La Cocina’s Board of Directors are community residents and business and civic leaders

Lindsay Hower, Board Chair
Deputy Director of Development & Director of Campaigns | The Nature Conservancy

Katie Colendich, Secretary
Head of Corporate, Employment + Equity, Legal | Asana, Inc.

Kim Alter
Chef + Owner | Nightbird and Linden Room

Ruth Bender
Director, Donor Advised Funds | Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma

Jamie Brown
Partner and General Counsel | Associate Capital 

Alina Hua
Principal at Legato | Privacy Associates

Dilsa Lugo
Chef + Owner | Los Cilantros
La Cocina Graduate

Rafael Morales
Senior Manager, Development, Policy and Impact | Self-Help

Nicole Nelson
Manager of Marketing and Communications | The Justice Collective

Huong Nguyen-Yap
Vice President of Equity and Justice | Northern California Grantmakers

Laura Sagues Barr
Senior Vice President | CBRE Group

Nubia Solomon
Group Marketing Manager | LinkedIn

Linda Xu
Chief Commercial Officer | Skipify

Miki Yamamoto
Senior Vice President and Head of Regulatory Affairs | ArriVent Biopharma 

Leena Paxinos
Vice President, Community Affairs Manager for U.S. Bank

Cristina Arantes
Former Chef + Owner | Kika’s Treats
La Cocina Graduate

Laura Ambroseno

Cristina Arantes

Alison Arth

Gwyneth Borden

Michelle Branch

Patricia Chang

Malea Chavez

Katie Colendich

Suzanne Cutts

Traci Des Jardins

Nancy Harris

Alec Hughes

Surina Khan

Joel Lacayo

Daniel Lee

Shelley Lindgren

Lawrence Louie

Michelle Magat

Amir Massih