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Independent Sector Names Dr. Akilah Watkins as Incoming President and CEO

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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Washington, Sept. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Independent Sector (IS) Board of Directors is pleased to announce Dr. Akilah Watkins a national expert on equity, policy, and community development as the next president and CEO of the Washington, DC-based membership organization.

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  • Washington, Sept. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Independent Sector (IS) Board of Directors is pleased to announce Dr. Akilah Watkins a national expert on equity, policy, and community development as the next president and CEO of the Washington, DC-based membership organization.
  • On behalf of the Board of Directors, we extend a warm welcome to Dr. Watkins, said IS Board Chair Fred Blackwell, president and CEO of the San Francisco Foundation.
  • I am deeply honored to become the leader of an organization that catalyzes social mission-focused organizations to advance the common good, said Dr. Watkins.
  • Dr. Watkins understands the history and potential of Independent Sector, said Reedy, IS Board treasurer and president of the Bush Foundation.

HOUSING CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Housing California enthusiastically announces the selection of champion and visionary, Chione Lucina Muoz Flegal, as the organization's next Executive Director.

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  • SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Housing California enthusiastically announces the selection of champion and visionary, Chione Lucina Muoz Flegal, as the organization's next Executive Director.
  • Most recently, as a Managing Director at PolicyLink, she led a portfolio of initiatives focused on water, climate, housing, transportation, and equitable fiscal policy in California and beyond.
  • Housing California has wisely placed a transformational-servant leader at the helm, and the housing justice movement is cheering."
  • We look forward to her stewardship and leadership as Housing California advocates for solutions to our housing crisis."

Juno Appoints Chief Product Officer and Chief Business Officer to Join Leadership Team

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Thursday, August 4, 2022
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The company has appointed Tim Twerdahl to serve as its first Chief Product Officer and Menka Sethi to serve as its first Chief Business Officer.

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  • The company has appointed Tim Twerdahl to serve as its first Chief Product Officer and Menka Sethi to serve as its first Chief Business Officer.
  • At Amazon, Tim led the Fire TV business, expanding the product line and launching Fire TV Stick, which became the best-selling product on Amazon during his tenure.
  • We are delighted to welcome Tim and Menka to the Juno team at this important period of growth for the company, says Jonathan Scherr, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Juno.
  • As Chief Business Officer, Menka will be focused on Junos go-to-market strategies, leading the policy and partnerships work that will drive Junos business as it scales across the country.

Fontas Advisors Accelerates Growth with Opening of New Office in Sacramento, California

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Thursday, March 24, 2022
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fontas Advisors, a leading boutique government affairs consultancy, today announced the opening of a new office in Sacramento, California. The Sacramento office builds upon the firm's existing presence in New York and New Jersey and strategically positions Fontas Advisors to serve clients across California to meet the growing demand for its innovative government affairs capabilities.

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  • "We are thrilled to extend our footprint to California as a critical next step in our growth strategy, allowing us to offer clients a bi-coastal approach," said George Fontas, Founder and CEO of Fontas Advisors.
  • With the opening of the new office, Tom Gray, a seasoned political affairs strategist with extensive experience across the California and New York markets, has joined the firm as Managing Director and Head of California.
  • "For Fontas Advisors, launching our California practice is an important step towards serving our clients in a Post-Covid global economy," said Tom Gray, Managing Director.
  • Read " Five Questions with Tom Gray " to learn more about Gray's perspectives on state and local government affairs and Fontas Advisors' expansion to California.

Pandemic ‘Return to Normal’ Will Exacerbate Income and Economic Disparities Across the Bay Area

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Thursday, March 17, 2022
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“The biggest surprise in this data was how earned income has grown by nearly 70% for very high-wage workers in the last 30 years and shrunk by 9% for very low-wage workers,” said Rob Hope, Director of ReWork the Bay. “This tells such a clear and compelling story of who has benefited from the wealth generated by the Bay Area's booming economy--and makes a case for why a return to normal in the Bay Area is the last thing our workers need.”

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  • ReWork the Bay's cross-sector Equity at Work Council partnered with the National Equity Atlas to tell a more nuanced story about how workers are faring in the Bay Area.
  • The result was The State of Bay Area Workers, a first-of-its-kind data tool that offers a well-rounded picture of disparities in work and workers for each Bay Area county and the region as a whole.
  • Finally, it shows that we cannot ignore the interconnectedness of issues like housing and health care with income and other work-related disparities.
  • Users of the data tool can examine key indicators across the Bay Area and drill down to each of the nine counties represented.

Capital Impact Partners Expands Equitable Development Initiative to Increase the Development Capacity of Developers of Color Across the San Francisco Bay Area

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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This initiative is modeled after the successful program that Capital Impact launched in Detroit in 2018, and expanded into the Washington Metro area in 2019.

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  • This initiative is modeled after the successful program that Capital Impact launched in Detroit in 2018, and expanded into the Washington Metro area in 2019.
  • As we are doing in Detroit and the Washington Metro area, our EDI program will begin to build a more equitable real estate development ecosystem here in the Bay Area."
  • A market analysis of the Bay Area region conducted by Capital Impact Partners further underscored the need for this program.
  • Headquartered in Arlington, VA, Capital Impact Partners operates nationally, with local offices in Austin, TX, Detroit, MI, New York, NY, and Oakland, CA.