Staff
Roxana Tynan
Roxana Tynan joined LAANE in 2001 and served as deputy director for six years until assuming the position of executive director in …read more.
Lauren Ahkiam
Lauren Ahkiam is a Research & Policy Analyst on the Don’t Waste LA campaign. She has a background in environmental justice, community …read more.
Frank Alvarez
Frank joined LAANE in November 2011 as the senior community organizer for the Construction Careers Project. Prior to joining LAANE, he was …read more.
Lia Andika
Lia joined LAANE in March 2010 as the Development Associate. Prior to joining LAANE, Lia did development and grant writing work at …read more.
Ashley Baker
Ashley joined LAANE in January 2010 as Development Associate and is passionate about raising private funds to advocate for a new and …read more.
Tim Bowler
Tim was born in Australia and raised on the finest lamb and vegemite that money could buy. In 1983 Tim made his …read more.
Nikole Cababa
Nikole joined LAANE in June 2010 as the community organizer for the Long Beach Hospitality Project. She was an integral part …read more.
Patricia Castellanos
Patricia Castellanos joined LAANE in 2006 as co-director of the Clean and Safe Ports Project and for the past two years has …read more.
Jackie Cornejo
Jackie is the Director of the Construction Careers Project. Born and raised in Los Angeles, her interest in social justice work sprung …read more.
James Elmendorf
James joined LAANE in 2003 as a senior policy analyst, focusing on new developments and specializing in the hospitality industry. He has …read more.
Danny Feingold
Danny has led LAANE's communications efforts for the past decade. He has attracted national media attention for numerous LAANE projects, including the …read more.
Amardeep Gill
Amardeep Gill is the Senior Community Organizer for LAANE’s Don’t Waste LA (DWLA) campaign, which is leading the leading the way to …read more.
Greg Good
Greg joined LAANE in 2007 and currently leads the Waste & Recycling Project. He previously served as LAANE’s director of campaign communications, …read more.
Jessica Goodheart
Jessica joined LAANE in 1997. Before assuming leadership of LAANE’s Energy Efficiency/Green Jobs Project, Jessica served as the organization’s Research Director, authoring …read more.
John Guevarra
John joined LAANE in 2011 as a research intern for the Don't Waste LA Project. In 2012, he joined the team as …read more.
Ed Gutierrez
Ed joined LAANE in 2012 as a senior researcher for the Hospitality team. He spent more than 10 years as a researcher …read more.
Madeline Janis
Madeline Janis is co-founder and national policy director of LAANE. Under her stewardship as executive director from 1993 to 2012, LAANE became …read more.
Laura Joseph
Laura joined LAANE in 1997, taking on responsibility for financial management, administration, personnel management and grant writing. Prior to joining LAANE, Laura …read more.
Kokayi Kwa Jitahidi
Kokayi joined LAANE in July 2010 as the senior community organizer for the Green Buildings, Good Jobs Project. Prior to his work …read more.
Stella T. Maloyan
Stella joined LAANE in 2002 and leads the organization’s private fundraising program. Her contributions to LAANE include the creation of the Advisory …read more.
Allison Mannos
Allison joined LAANE as a Communications Specialist on the Construction Careers and Grocery Retail Projects in Fall 2011. Allison is interested in …read more.
Aiha Nguyen
Aiha first joined LAANE as an intern while completing her master’ in urban planning at UCLA. After graduating, she returned to LAANE …read more.
Linda Nguyen-Perez
Linda Nguyen-Perez is a senior research/policy analyst with LAANE’s Jobs and Transportation for America Project, which promotes good American manufacturing jobs …read more.
Gina Palencar
Gina joined LAANE’s communications team in 2009, bringing over 16 years of experience in communications, research, writing, development and management work for …read more.
Daniel Paredes
Daniel joined LAANE as a Research and Policy Analyst on the Good Grocery Stores project in the fall of 2012. Born …read more.
Yvonne Pazos
Yvonne joined LAANE in February 2009 as a part-time office manager. Since then she has become a full-time staff member, serving as …read more.
Jeannine Pearce
Jeannine Pearce moved to Long Beach in 2006 from Houston, Texas. In 2009, she graduated from California State University, Long Beach …read more.
Vivian Rothstein
Vivian has been employed at LAANE since January 2003 after many years of working with LAANE as an ally. She has a …read more.
Chad Sells
Chad is a former US Air Force IT employee, where he learned that his technological abilities were a gift to be celebrated. …read more.
Nancy Smyth
Nancy joined LAANE in 2007 as the Staff Development Director. Her work is focused on leadership and organizational development through coaching, training …read more.
Cynthia Strathmann
Cynthia recently joined LAANE and its Green Buildings, Good Jobs project. Before coming to LAANE she worked on a variety of research …read more.
Ashley Thomas
Ashley joined LAANE in 2012 as the Research and Policy Analyst on the Construction Careers Project. Born in and raised in Los …read more.
Christopher Tucker
Chris is the information technology director at LAANE. Acting as a consultant to numerous movements and nonprofit organizations throughout the years, he …read more.
Yomara Valdez
Yomara came to LAANE in 2000 after serving in an office management capacity at Warner Bros. Studios. Beginning as office manager, she …read more.
Jon Zerolnick
Jon is most comfortable working with facts, theory and numbers, which is why he is a researcher. His focus at LAANE has …read more.
