Board of Directors

Dan Cohen
Communications Department, Chair Full Court Press, Principal
Ben Harrison
Economic Development Department, Chair Colliers International, Senior Vice President
Ken Maxey
OAKPAC, Chair Comcast, Director of Government Affairs
Manan Shah
EC Member At-Large Gensler, Inc., Principal
Barbara Leslie
President & CEO Oakland Metro Chamber, President & CEO
Alicia Bert
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Government Relations Manager
Patrick Brennan
Radius Recycling, Manager of Public Relations and Community Affairs
Daren Chan
AT&T, Director / Chief of Staff
Ray Connell
Holland Partner Group, Development Manager
Pat Kernighan
Former City Councilmember
Robert Lucchese
Bank of America, SVP & Market Executive
Jim Macksood
Sutter Health Medical Center, VP, External Affairs
Wade Martin
Oakland Athletics Baseball Co., VP Corporate Partnerships and Hospitality
Edward McFarlan
JRDV Urban International, Principal
Sam Nassif
Creative Hospitality Corporation, Founder & CEO
Denise Pinkston
TMG Partners, Partner
Denise Piper
Wells Fargo Bank, Regional Business Banking Manager/Senior Vice Pres
Jennifer Scanlon
Kaiser Permanente, Managing Director, Community and Government Relations
David Stein
Donahue Fitzgerald LLP, Partner
Angela Tsay
Oaklandish, CEO
John Worley
Arup, Principal
Malinder Bhan
JPMorgan Chase, Vice President, President's Club
Emily Webb
Sutter Health Medical Center, Vice President, External Affairs
Tasion Kwamilele
Radius Recycling, Government & Public Affairs Manager
Michael LeBlanc
Visit Oakland, Interim CEO
Myeshia Armstrong
California State University, East Bay, Vice President, Administration & Finance/CFO