Board of Advisors 2024-2025

Paloma Olmedo-Gonzalez, Co-Chair
Events Supervisor, University of Utah Health

Anni Tedder, Director, Co-Chair
Academic Advising, Salt Lake Community College

Jasmine Walton, Co-Chair
Westside Resident, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Service Analyst, American Express

Noni Acosta
Westside Resident and Community Advocate

Yesid Cifuentes
Manager of Intercompany and Regulation, American Express National Bank

Weston Clark
Director of Community Outreach, SLC Mayor’s Office

Adam Dastrup
President, Faculty Senate & Professor, Geosciences Department, Salt Lake Community College

Katie Donoviel
Executive Director, English Skills Learning Center

Nancy Drozdek
Co-founder, Breather 4 Trees, Westside Resident

Elizabeth Grant
Superintendent, Salt Lake City School District

Carolynn Hoskins, Ex-Officio,
Westside Resident

Emma E. Houston
AVP for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, University of Utah

Abdirizak Ibrahim
Founder, Somali Community Self-Management Agency

Karla Jimenez,
Westside Resident

BobbiJo Kanter,
Director, Lowell Bennion Community Engagement Center, University of Utah

Joyce Kim
Manager of Community Relations and Outreach, Healthy Choice Utah

Lulu Latu-Wolfgramm
Director of Empowered Living Services, PIK2AR

John Marfield
Executive Director of Admissions, University of Utah

Jennifer Newell
Senior Advisor for Education, SLC Mayor’s Office

Asha Parekh
Director, Victim Services Division, Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office

Michael Pekarkse
Assistant Director, Refugee Services, Workforce Services
Rosie Peralta
Westside Resident

Dina Perez
Westside Resident & Billing Specialist, Sacred Circle Healthcare

Gilberto Rejon Magana, Ex-Officio
Westside Resident & Founding Director, Hartland Community 4 Youth & Families

Emily Salisbury
Associate Professor & Director, Utah Criminal Justice Center, University of Utah

Kevellin Sanders
Associate Director of Outreach, Access and Community Engagement, Undergraduate Office of Admissions, University of Utah

Frankie Santos Lanaan
Dean & Professor, College of Education, University of Utah

Nancy Butler Songer
Associate Provost of STEM Education, University of Utah

Michelle Tago
Westside Resident & Associated Director of Academic Advising, Salt Lake Community College

Jennifer Thomas
Westside Resident & CEO, Community Health Centers, Inc.

Tim Tingey
Assistant Professor, Division of Public Affairs, College of Social and Behavioral University of Utah

Rebecca Tolentino
Associated Director of Student Leadership & Development, Bennion Center, University of Utah

Christine Tuifua
Westside Resident & Paraprofessional, Glendale Middle School

Sandy Woodard
Facility Manager, Northwest Community Center

Brooke Young
Librarian, Salt Lake City Public Library