Ready on Day One
Mayor-Elect Barbara Lee’s Transition Team reflects the full breadth of Oakland — bringing together leaders from labor, business, housing, public safety, education, youth advocacy, ethics, and community organizing. Together, they are laying the groundwork to deliver on the Mayor-Elect’s first 100-Day Plan and long-term vision for a city that works for all of us. Members of the Transition Committee will also be responsible for convening Working Groups focused on key issue areas.
Transition Co-Chairs
Executive-Secretary Treasurer,
Alameda Labor Council AFL-CIO
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Keith Brown
President/CEO, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
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Barbara Leslie
Transition Committee
Oakland Homeowner & Scientist
Michael Barnett
CEO, San Francisco Foundation
Fred Blackwell
Fmr. Alameda County Supervisor
Hon. Keith Carson
Owner, Kinfolx
Creighton Davis
Philanthropist, Akonadi Foundation
Quinn Delaney
Chief Strategy Officer,
Alameda Health System
Jeanette Dong
Fmr. President, LOWV of Oakland
Viola Gonzales
Exec. Member, Oakland NAACP
Robert L. Harris, Esq.
Entrepreneur, Kapor Center
Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D.
President & CEO, Ascendiun
Paul Markovich
Regional President, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Carrie Owen Plietz
Student Director, OUSD Board
Maximus Simmons
Co-Chair, Block by Block
Organizing Network
Sheryl Walton
Transition Advisors
Transition Director
Fmr. Oakland Port Director
Danny Wan, Esq.
Transition Senior Advisor
Fmr. Oakland City Attorney
Barbara J. Parker, Esq.
Transition Advisor
Budget/Finance Specialist
Ben Rosenfield
In addition to the Transition Committee, the following Working Groups will be convened:
Arts/Culture Working Group
Good Governance Working Group
Homelessness/Housing Working Group
Interfaith Advisory Council
Jobs/Economic Development Working Group
Labor Working Group
Large Employer Working Group
Public-Private Partnerships Working Group
Public Safety Working Group
Small Business Working Group
Tech Working Group
Youth Advisory Council
*Titles for Identification Purposes Only
**All Transition Committee co-chairs, members, and advisors are volunteering their time in service to the Oakland community.