Joe Yew is a Senior Consultant in Harris & Associates’ Municipal District Consulting group and has over 25 years of experience working in the public and private sectors. He has served as a municipal advisor to state, local, county, and special districts on a wide range of complex municipal debt financings.

His recent private sector experience includes serving as managing director for investment banking firms specializing in school district and state and local government finance. Joe also served the Finance Director for the City of Oakland as well as the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

He was also Assistant State Treasurer under the late former State Treasurer Matt Fong serving as the Executive Director for the Debt Limit Allocation Committee and served as an alternate board member for the Treasurer for CalPERS and CalSTRS.

Joe earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of California at Irvine and a MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.

During the Biden-Harris Administration, Linda served in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel (PPO) as the Special Assistant to the President on Economic Agencies Personnel. As a Commissioned Officer of the White House, she oversaw the appointments of political appointees who serve at economic-focused federal agencies. She also managed PPO’s engagement with Congress to address Member nomination and appointment priorities.

In addition, she served as Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) in which she helped oversee the Congresswoman's priorities as chairs of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and the Creative Rights Caucus, and as a member of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. She began her Capitol Hill career as a legislative staffer for former Congresswoman Jane Harman (CA-36).

Linda serves on the boards of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Foundation, Asian American Action Fund, Korean Americans for Organizing and the ReNew Democracy Foundation.

Linda was raised in Palm Desert, CA and completed her B.A. in Political Science at the University of California-San Diego. She received her J.D. and Certificate in Public Policy from the Catholic University of America.

Giles had a successful 15-year career at Comcast NBCUniversal. After more than 10 years leading the government and regulatory affairs office for Comcast’s California region, he finished his career at Comcast Corporate HQ External Affairs group working on Asian American Pacific Islander and Center Left strategies and program activations. Prior to Comcast he held numerous positions at the Chronicle Publishing Company in San Francisco, working on the mergers and acquisitions team, and eventually moved into the Chronicle’s cable television division. He ultimately assumed the role as Vice President of Government Affairs for Chronicle’s cable division. Johnnie held the position of Senior Vice President at Age Wave LLC, a venture capital/incubator firm from 1999 to 2001 and was the managing partner at Blacksquare, LLC, an Internet start-up from 2001 to 2003. Johnnie started his professional career as an executive at the San Francisco Chronicle Corporation during the company’s largest stage of growth and ultimately was asked to manage the close of the sale of its cable assets.

Johnnie served as an Executive Boardmember for the California Foundation for the Environment and Economy for more than 10 years and has been active within the Asian Pacific Islander community for nearly three decades. He has served on the executive board of the Center for Asian American Media. He was a founding member and served on the board of Asian Americans for Good Government. He is the founding board chairman for the California Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce, Board Chair for APIAVote, Board Advisor for Asian American Victory Fund, and has served on the board and advisory board of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles, Asian American Justice Center, OCA National, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies C4, Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship, and the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) President Circle.

Based in the Silicon Valley, Oportun is a financial technology company using advanced data analytics to serve individuals who other lenders consider ‘unscoreable,’ and has made 2 million loans totaling $5 billion through its national network of 265 locations.

Prior to joining Oportun in 2015, Ezra spent 13 years at the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, one of the nation’s largest energy utilities. There, he served in senior leadership roles in Government and Corporate Affairs, including Chief Sustainability Officer, Vice President of Community Relations, and Executive Director of the PG&E Corporation Foundation.

His experience also includes 2 years with top retailer Target Corporation, leading its local community relations efforts for the western United States.

Ezra holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. Besides serving on Latino Community Foundation’s board, he is also a trustee of the Leadership San Francisco and the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals.