Leadership Team

The Leadership Team sets and enacts the collaborative programmatic agenda for the Partnership. The Team is composed of senior leaders from Partner organizations that, by design, represent a diverse matrix of geographic, sector and role perspectives.

The Team's key areas of responsibility include:

  • Setting the Programmatic Agenda — Utilizing data and stakeholder input, the LT sets the action agenda for the Partnership

  • Adopting Proposals to Shift Policies, Practices & Resources — Review, approve, and champion proposals for Partners to shift policy, practice, and resources for greater equity, and

  • Leveraging Institutional Power and Resources — Work with their own institutions and influence adjacent institutions throughout the county to enact the Partnership’s equity agenda.

Current Leadership Team Members

Lana Adlawan

Director of County Library Services, Marin County Free Library

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Chandra Alexandre

CEO, Community Action Marin

Leadership Team Member, Community Leader – Chandra Alexandre, the CEO of Community Action Marin, has over 20 years of experience supporting organizations to social justice outcomes. Her work has helped strengthen regional affordable housing and early childhood education initiatives, expand education reform strategies nationally, and resource grassroots-led movement building for global women’s rights. Chandra graduated from Columbia, has an MBA, and holds both Ph.D. and D.Min. degrees. She has taught fundraising and philanthropy at the University of San Francisco and is an official mentor for the United Nations Association of San Francisco. Chandra is also a founding board member of Marin Promise Partnership.

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Patricia Barahona

Executive Director, Youth Leadership Institute

Patty has been with YLI for nine years, starting as a Program Coordinator in Marin County before serving as the Director for the San Francisco office and the Chief People Officer and then becoming the Chief Executive Officer in 2019. Today, Patty oversees a staff of over 65 across the state of California and an annual budget of $9.1 million. Patty previously worked for Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and as a English Language Learner Teacher across K-12 schools in Vermont. They hold an M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from the School for International Training and a B.A. in Women’s and Gender Studies from Rutgers University. Patty is known for their energizing and excellent facilitating and is a highly sought after trainer, having trained thousands of young people and adults on making equitable change in their communities. Patty is Board Chair of Alianza Coachella Valley and the Board Co-Chair for LYRIC, a San Francisco LGBTQQ organization.

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Kari Beuerman

Social Services Director, Marin County Health & Human Services

Kari Beuerman is the Social Services Director for the County of Marin. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Community Studies from U.C. Santa Cruz and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from USC. Kari also holds a Master’s Degree in Jewish Communal Services from Hebrew Union College.

 
Kari became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and started her career in social services working at a Bay Area non-profit that serves developmentally disabled adults and children. She was a case manager and a supervisor, serving primarily monolingual Spanish speaking individuals and families. Kari came to the County of Marin for the first time in 2005 as a supervisor in Aging and Adult Services. In 2012, Kari left Marin to serve as the Division Director of Adult and Long Term Care for the County of Santa Cruz for four years.
 
Kari returned to Marin County HHS in 2016 in her current capacity as Social Services Director. She serves on the First 5 Marin Children and Families Commission, the Community Schools Advisory Board, as well as on the Board of CalSWEC (California Social Work Education Center). She is the co-chair of the Bay Area Social Services Consortium Human Services Directors, and she is active in the California Welfare Directors’ Association. Kari’s primary area of focus and interest is workforce development, and she enjoys striving to find ways to support staff in carrying out their mission through training and mentorship.
 
"Collaboration between Social Services and Marin Promise is critical. In order to effectively and comprehensively serve the safety net population of Marin County, we must look towards education, prevention, and equitable access for all as the keys to success."
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Omar Carrera

CEO,Canal Alliance

CEO of Canal Alliance since October 2016, Omar Carrera is a social entrepreneur, human rights advocate, and strategic visionary with more than 18 years of experience in business operations management in the corporate and nonprofit sectors. Omar was born and raised in Ecuador where he earned a CPA and Business Management degree and worked for Mitsubishi as a Senior Consultant before coming to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2002. Omar graduated from the Nonprofit Management Program at San Francisco State University and received multiple certifications from the Executive Education Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Omar currently serves on the Boards of Directors for Marin Promise, the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce. He also serves on the Marin County Public Health COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Community Advisory Board (CAB), the Marin Advisory Board of the Workforce Alliance of the North Bay board, and the EAH Housing California Advisory Council.

 

"I'm committed to collaborating and supporting the Marin Promise Partnership collective efforts to solve educational inequities in Marin County. Long-standing systemic and racial inequities require a collective response with a strong sense of urgency."

 

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John Carroll

Superintendent, Marin County Office of Education

In June 2022 John Carroll was elected as Marin County Superintendent of Schools to replace one of his mentors, Mary Jane Burke, who served 7 terms in office.

Carroll has served in public education for 36 years. He has worked as a teacher or administrator at every grade level from preschool through grade 12.

John Carroll attended Marin schools from preschool through the second year of college. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Speech/Rhetoric), three education credentials and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Sonoma State University.

For the past several years, Mr. Carroll’s professional development work has focused on improving educational experiences and outcomes for all students, especially those from historically underserved communities. He has substantial training in racial equity and equity-informed practices such as standards-based reporting (rather than compliance-based grading), data-informed assessment and intervention especially in elementary math and reading and the expansion and strengthening of early childhood education programs.

John Carroll puts students first in his professional life and considers their needs in every decision no matter how far removed from the classroom. He cares about all children but has a special place in his heart for students who struggle in school, who face extra challenges or have trouble fitting in or behaving appropriately.

He has been married to Monique Paltrineri, an elementary school teacher, for 25 years. They have two children attending college.

"The Marin Promise Partnership’s capacity to bring organizations and individuals together to work toward ambitious, researched-based goals for educational equity has been highly effective. MPP has helped me build connections with people I might never have met and who are working on key elements of MCOE’s mission. In the future, I envision an ever-stronger partnership and an increased pool of partners with the resources to engage in efforts to support learning and social-emotional growth for all of Marin’s students."

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Jonathan Eldridge

Assistant Superintendent/Vice President, College of Marin

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Balandra Fregoso

Executive Director, Parent Services Project

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Carmen Ghysels [Invited]

Superintendent of San Rafael City School District, San Rafael City Schools (SRCS)

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LaResha Huffman

Superintendent, Sausalito/Marin City School District, Sausalito Marin City School District

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Adam Jennings

Superintendent, Shoreline Unified School District

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Jamillah Jordan [Invited]

Equity Director, County of Marin

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Traci Lanier

Vice President & Deputy Director, 10,000 Degrees

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Johnathan Logan [Invited]

VP of Community Engagement, Marin Community Foundation

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Eric Lucan

Marin County Supervisor, District 5, Marin County Board of Supervisors

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Kim Mazzuca

CEO, 10,000 Degrees

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Maria Niggle

Executive Director, First 5 Marin

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Lisa Raffel

Executive Director, Bridge the Gap

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Cristina Salcedo

TES/SUSD Family Advocate, Shoreline Unified School District

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Tracy Smith [Invited]

Superintendent, Novato Unified School District, Novato Unified School District

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Tara Taupier

Superintendent, Tamalpais Union High School District

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10,000 Degrees, Kim Mazzuca, President

Bridge the Gap College Prep, Lisa Raffel, Executive Director (Community Based Org Representative)

Canal Alliance, Omar Carrera, Executive Director

College of Marin, David Wain-Coon, President

Community Action Marin, Chandra Alexandre, CEO

County of Marin Supervisors, Dennis Rodoni, Supervisor

County of Marin Equity Office, Jamillah Jordan (Invited), Director

County of Marin Department of Health and Human Services, Kari Beuerman, Social Services Director & Benita McLarin, Director of Health and Human Sevices

First 5 of Marin, TBD

Marin Community Foundation, Johnathan Logan (Invited), VP of  Community Engagement

Marin County Office of Education, John Carroll, Superintendent

Marin County Free Library, Lana AdlawanDirector of County Library Services

Marin Independent Journal, Rob Devincenzi, Publisher (Business Representative)

Novato Unified School District, Jan LaTorre Derby (Invited), Superintendent

Parent Services Project, Balandra Fregoso, Executive Director (Parent Organization Representative)

San Rafael City Schools, Jim Hogeboom, Superintendent

Sausalito Marin City School District, Itoco Garcia, Superintendent

Shoreline Unified School District, Adam Jennings, Superintendent

Tamalpais Union High School, District Tara Taupier, Superintendent

Youth Leadership Institute, Patty Barahona, CEO (Youth Representative)

Youth & Family Community Member, Christina Salcedo, Individual (Youth & Family Individual Representative)

Youth & Family Community Member, Magali Limeta, Trustee Novato Unified School District (Youth & Family Individual Representative)

OPEN REPRESENTATIONAL POSITIONS

Business or Chamber of Commerce, 1 additional representational seat TBD

Teacher or Teacher Union, representational seat TBD

School Board, representational seat TBD

Foundation or Donor, representational seat TBD

Youth & Family Community Member2 representational seats TBD