Ah, September. Just saying the word brings to mind crisp fall weather, shorter days, and students heading back to school. In California’s legal aid community, September also means the start of OneJustice’s Executive Fellowship program! And we are so excited to introduce to you the 29 new Fellows who have been selected for the 2017-2018 cohort.
Now that they made it through the competitive application process, the Fellows will gather monthly from September 2017 through June 2018 – dipping their toes into a different nonprofit management topics each time. Fellows will explore personal leadership styles, communications, working effectively with a board of directors, innovation and change management, human resources, budgeting, revenue models, and more. Faculty for the Executive Fellowship Program is drawn from the business, broader nonprofit, and philanthropic communities with a focus on bringing new learning and best practices from other sectors into the legal aid sector.
As you can tell from the short video above, the Executive Fellowship program works to achieve transformative change on many levels – for the individual leaders participating, for their organizations, and for the whole of California’s civil legal aid system. Armed with the training they receive through the program, Fellows return to their organizations ready to take on challenges related to supervising staff, designing effective programs, and raising money. Alumni of the program – now numbering over 140 – tell us they gain confidence and a peer network of support they continue to rely on for years to come.
We are thrilled to introduce the 2017-2018 Executive Fellows! (Drum roll please……….) They are:
- Vanessa Barrington, Justice in Aging
- Denny Chan, Justice in Aging
- Laura Chiera, Legal Assistance to the Elderly
- Martina Cucullu Lim, Centro Legal de la Raza
- Shuray Ghorishi, Family Violence Appellate Project
- Lauren Giardina, Disability Rights California
- Shirley Gibson, Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
- Jennifer Haffner, Legal Services of Northern California
- Sara Hedgpeth-Harris, Central California Legal Services
- Angelica Jongco, Public Advocates
- Aarti Kohli, Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus
- Gladys La Torre, Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice
- Elissa Lasserre, New Beginnings Law Center
- Victor Leung, ACLU of Southern California
- Katrina Logan, Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
- Michael Magnaye, Legal Services for Children
- Neha Marathe, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
- Kate Marr, Legal Aid Society of Orange County
- Araceli Martínez-Olguín, Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
- Chris McConkey, OneJustice
- Patience Milrod, Central California Legal Services
- Stephanie Penrod, Family Violence Law Center
- Ann Rubinstein, Homeless Action Center
- Renée Schomp, OneJustice
- Naomi Schuldheisz, Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino
- Barbara Schultz, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
- Caron Smith, Neighborhood Legal Services – Los Angeles County
- Alysson Snow, Legal Aid Society of San Diego
- Michael White, Riverside Legal Aid
Questions about the Executive Fellowship program? Kim Irish, the Healthy Nonprofits Program Director would be delighted to chat! Please email her at kirish@one-justice.org.