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Lyz Luke

Executive Director - Living Jazz
Sponsor: 
Riza Hernandez
Inducted: 
May, 2023

Andrew Brown

Director of Leasing - Embarcadero Capital Partners
Sponsor: 
Keith Uriarte
Inducted: 
May, 2023

Hanna Malak

Regional Chief Executive Officer - American Red Cross
Sponsor: 
Keith Uriarte
Inducted: 
April, 2023

Rudy Besikof

President - PCCD/Laney College
Sponsor: 
Karen Friedman
Inducted: 
April, 2023

Roseann Torres

Attorney - CEO Torres Law Group
Sponsor: 
Keith Uriarte
Inducted: 
April, 2023

Marie Sescon

Senior Account Manager - FASTSIGNS Oakland
Sponsor: 
Shannon Hackley
Inducted: 
March, 2023

Anne Campbell-Washington

Senior Assistant Dean of Academic Programs - Goldman School of Public Policy
Sponsor: 
Keith Uriarte
Inducted: 
March, 2023

Jessica Arline

Associate Director Community and Govt. Relations - UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Sponsor: 
Kathy Dwyer
Inducted: 
March, 2023

Billy Dixon Jr

Pastor - Thy Word Christian Center
Sponsor: 
Keith Uriarte
Inducted: 
March, 2023

Patricia Wells

Executive Director - Oakland Housing Authority
Sponsor: 
Robert Kidd
Inducted: 
December, 2022

Marleen Sacks

Owner - Law Office of Marleen L. Sacks
Sponsor: 
David Stein
Inducted: 
December, 2022

Mary Hekl

CEO - Hively
Sponsor: 
Keith Uriarte
Inducted: 
November, 2022

Ramona Chang

Real Estate - Chang & Hardeman Real Esate
Sponsor: 
Mary Geong
Inducted: 
November, 2022

Jackson Stearns

General Manager - Oakland Spiders
Sponsor: 
Gary Flaxman
Inducted: 
October, 2022

Janani Ramachandran

Attorney
Sponsor: 
Renia Webb
Inducted: 
September, 2022

Nema Link

Director of Land Development - Becker Boards
Sponsor: 
Isaac Kos-Read
Inducted: 
September, 2022

Michelle Ingram

High Tech Recruiter - Retired
Sponsor: 
Kristine Watson
Inducted: 
August, 2022

Vivian Chen

Accounting & Tax - HCCPA, Inc.
Sponsor: 
Mary Geong
Inducted: 
August, 2022

Rachelle Karpeles

Corporate Regulatory Compliance Officer- National Beverage Corporation
Sponsor: 
Keith Uriarte
Inducted: 
August, 2022

Julianne Eng

Educator - Retired
Sponsor: 
Mary Geong
Inducted: 
July, 2022

Jake Schoneker

Executive Director - Youth Beat Media
Sponsor: 
C J Hirschfield
Inducted: 
July, 2022

Ricka White - Soso

Mental Health Therapist - FLW Living Well Services
Sponsor: 
Nancy Williams
Inducted: 
June, 2022

Mary Finch

Executive Director - Cantare Con Vivo
Sponsor: 
Merlin Edwards
Inducted: 
June, 2022

Bill Purcell

CEO - W. Purcell Commercial Property Services
Sponsor: 
John Protopappas
Inducted: 
May, 2022

Cynder Niemela

Executive Coach
Sponsor: 
Mark Miller
Inducted: 
May, 2022

Davey Warner

Executive Director - DYF (Diabetes, Youth, Family)
Sponsor: 
Nancy Williams
Inducted: 
May, 2022

Robert Kenney

Senior Vice President - PG&E
Sponsor: 
Sarah Chavez-Yoell
Inducted: 
April, 2022

Peter Pervere

Financial Executive - Retired
Sponsor: 
Ken Richardson
Inducted: 
April, 2022

Kevin Jenkins

Trustee - Peralta Community College District
Sponsor: 
Gary Flaxman
Inducted: 
March, 2022

Cathy Adams

President and CEO Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce
Sponsor: 
Dudley Thompson
Inducted: 
March, 2022