA has strived to improve the quality of life for San Francisco’s Latino families. MEDA’s mission is to achieve economic justice for San Francisco’s low-and moderate-income Latino families through the development of personal, social and material (especially financial) assets. Through its services, MEDA provides Latino families with financial stability, economic opportunity, and community sustainability.
Why MEDA is the Lead Agency:
- Long history of work in, and service to the Mission District
- Emergence as a leader in major community initiatives: Plaza Adelante and SparkPoint
- History of success in community planning, large network of cross-sector partners
- Remarkable fund development capacity
- Full commitment to building assets for Latino families