Team
Susannah Delano
Executive Director
Diane Le
Director of Development
Sarah Carson
Director of Research and External Strategy
Julia Leitner
Director of Recruiting
Ariana Arestegui
Recruiter
Dr. Ennette Morton
Recruiter
Evelyn Torres
Recruiter
Kat Abrot
Recruiter
Elizabeth Beheler
Social Media Manager & Volunteer Coordinator
Advisors
Dr. Diandra “Dee” Bremond
Senior Advisor
Rose Kapolczynski
Senior Political Consultant
Melanie Ramil
Advisor
Emily Getoff
Interim Director of Recruiting
Emily Zahn
Interim Director of Programs
Our Founder
Mary Hughes
Founder
Close the Gap California Board of Directors
Alexandra Lindsay
Chair
Dr. Pratima Gupta
Vice Chair
Teresa Lyon
Treasurer
Felipa Penaloza
Board member
Mary Powell
Board member
Past Board Members
Hon. Jane Kim
Danielle Carrig
Betsy Cotton
Karriann Farrell Hinds
Sonya Logman Harris
Silissa Uriarte Smith
Founding Board Members
Hon. Delaine Eastin
Hon. Susan Rose
Hon. Dezie Woods-Jones
Hon. Margaret Abe Koga
Hon. Nora Vargas
Founding Recruiting Team
Elizabeth Borges
Janet Cook
Betsy Cotton
Alex Gillis
Mary Hughes
Laurie Kretchmar
Olivia Parker
Jana Persky
Holly Teliska
Rebecca Vastola
Jackie Wheeler
Susan Yost
Founding Advisory Committee
Hon. Dion Aroner
Cushon Bell
Janet Cook
Bettina Duval
Hon. Liz Figueroa
Tracy Gray
Hon. Fiona Ma
Lindsay Nitta
Hon. Deborah Ortiz
Beth Parker
Hon. Karen Weinstein
Volunteers Key to Our Success
Margaret Abe-Koga
Kat Abrot
Elaine Andersen
Ava Anderson
Dion Aroner
Lauren Babb
Angela Barnes
Cushon Bell
Anna Binder
Barbara Bry
Ronnie Caplane
Danielle Carrig
Julie Caskey
Janet Cook
Betsy Cotton
Nancy Cotton
Liz Figueroa
Alex Gillis
Barri Girvan
Nancy Gogan
Tracy Gray
Anne Gulliver
Mary Hanna-Weir
Lara Horgan
Mary Huttner
Michelle Kampbell
Laurie Kretchmar
Julia Leitner
Teresa Lyon
Ennette Morton
Eleanor Moses
Lindsey Nitta
Olivia Parker
Melanie Ramil
Emily Ramos
Susie Richardson
Susan Rose
Susan Roughgarden
Susannah Sallin
Linda Seifert
Joe Simitian
Andrea Slater
Christine Stavem
Nancy Sun
Kenya Taylor
Holly Teliska
Cari Templeton
Kathy Torgersen
Silissa Uriarte Smith
Betty Valencia
Nora Vargas
Laura Villa
Molly Watson
Karen Weinstein
Mary Hannah Weir
Sarah Wernikoff
Jackie Wheeler
Dezie Woods-Jones
Barri Worth Girvan
Nicole Wrubel
