Alicia Aguirre is a former elected official and educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was an elected member of the City Council in the City of Redwood City where she served as Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council member. She is the first Latina Mayor in the history of Redwood City. She is a professor at Cañada College.

Donna Wills Colson is serving her third term as a Burlingame City Council where she leads work on affordable housing, clean energy, and chairs several audit and finance committees. She is a philanthropist focused on expanding access for children and families at Filoli, and has worked to support childcare and other initiatives with local nonprofits and is the current co-chair of the UC Berkeley Haas Center for Equity Gender and Leadership. Her professional career was twenty-five years in the investment management industry. She has a BA and MBA degree from UC Berkeley. Donna and Eric are proud parents of Clare and Grace.

As the previous Mayor of Brisbane CA, Karen Cunningham assertively took the Lead to join other San Mateo County Cities and create a conscientious and diligent Task Force Team of residents to become an Age Friendly City. With >50% of our residents, 50 years and older, they took the reigns and became qualified in a short period of time. Some of what she has done in her Community: She has been a volunteer in Brisbane for >30 years. Examples of her work include resident-led teams dedicated to bringing a heated swimming pool to Brisbane and a very accessible dog park. 15 years ago she was appointed to the City's Planning Commission and then was elected to the Brisbane City Council in 2017. Some of her major achievements on the City Council have included promoting many Safety and Inclusionary additions to her Community, including promoting "Benches for all" to make walking accessibility available to all, promoting Telehealth and Telehelp through our Library JPA and assertively pushing her Local and State Officials for the funds necessary to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety for all on our local streets and along the Bayshore Freeway. As Mayor during Covid, she assisted County leaders in assuring that the most vulnerable in our Community were given the much needed services that had vanished in the traditional sense.

With wide-ranging experience in the public, nonprofit, political, and private sectors, Leslie Hatamiya has held leadership roles in building and managing organizations of many shapes and sizes. For the past ten years, she has led the San Bruno Community Foundation as its inaugural Executive Director, providing overall vision, leadership, and day-to-day management of the nonprofit created by the City of San Bruno to administer the $70 million in restitution funds received from PG&E after a devastating gas pipeline explosion. Leslie previously served as Executive Director of the California Bar Foundation (now California ChangeLawyers) and held management and communications positions at former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley’s 2000 presidential campaign and his Senate office, Coro Northern California, and SOMA Networks. A graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School, Ms. Hatamiya is a dedicated volunteer for the University and served as a member of its Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2005. A resident of San Bruno, California, for more than two decades, Leslie is currently on the Board of Directors of the Atkinson Foundation.

Susan Kokores is a life-long resident of San Mateo County, raising her two daughters there and currently living with her husband in Menlo Park. Her professional background includes graduating with a BS in Nursing, and earning a Masters in Public Administration. In the last 20 years, she has developed fundraising and executive/team leadership skills. She has served as a Major Gifts Director, Director of Development, and was the Co-Founder and first Executive Director of WANDA, an 18-year-old local non-profit dedicated to the financial stability and mobility of single mothers. For the past two years, she has served as the President of the Commission on the Status of Women, County of San Mateo.

Amy Lester is a marketing and communications leader with two decades of experience in technology and private equity/venture capital. She led marketing at BDT Capital Partners, a global private equity firm, managing the firm’s brand and capital-raising efforts while supporting portfolio companies across industries and launching its philanthropic platform. Previously, she led communications for Udacity and spent a decade at Walmart where she oversaw communications for the e-commerce platform, scaling it into a $15 billion business and the world’s second largest online retailer. While at Walmart, she also launched the company's groundbreaking Sustainability Index and supported initiatives focused on family health, women-owned supplier businesses and community impact.

Juleen Grace Mallari is currently a senior at Westmoor High School & a student in Skyline College’s Middle College program. As a Youth Liaison for the Jackie Speier Foundation Advisory Board, Juleen is excited to bring her experience in community service and advocacy, having previously led a high school team for the foundation’s Diaper Initiative in Daly City. Her work with various nonprofit organizations including Daly City Youth Health Center and Ripple Effect 22 has greatly impacted her passion for equity, specifically for women, youth, and immigrants in the community.

Sandi Nichols has lived in San Mateo County since 1982. She has practiced law for over 40 years, serving during that time as the Managing Partner of a San Francisco law firm and, following a merger, as the California Offices Managing Partner of a western U.S. law firm. She served multiple terms on the Board of Trustees of the UC Law SF (formerly UC Hastings) Foundation and the UC Law SF Board of Governors, as well as on the Boards or in leadership of private and public schools in San Mateo County. Sandi's passion (aside from spending time with her family, including four young grandchildren, and cheering on our Bay Area sports teams) is supporting women and children in their development and educational pursuits.

Nanci Nishimura is a partner at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, a litigation and trial law firm. She is responsible for complex litigation nationwide, including antitrust, privacy, environmental, business, and community based pro bono work - giving voice to those in need in mediation, arbitration, as well as state and federal courts. She has engaged in legal and community service to promote education, serving as Governor's appointee and vice chair, CA Commission on Uniform State Laws; former chair, CA Commission on Judicial Performance; commissioner and trustee, Asian Art Museum of SF; trustee, CA Science Center Foundation; advisory board, Smithsonian Institution; co-chair, Leaders Forum; scholarship committee, Rotary San Mateo. She earned her B.A. from the University of Southern CA, M.A. from Waseda University, Japan, and J.D from The Catholic University, D.C.

Shauna Stark is devoted to philanthropy undergirding American feminism and female body autonomy. She is a strong supporter of the Pembroke Center for the teaching and research on women at Brown University, among other groups addressing the health needs of women. She holds an A.B. From Brown University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She has three adult children for whom she was the primary parent, and one grandchild, whose future concerns her vitally.