WHO WE ARE
We are Californians with a broad range of experience and perspectives who unequivocally agree that current barriers to economic opportunity and mobility in California present a critical threat to the state's future, both economically and socially, and who want to help change these conditions by 2030. We are led by individuals with substantial experience in both the public and private sector, academia and advocacy. The Economic Mobility Collaborative is all-volunteer and multi-partisan. All Public Statement Signatories are considered Partners.
Steering Committee
Our Steering Committee is collectively responsible for ensuring our work can resonate with diverse perspectives and experiences while advance our mission and values.
Sam Blakeslee
Kathay Feng
Virginia Hamilton
Pete Peterson
Michele Siqueiros
David Smith
Jonathan Mehta Stein
Lenny Mendonca
Duf Sundheim
Ashley Swearengin
Zabrae Valentine
Pete Weber
Lande Ajose (former)
Former CA State Senator Assembly Republican Leader; Director, Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
National Redistricting Director and former Executive Director, Common Cause; Former attorney, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Former Regional Administrator, US Dept. of Labor; Founder, California Workforce Association
Dean, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy; Former Executive Director, Davenport Inst. for Public Engagement & Civic Leadership
Executive Director; California Common Cause; Voting Rights Program Manager, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus
Member, U.S. Fed. Court Advanced Mediation Practice Group; Principal, GPS Mediation; Former Chair, CA Republican Party
President/CEO, Central Valley Community Foundation; Former Mayor, Fresno
Former Vice-President, FMC Corporation; Former CEO, TeKnowledge, Inc. & Riverbend International; Founder, Fresno Bridge Academy; Co-Chair California Forward
Former Chief Business and Economic Adviser, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom; Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company; Convenor, Economic Mobility Collaborative
Senior Policy Advisor for Higher Education, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom; Former Executive Director, California Competes
Co-founder, CA Forward & CA Forward Action Fund; Convenor and Manager Economic Mobility Collaborative
CEO, X Sector Labs; Former Managing Director, Presidio Institute; Co-Founder, CalOZ
President, Campaign for College Opportunity; Senior Project Manager, City of Los Angeles
Policy Review Panel
All of the Collaborative’s ‘consensus positions’ are reviewed for accuracy by experts in the relevant fields, then circulated with all Collaborative partners for comment/editing, approved by the Steering Committee and finally shared for endorsements. These individuals comprise our core review panel:
Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Policy Director and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Professor of Sociology; Director, Center on Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University
Professor of Economics and Public Policy; Co-Director, Opportunity Lab, UC Berkeley
Director, Inst. for Research on Labor and Employment & California Policy Lab; Co-Director, Opp. Lab, UC Berkeley
Sarah Bohn
Caroline Danielson
David Grusky
Hilary Hoynes
Jesse Rothstein
Operations Team
The Operations Team facilitates the day-to-day maintenance of the Collaborative.
Social, Digital, Strategic Advisor
Collaborative Manager, Facilitator