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Board of Directors
Bill Sokol – Counsel to the Board
Youth Radio's attorney, William Sokol, is a partner with Vanbourg, Weinberg,
Roger and Rosenfeld, the largest labor law firm west of the Mississippi. Sokol
reviews Youth Radio ’s financial statements on a quarterly basis &
chairs the personnel committee. He has thirty years experience as an attorney
for community non-profits and unions.
Teri Yeager – Chair, Capital Campaign
Since 1985, Teri Yeager has been a program officer in the western region of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, working across the foundation's four grantmaking areas of education, health, human services and culture. With offices in San Francisco and New York, the foundation has assets just under $1 billion and will award more than $30 million in grants nationally this year. Teri has more than twenty years' experience in the philanthropic sector, is an active volunteer with several organizations and has served on a variety of nonprofit boards.
Lori Kaplan – Treasurer, Executive, Finance and Personnel Committees
For over 20 years, Ms. Kaplan has headed the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC),
a full-service community center, non-profit organization based in Washington,
D.C. Kaplan is the winner of numerous awards including ‘Washingtonian
of the Year’ and The Casey Foundation Families Count Award. LAYC is a
7 million dollar organization including a Ben and Jerry’s Partnership
and a charter school.
Julie Jensen – Co-Chair, Finance Committee
Ms. Jensen and her late
husband founded The Chasdrew Fund, an operating foundation that provides pro
bono technical assistance to a wide range of charities that are associated with
disadvantaged youth.
Maria Martin – Co-Chair, Program Committee
Ms. Martin is the founder of Latino USA on National Public Radio, which is based
at the University of Texas in Austin. Latino USA is a program focusing on issues
affecting Latinos. She is also a Knight Fellow and a Fulbright Fellow.
Gary Rydstrom – Secretary, Executive and Capital Committees
After a long career as a sound designer at Skywalker Sound, Mr.
Rydstrom has moved to Emeryville, CA based Pixar Animation Studios,
where he is a director. He has won seven Academy Awards. His film
sound work includes "Saving Private Ryan," "Toy Story," "Titanic," and
"Finding Nemo."
Arnold Perkins – Chair, Executive, Nominating, and Capital Committees
Mr. Perkins has served as Director of the Alameda County Public Health Department
in Oakland, California since 1994. As Director he provides leadership and management
of the administrative, program and policy activities of the department, which
has a budget of $99 million and over 500 employees.
Colin Lacon – Program Committee
Mr. Lacon, President and CEO of Northern California Grantmakers, formerly served as a program officer at the Stuart Foundation where he led the Strengthening Communities to Support Families Program. From 1991 to 1998, he worked in a variety of leadership roles for the City of Oakland including Assistant Director in the Mayor's Office of Drugs and Crime, Assistant to the Mayor on Community and Economic Development, Co-Director of the Oakland Child, Health and Safety Initiative, and Director of the HUD-funded Hope VI project with the Oakland Housing Authority. He also serves as Board Chair of Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy (BABIP) and as Program Chair and Executive Board member of the statewide Foundation Consortium of California for Children and Families.
Mark Bauman
Mr. Bauman is vice president of missions media, National Geographic Mission Programs, for the National Geographic Society. In this role Mr Bauman serves as the creative force behind television, digital media and music projects. He conceived and launched the All Roads Film Project, a National Geographic initiative that provides a global platform for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture filmmakers, photographers and artists from around the world. Mr. Bauman has more than 20 years of award-winning experience and has been recognized with numerous broadcast and print journalism honors, including an Emmy and seven Cine Golden Eagles. Before coming to National Geographic, Mr. Bauman was based in Eastern Europe and Latin America for ABC News, where he ran Baghdad and Balkan coverage for extended periods of time.
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