Staff and Board

BWOPA Leaders  

Staff/Officers

CEO & President:  Dezie Woods-Jones

COO & Executive Director:  LaNiece Jones 

Associate Director:  Cherella Nicholson

Program Managers:  Tatiana Larkin | Charlette Viney | Monica Miller

 

Board Officers

Co-Founder & State President: Hon. Dezie Woods-Jones
1st Vice President: Robyn Fisher, EdD
2nd Vice President: Cassandra Joubert, ScD
Treasurer: Gwen Booze
Co-Founder & Historian: Hon. Alfreda Abbott

Legal Advisor: Hon. Meredith Brown

Consulting Legal Advisors:  Anita Stearns Mayo, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw & Pittman

Parliamentarian: Jan Glenn Davis

COO & Executive Director:  LaNiece Jones

 

Board of Directors at Large

• Hon. Keisha Thomas, Fresno
• Carol Crawford, Hayward/South County
• Patrice Williams, Esq.,  Napa/Solano
• Kimberly Mayfield, EdD. Oakland/Berkeley
• Joey Smith, Richmond/Contra Costa
• Myel Jenkins, Sacramento
• Brigette LeBlanc, San Francisco/Peninsula
• Vacant, San Jose
• Kitty Brown, Stockton/Tracy
• Cynthia LeBlanc, EdD, State
• Melody Walcott, Esq., State

 

Regional Area Directors:

• (Area 1) Cassandra Joubert, ScD, Napa/Solano & Richmond/Contra Costa & Sacramento
• (Area 2) Lisa Gauthier, San Francisco/Peninsula & San Jose 
• (Area 3) Hon. Surlene Grant, Hayward/So. County & Oakland/Berkeley 
• (Area 4) Kitty Brown, Fresno/SJV & Stockton Tracy
• (Area 5) Kellie Todd, Los Angeles/Southern CA. 

 

Chapter Presidents:

• Fresno/San Joaquin Valley Chapter:  Hon. Cynthia Sterling
• Hayward/South County: Hon. Rita Duncan
• Napa/Solano: Deborah Dickson
• Oakland/Berkeley:  AyAnna Moody
• Richmond/Contra Costa:  Champagne Brown
• Sacramento:  Mellonie Richardson
• San Francisco/Peninsula:  Aisha Jordon
• San Jose/Silicon Valley:  tbd  
• Stockton/Tracy, Leslie Baranco, Esq.

 

Special State Presidents Appointments:

• Legislative Coordinator:  LaTressa Alford, Esq.
• PAC Administrative Coordinator:  Tatiana Larkin
• PAC Consultant: Cine Avery
• Political Education Chair: Lisa Williams
• Co-Chairs:  Peggy Moore & Treva Reid
• Young Adult Caucus Coordinator: 
• Merchandising Coordinator:  Rita Forte
• Public Policy Advisors: Advising our State President and Board on BWOPA CORE issues
  • LaTressa Alford, Esq
  • Taisha Brown
  • Shakari Byerly
  • Dr. Venise Curry
  • Hon. Rita Duncan
  • Shay Franco-Clausen
  • Heather Hutt
  • Tiffany Jones
  • Kimberly Mayfield, EdD
  • Arrickia McDaniel, EdD
  • Hon. Treva Reid
  • Hon. Lori Wilson
  • Regina Wilson
  • Hon. Jayne Williams, Esq.

BWOPA-PAC BOARD:

• Dezie Woods-Jones, Chair
• LaNiece Jones, Executive Director
• Tataina Larkin,  PAC Administrative Coordinator
• Meredith Brown, Legal Advisor
• All Chapter Presidents
• Cine Ivery, PAC Consultant (Not officially a voting member of the board)
  
  

Advisory Board Council

• Hon. Alfreda Abbott
• Hon. Judge Glenda Allen-Hill
• Hon. Diana Becton
• Hon. Mia Bonta
• Hon. Alona Clifton
• Hon. Gay Plair Cobb
• Hon. Malia Cohen
• Hon. Linda Handy
• Hon. Judge Brenda Harbin Forte’ Retired
• Hon. Jumoke Hinton 
• Hon. Lynette McElhaney
• Hon. Lesa McIntosh
• Hon. Holly Mitchell
• Yvette Radford
• Melanie Shelby
• Hon. Dottie Smith
• Anita Williams

Honorary LEGACY Council:

• Hon. Kamala Harris
• Hon. Barbara Lee
• Hon. Maxine Waters
• Hon. Karen Bass
• Hon. Diane Watson
• Hon. Shirley Weber 
• Hon. Irma Anderson
• Hon. Judith Ford
• Linda Crayton 
• Alice Huffman
• Belva Davis Moore

 

BWOPA Trailblazers * BWOPA Leading The Way *

OUR LEGACY “SHERO’S” WALL OF HONOR!

For those that have paved the way, paid the price and made the difference….

We will always remember…..

• Hon. Ella Hill Hutch
• Sister Edith M. Austin
• Honorable Teresa Hughes
• Hon. Mary King
• Sister Frankie Arrington
• Sister Lillian Litzsey
• Sister Phyllis Jones
• Sister Victoria Redus
• Hon. Doris Ward
• Sister Dr. Julia Hare
• Sister Vivian Bailey
• Hon. Gwen Moore

In Loving Memory

• Alegra Angelo, DWJ Fellow 2016

 

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