Participants with the SDLA have used the skills, relationships, and opportunities they have received to advance their own careers and a progressive agenda. Below are some compelling examples of the SDLA network in action:

2018

Elections & Appointments

Honors & Recognition

• Malieka Johnson (2016) was inducted into the Pierre Fauchard Academy.
  
  
• Johanna Schiavoni (Former Co-President) was honored with the Community Service Award by the Lawyers Club of San Diego.
  
  
• Mehry Mohseni (2016) was honored with C. Hugh Friedman New Lawyer Award by the Lawyers Club of San Diego.
  
  
• Malieka Johnson (2016) was named one of the 2018 Incisal Edge Magazine “40 Under 40” by Benco Dental.
  
  
• Nathanel Fairman (2016) was honored as the recipient of the Cesar E. Chavez Commemoration Committee’s Larry Itilong Community Bridge Award.

Career Advancements

• Ansermio Jake Estrada (2017) was hired as the Communications Manager for San Diego City Councilmember Chris Ward.
  
  
• Ashley Rodriguez (2016) was hired as the donor engagement manager for Inewsource.

Speaking, Publications & Press

• Matt Strabone  (SDLA board member) published the following opinion piece: What Democrats Can Learn From the Primary Results (VOSD)
  
  
• Sean Elo (2015) appeared on Politically Speaking discussing the impact community colleges have in our region.
  
  
• Malieka Johnson (2016) featured at TheDaileyFloss.com for being named one of the 2018 Incisal Edge Magazine “40 Under 40” by Benco Dental. 

2017

Elections & Appointments

• Vivian Moreno (2010) declared her candidacy for San Diego City Council District 8 for the 2018 election cycle.

• Geneviéve L. Jones-Wright (2017) declared her candidacy for District Attorney of San Diego County.

• Tyler Hewes (2010) was appointed to San Diego's Commission for Arts and Culture after receiving a nomination from Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer.

• James Halliday (2016) was appointed to the City of San Diego's Citizens Advisory Board on Police Community Relations.

• Matt Strabone (SDLA Board Member) was selected to join the Pacific Council on International Policy.

• Rafael Hurtado (2017) was elected to the MANA de San Diego Board.

• Vivian Moreno (2010) was elected to the Board of Directors for the Borderview YMCA.

• Zaheen Chowdhury (2017) was elected to the Sherman Heights Community Center board.

• Matt Yagyagan (2014) was elected President and Mark Leo (2013) was elected Vice President of the AAPI Democratic Club San Diego.

• Timothy Caudill (2015) was elected President for the Veterans Democratic Club of San Diego County.

• Emily Howe (2017) was selected to serve as Co-Chair of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's Asian American Adoptee Network.

• James Halliday (2016), Wilda Wong (2016) and Greg Scanlon (SDLA board member) joined the inewsource associate board.

• Wilda Wong (2016) was elected to the Friends of Balboa Park Board of Directors.

Honors & Recognition

• Vivian Moreno (2010) was awarded the Chair’s Award from the San Diego County Democratic Party at the 37th Annual Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt Dinner.

• Josh Coyne (2017) received the 2017 Spirit of Stonewall Community Service Award from San Diego LGBT Pride.

• Geneviéve L. Jones-Wright (2017) was recognized as a Woman Leader in the Seventy-Ninth District in the field of Government from the California State Assembly by Assemblymember, Dr. Shirley N. Weber.

• Rafael Hurtado (2017) received the "Outstanding Service by a New Lawyer" award from the San Diego Bar Association.

• Tammy Lin (2012) received the "A Different Kind of Lawyer" award from the Notre Dame Club of San Diego in recognition for her work in immigration in the nonprofit and private sector. 

• Barb Moreno (2013) and her team received the PR News' 2017 Nonprofit Award for Best Blog in recognition of the San Diego Convention Center's blog "The Convention Center Connection."

• Barb Moreno (2013) was honored at the YWCA of San Diego County's In the Company of Women luncheon.

• Emily Howe (2017) was invited to join the Honorable William B. Enright Inn of Court.

Career Advancements

• Roberto Alcantar (2012) was hired as the Senior Policy Strategist on Immigrant Rights for the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties.

• Jessica Kort (2012) was hired as the Philanthropy Manager of the Leichtag Foundation.

• Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) was hired as Interim Executive Director of Circulate San Diego.

• Carolina Martinez (2013) was promoted to the Associate Director for Policy at the Environmental Health Coalition.

• Maya Rosas (2017) was hired as Advocacy Manager of Circulate San Diego.

• Cassie Purdy (2015) was hired as an organizer at ACLU.

• Timothy Caudill (2015) was hired as a workplace organizer for SEIU Local 221.

• Sandy Naranjo (2013) was hired as the Policy Advocate at the Environmental Health Coalition.

• Katherine Altobello-Czescik (2017) was hired as the Assistant Environmental Specialist with the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.

• Sarah Borger (2015) was hired as the Program Director for the Sexual Violence Center.

• Sandy Naranjo (2013), Luis Osuna (2014), and James Halliday (2016) were selected to participate in the Center for Policy Initiatives’ Boards & Commissions Leadership Institute.

• Sandy Naranjo (2013) was recognized by Voice of San Diego as "Voice of the Year"

 Speaking, Publications & Press

• Samantha Ollinger (2014) was interviewed in StreetsBlog about bike advocacy.

• Sarah Borger (2015) presented on collaborative initiatives for addressing sexual violence on college campuses at the NASPA Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Conference.

• Gerrlyn Gacao (2015) represented the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties at the San Diego State University forum "Know Your Reps, Know Your Rights."
  
  
• Matt Strabone (SDLA board member) was featured in the Times of San Diego and Voice of San Diego.

• Geneviéve L. Jones-Wright (2017) moderated a panel called "Mass Incarceration Machine" for the San Diego Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society and the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association.

• Tammy Lin (2012) was interviewed on NBC 7 San Diego and for articles in Business Insider and KPBS News, providing insight on immigration law.

• Maya Rosas (2017) appeared on NBC 7 San Diego’s Politically Speaking.

• Gary Rotto (SDLA Board Member) was a guest on KPBS for their story “Price Says Affordability, Access Key to Health Care Reform.”

• Matt Strabone (SDLA Board Member) was interviewed on KCBQ's Military Mondays and NBC 7 San Diego Politically Speaking regarding U.S.-China relations, the importance of civic engagement, and dark money.

• Erin Hogeboom (2015) wrote a guest post for Forbes: "Encouraging Today's Hidden Figures in STEM."

• James Halliday (2016) was featured in the KPBS story "App To Make Your City A Classroom Launches In San Diego."

• Sean Elo (2015) was quoted in the KPBS story "Voting Time Again for City Heights Residents."
  
  
• Kimberly Simms (2013) was quoted in the San Diego CityBeat story "Breaking the grass ceiling."
  
  
• Tammy Lin (2012) was featured in the KPBS video "Asylum 101: Different Pathways Asylum-Seekers, Refugees Take to Reach the US."
  
  
• Matt Strabone (SDLA board member) was featured in the Times of San Diego story "Candidate for County Assessor in 2018 Claims Fundraising Record."
  
  
• Geneviéve Jones-Wright (2017) was featured in the The San Diego Union-Tribune and Voice of San Diego.

• Lucia Napolez (2016) was featured on KPBS for two separate LGBTQ shorts: First Person: My Coming Out Journey and KPBS SD LGBTQ Bar History.

2016

Elections & Appointments

• Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) was elected to La Mesa City Council.

• Roberto Alcantar  (2012) was elected to the Southwestern College Governing Board.

• Vivian Moreno (2010) was elected to the Central Committee of the San Diego County Democratic Party.

• Chevelle Newell-Tate (2015) was elected 79th Assembly District Delegate and appointed Secretary of the Martin Luther King Jr. Democratic Club.

• Nate Fairman (2016) became the business manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 465.

• Matt Strabone (SDLA Board Member) was appointed to the City of San Diego Parking Advisory Board.

• James Halliday (2016) became the chair of the San Diego Chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy steering committee.

• Chevelle Newell-Tate (2015) was appointed Secretary of the Martin Luther King Jr. Democratic Club.

• Timothy Caudill (2015) was elected as interim president for the Veterans Democratic Club of San Diego County.

• Marco Briones (2014) managed a successful campaign for Mara Elliott for San Diego City Attorney.

• Hilary Nemchik (2015) managed a successful campaign for Barbara Bry for City Council.

Honors & Recognition

• Rebekah Hook-Held (2013) was honored by Councilmember Todd Gloria for her work in Council District Three.

• Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) was named to the San Diego Transcript’s 40 Under 40.

• Vivian Moreno (2010) was a finalist for San Diego Magazine’s Woman of the Year and was awarded the President’s Award from MANA de San Diego.

• Sarah Borger (2015) was nominated as a “Woman of Impact” at the University of San Diego.

Career Advancements

• Trinh Le (2012) was promoted to Leadership Development Director at The Center on Policy Initiatives. 

• Dave Beza (2015) promoted to Award Analyst at the University of California Berkeley, Contracts & Grants Accounting.

• Chevelle Newell-Tate (2015) was hired as Field Representative, Office of Senator Toni G. Atkins at California State Senate.

• Kristen Aster (2015) was hired as Policy and Advocacy Officer for the International Rescue Committee.

• Davin Widgerow  (2015) was hired as Deputy City Attorney for the City of San Diego.

• Keiara Auzenne (2015) was hired as diversity coordinator for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Speaking, Publications & Press

• Efrem Bycer (2012) moderated a panel for BoardNEXT; panelists included Ashley Rodriguez (2016), Luis Osuna (2014), and Rebecca Kanter (2011).

• Khalisa Bolling (2016) represented the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition at Circulate San Diego’s Future of Transportation Forum.

• Dr. Jennifer Gunsaullus (2014), Samantha Ollinger (2014) and Crystal Gail Page (2014) were featured speakers for The New Narrative Presents: COMMUNICATION.

• Luis Osuna (2014) was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN and published in the Washington Post regarding Trump’s racial criticism of a lawsuit judge.

• Matt Strabone (SDLA Board Member) appeared on NBC 7 San Diego's Politically Speaking to discuss illicit foreign involvement in U.S. elections and was interviewed on KPBS's Midday Edition regarding the need for campaign finance reform.

• Monique G. López (2015) and her work on transportation justice were featured in The San Diego Union Tribune.

• Kimberly Simms (2013) was featured in a KPBS Midday Edition broadcast on empowering women in the cannabis industry and was quoted in a NBC 7 San Diego story on Prop 64 and Measure N.

• Stephen Heverly (2011) published the 2016 Equinox Project Dashboard.

• Matt Strabone (SDLA Board Member) published the following opinion pieces: “Trump’s Boardroom Diplomacy,” (U.S. News & World Report), "Is Duterte Playing Hard to Get?" (The Diplomat), and "A Putin Super PAC?" (The Hill).

• Cody Hooven (2013) was quoted in The Boston Globe in a story about San Diego’s renewable energy serving as a model for other cities in the world.

• Rebekah Hook-Held (2013) was quoted in a KPBS story on LGBT Youth Homelessness Risks.

• Kayla Race (2013) was quoted in a story on clean energy in La Mesa in East County Magazine.

• Alicia Nichols (2015) was quoted in the article “5 Things Young Women Workers Want to See Change” on Fusion.net.

• Matt Strabone (SDLA Board Member) was quoted in the inewsource story "Bond support raises ethics question for San Diego County school officials."

 

2015

Elections & Appointments

• Sarah Saez  (2014) declared her candidacy for San Diego City Council District 9 for the 2016 election cycle.

• Luis Osuna (2014) was elected as the San Diego La Raza Lawyers’ President.

• Elizabeth Taylor (2010) was elected as President of the Board of Directors at San Diego Coastkeeper.

• Davin Widgerow (2015) was appointed to the City of San Diego’s Community Forest Advisory Board after receiving a nomination by Councilmember David Alvarez.

• Matt Yagyagan (2014) became the new president of the AAPI Democratic Club San Diego.

• Hilary Nemchik (2015) was appointed as an Officer for Run Women Run.

Honors & Recognition

• Katherine Field (2010), Vivian Moreno (2010), Amanda Allen (2011), Roberto Alcantar  (2012), John Greenwell (2012), and Wyn Furman (2013) were awarded the San Diego Metropolitan Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Award.

• Vivian Moreno (2010), Stephen Heverly (2011), Roberto Alcantar (2012), Efrem Bycer (2012), Tammy Lin (2012), Rebekah Hook-Held (2013), Samantha Ollinger (2014), and Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) were profiled in Our City San Diego’s “Who’s Next” feature.

• Amanda Allen (2011), Tammy Lin (2012) and Kimberly Simms (2013) were named Top Young Attorneys by San Diego Daily Transcript.

• Midori Wong (2010) and Rebekah Hook-Held (2013) were selected as 2015 Women of the Year by Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins of the 78th Assembly District.

• Sarah Saez (2014) was selected as 2015 Women of the Year by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of the 80th Assembly District.

• Jessica Nare (2013) was the national recipient of the Bernice S. Tannenbaum Prize by the Hadassah Foundation in recognition of her leadership and work with the Jewish Family of San Diego’s Girls Give Back Program.

Career Advancements

• Dave Beza (2015) was promoted to Fund Manager at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Physical Lab.

Speaking, Publications & Press

• SDLA was featured in “Lefties remain optimistic, for now,” in San Diego CityBeat, with quotes from Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) and Sean Elo (2015).

• Elizabeth Newman (2010) spoke on advancing gender equality in the workplace at the IMPACTv Conference.

• Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) and John Greenwell (2012) were featured in both the San Diego Union-Tribune and the East County Californian for their roles on the leadership and steering committee for La Mesa Conversations, an organization that seeks to create civic dialogue and engage all residents in the city of La Mesa

• Katherine Field (2010) was quoted in The Atlantic in the article “A High School for the Homeless.”

• Brooke Tucker (2011) published “Why I Fear for My Brother--and Other Black Men Too” at ACLUMich.org.

• Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) was profiled by Indivisible and spoke on KPBS Evening Edition on Circulate San Diego’s Water-Infill Report.

• John Greenwell (2012) discussed the SDLA’s approach to leadership development and civic engagement in the East County Californian.

• Monique G. López  (2015) was featured in the Voice of San Diego for her work using tactical urbanism to help community members build a community park in the Logan Heights neighborhood of San Diego and spoke on KPBS Evening Edition about innovative community-supported solutions to improving transit in San Diego.

• Sean Elo (2015) was quoted in a San Diego Reader article on transit passes for students.

• Tammy Lin (2012) published a commentary for CNBC: “Syrian refugee vetting process IS tough enough.”

• Jennifer Seneor (2014) spoke to KPBS Midday Edition about food insecurity in the region.

• Kath Rogers (2011) was featured in San Diego CityBeat speaking on how to green San Diego’s energy grid.

• Johanna Schiavoni (2010) spoke with CW6 about Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy.

 

2014

Elections & Appointments

• Jessica Nare (2013) and Charles Gillig (2013) were appointed to the City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission.

• Ali Tarzi (2013) was appointed to the City-County Reinvestment Taskforce.

• Mark Leo (2013) and Roberto Alcantar (2012) were appointed to the City of San Diego International Affairs Board.

• Gena Tru­itt (2013) was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to serve on the Cal­i­for­nia Vet­er­ans Board.

• Jeff Graves (2014) was elected to the Board of Directors of the Lambda Archives.

Honors & Recognition

• Midori Wong (2010), Erin Francis (2010), and Sandy Naranjo (2013) were named Emerging Leaders by the San Diego Business Journal.

• Sarah Saez (2014), Samantha Ollinger (2014), and Crystal Gail Page (2014) were named “People Who Made San Diego a Better Place in 2014” by San Diego Free Press.

Career Advancements

• Vivian Moreno (2010) served as Volunteer Coordinator for Alvarez for Mayor.

• Stephen Heverly (2011) served as Communications Director for David Alvarez for Mayor.

• Rebekah Hook-Held (2013) was hired as the Director of Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at the San Diego LGBT Community Center.

Speaking, Publications & Press

• Sarah Saez (2014) spoke to Fox 5 San Diego about San Diego’s taxi policy.

• Amanda Allen (2011) contributed an opinion piece, “An Unexpected Casualty in San Diego’s Food Truck Crackdown: Craft Breweries,” to the Voice of San Diego.

• Samantha Ollinger (2014) was interviewed as a local VIP in San Diego CityBeat’s Drink Issue.

• Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) was on NBC 7’s “Politically Speaking.”

• Shane Yonston (SDLA Board Member) spoke with CNBC about socially responsible investing.

2013

Elections & Appointments

• Sarah Boot (2010) declared her candidacy for San Diego City Council District 2 for the 2014 election cycle.

• Consuelo Martinez (2012) declared her candidacy for Escondido City Council for the 2014 election cycle, in the City’s first Latino-majority district.

• Johanna Schiavoni (2010) was appointed to the City of San Diego’s Balboa Park Committee.

• Emily Wier (2014) was appointed to the City of San Diego’s Sustainable Energy Advisory Board.

• Doug White (2011) joined the trustee board of the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.

• Vivian Moreno (2010) was appointed to the board of MANA San Diego.

• Norma Rodriguez (2011) was appointed to the City of San Diego’s Commission for Arts and Culture.

• Matt Ellis (2011) was appointed to the City of San Diego’s Funds Commission in 2011 and then to the City of San Diego’s Sustainable Energy Advisory Committee.

• Tammy Lin (2012) was elected Chair of San Diego Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association for 2013-2014.

Honors & Recognition

• Sarah Boot (2010), Omar López (2011), Brittany Applestein Syz (2011) and Kimberly Simms (2013) were awarded the San Diego Metropolitan Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Award.

• Roberto Alcantar (2012), Efrem Bycer (2012),  Sadie Brinton (2013), Wyn Furman (2013), and Rebekah Hook-Held (2013) were named Finalists in the San Diego Business Journal “Emerging Generation: 25 In Their 20s” awards.

• Trinh Le (2011) was honored as the Organizer of the Year at RootsCamp, an annual conference hosted by the New Organizing Institute.

• Heather Laird (2011) named a Ruby Award Rising Leader by the San Diego Housing Federation.

Career Advancements

• Breanna Zwart (2010) was hired to work for Google’s public affairs team.

• Midori Wong (2010) was hired as a special assistant to San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Cindy Marten.

• Jessica Lawrence (2013) was hired by San Diego City Council President Todd Gloria as his budget consultant and adviser on homelessness issues.

• Johanna Schiavoni (2010) opened her own law firm specializing in appellate litigation.

• Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) was hired as the Director of Policy for the San Diego Housing Commission.

• Rhiannon Jones (2010) was hired as the Executive Director of Engage San Diego.

• Allison Don (2012) was hired as a District Representative for State Senator Marty Block.

• Katelyn Hailey (2012) was hired as a District Representative for State Senator Marty Block.

• Brittany Applestein Syz (2011) was hired as VP of Operations and General Counsel at Oberon Fuels, Inc., a clean energy start up.

Speaking, Publications & Press

• The Union Tribune profiled the SDLA.

• Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) was profiled on the cover of the Business Section for the Union Tribune.

• Johanna Schiavoni (2010) was interviewed on KPBS TV for Equal Pay Day.

• NBC San Diego interviewed Trinh Le (2011) and Roberto Alcantar (2012) for an episode of Politically Speaking with Marianne Kushi.

 

2012

Elections & Appointments

• Doug White (2011) joined the board of the San Diego LGBT Community Center.

• Aaron Friberg (2010) and Will Moore (SDLA Board Member) were appointed to the City of San Diego’s Consolidated Plan Advisory Board.

• Amy Denhart (SDLA Board Member) was appointed to the City of San Diego’s Board of Parks and Recreation.

• Johanna Schiavoni (2010) was elected president of the Lawyers Club, San Diego’s feminist bar association.

• Rebecca Kanter (2011) joined the board of San Diego Wildcoast and was later selected as their Board Chair.

• Jared Quient (2010) was appointed to the board of CleanTech San Diego.

• John Greenwell (2012) and Barb Moreno (2013) joined the leadership team of Gay for Good San Diego.

• Omar López (2011) was elected to the First Vice-Chair position on the Board of Directors of the Chicano Federation. Lopez was also elected to a three-year term as CCIME Advisor within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.  Subsequently, Omar was elected by CCIME Advisors as Alternate Chair of the Commission on Education.

Honors & Recognition

• Rhiannon Jones (2010), Will Moore (SDLA Board Member), and Rebecca Kanter (2011) were awarded the San Diego Metropolitan Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Award.

• San Diego’s Patch.com awarded “30 Under 30” honors to Norma Rodriguez (2011).

• Omar López (2011) was presented with an Urban Leader Under 40 Award by the Urban League of San Diego County.

• Brittany Applestein Syz (2011), Sarah Boot (2010) and Laura Sheppard (2010) were named Top Young Attorneys by San Diego Daily Transcript.

Career Advancements

• Roberto Alcantar (2012) was hired as Campaign Manager for Marty Block for State Senate, and subsequently as a District Representative for Senator Block.

• Consuelo Martinez (2012) was hired as an organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union of the San Diego and Imperial Counties.

• Katelyn Hailey (2012) was hired as a District Representative for State Senator Christine Kehoe.

• Stephen Heverly (2011) was hired as an Account Executive by JO Communications, a firm owned by his SLDA mentor Jamie Ortiz.

• Kath Rogers (2011) served as Program Manager for the Yes on Prop 35 ballot initiative to combat human trafficking.

Speaking, Publications & Press

• SDLA was featured with a San Diego CityBeat cover story: “The New Left.”

2011

Elections & Appointments

• Geshalem Perez (2011) and Amanda Allen (2011) joined the board of the San Diego Foundation for Change. Geshalem Perez was elected to serve as its board chair.

• Sarah Boot (2010) was elected president of the Lawyers Club, San Diego’s feminist bar association.

• Midori Wong (2010) served as the Chief of Staff for the City of San Diego’s Citizen’s Redistricting Commission

Honors & Recognition

• Johanna Schiavoni (2010) and Doug White (2011) were awarded the San Diego Metropolitan Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Award.

• San Diego’s Patch.com awarded “30 Under 30” honors to Kath Rogers (2011), Midori Wong (2010), Vanessa Cosio (2012) and Geshalem Perez (2011).

• Amanda Allen (2011) was named a Top Young Attorney by the San Diego Daily Transcript.

Career Advancements

• Katherine Field (2010) was promoted to District Director for Senator Dianne Feinstein for the San Diego and Imperial Counties region.

• Johanna Schiavoni (2010) joined the law firm of Jacobs Schlesinger & Sheppard LLP as a partner.

• Denise Serrano (2011) was hired as the Director of Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at the San Diego LGBT Community Center.

2010

Elections & Appointments

• Jason Everitt (2010) ran for Escondido City Council.

• Colin Parent (SDLA Co-Founder) was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to serve in his administration in Sacramento.

• Elizabeth Taylor (2010) and Jared Quient (2010) joined the board of the League of Conservation Voters San Diego.

Career Advancements

• Breanna Zwart (2010) was hired as a Special Assistant to US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

• Vivian Moreno (2010) was hired as a District Representative by San Diego City Councilmember David Alvarez.

The San Diego Lead­er­ship Alliance (SDLA) is a non­par­ti­san non­profit formed to develop San Diego's pro­gres­sive leadership. After a decade, the SDLA has graduated more than 200 progressives from its program who now carry our values into their respective leadership roles in the community across the public, private and nonprofit sectors. 

Our Mis­sion:

The mission of the San Diego Leadership Alliance is to develop the next generation of progressive leaders by providing the skills, relationships and opportunities to build a sustainable progressive infrastructure in the San Diego region.

Our Pro­gres­sive Values:

We believe soci­ety should work for every­one. 

We believe government and institutions can and should be a force for good.

We believe in ele­vat­ing every­one to a posi­tion of equal treat­ment, regard­less of class, race, eth­nic­ity, con­science, gender, sex­ual ori­entation, gen­der expres­sion, national ori­gin, abil­ity, or his­tory of disenfranchisement

We believe in advocating for accountability, actions, and change that manifests these values.

Our Work:

SDLA exists to build a net­work of pro­gres­sives with the skills and rela­tion­ships to pro­vide a focus on equity, equality and justice. SDLA is not just about devel­op­ing can­di­dates to run for pub­lic office. Polit­i­cal change includes elected offi­cials, but it also requires sup­port­ers from the busi­ness, non­prof­it, and other sectors. 

SDLA's bench­mark pro­gram is our lead­er­ship Insti­tute that runs January through June ever year. We bring together a diverse group of pro­gres­sive indi­vid­u­als and pro­vide them the tools needed to become lead­ers in San Diego. For more infor­ma­tion on the insti­tute please visit our pro­gram pages.

SDLA was for­merly affil­i­ated with the national non profit the New Lead­ers Council.

 

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Contact us

Maria Gpe. Bojorquez-Gomez & Ansermio Estrada
Co-Presidents, [email protected] 

Mailing address

EIN: 45-2812489

The SDLA posts profiles of our Fellows at the time they are admitted to the SDLA Institute. After graduation, many Fellows change jobs and advance in their careers, which is not reflected in these bios. Accomplishments of SDLA Institute Alum can be found here.

The SDLA posts profiles of our Fellows at the time they are admitted to the SDLA Institute. After graduation, many Fellows change jobs and advance in their careers, which is not reflected in these bios. Accomplishments of SDLA Institute Alum can be found here.