2009-2010 Women's Policy Institute

Announcing the 2009 -2010 Women's Policy Institute Fellows!

We are pleased to announce the selection of twenty-three outstanding women working in environmental and reproductive justice, economic justice, criminal justice and elder women’s issues from all over California for the 2009-2010 Women’s Policy Institute. 

Ashley Boyd, MomsRising.org
Elvira Castillo, Los Angeles Department of Community and Senior Services
Juana Rosa Cavero, Pacific Institute for Women’s Health
Jenny Chung, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Terry Dodge, Crossroads, Inc.
Marci Fukuroda, Rainbow Services Ltd.
Beatriz Garcia, Central Coast United for a Sustainable Economy
Kim Gilhuly, Human Impact Partners
Lucia Gonzalez-Schlosser, Dolores Huerta Foundation
Julia Goodman, MomsRising.org
LeaJay Harper, Center for Young Women’s Development
Hannah Hill, Women’s Foundation of California
Brooke Hollister, University of California, San Francisco
Saima Husain, South Asian Network
Kim Irish, Younger Women's Task Force, San Francisco
Jessica Jew, LA Health Action
Leane Marchese, ElderHelp
Aaliyah Muhammad, All of Us of None
Julia Tal Caplan, California Senior Leaders Alliance
Traci Townsend, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Aditi Vaidya, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Jocelyn Vivar, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Alicia Walters, ACLU of Northern California

We are also happy to announce the mentors for this year’s class. Without their experience, expertise, and guidance the Women’s Policy Institute would not be possible.

Karen Shain, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Mike Herald, Western Center on Law and Poverty
Beth McGovern, California Commission on the Status of Women
Lacy Serros, Tides Center
Chione Flegal, PolicyLink