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The New E.D. 360 program is a unique mentorship, training, and peer support model that will provide new Executive Director / CEO mentees with a facilitated dialogue designed to build participants’ operational and leadership capacity and gives participants the ability to seek peer support during Executive Director (ED) onboarding in a safe, nonjudgmental atmosphere.
Experienced ED mentors offer their knowledge and expertise in a 1:1 context to help the new ED learn and grow. Experienced EDs have committed to a relationship where mutual learning and support is expected. The program includes:
Affinity Group meetings—One year of facilitated, monthly new ED peer support and peer-learning Affinity Group meetings
Training—Get training on a range of relevant topics to strengthen your skillsets and gain a deeper understanding of the local nonprofit sector
Mentorship—The opportunity to be paired with experienced Executive Director mentors for free 1:1 coaching
Reverse Mentorship—Experienced EDs get new ideas and new energy from their relationship with a new ED
Jason Amezcua 20 years of experience in the field of Student Affairs at several colleges and universities. He currently serves as the Dean of Lincoln Law School of San Jose. He has also served at other non-profit organizations as both staff and board member. His experience includes leadership development, equity, and labor investigations, as well as executive management. Jason earned his J.D. from Saint Louis University, where he took evening courses while also working as a full-time administrator. He also holds a M.S. in Higher Education/Administration from the University of Central Missouri, and a B.A. in History from New Mexico State University. Educating and improving the lives of others is a passion that Dean Amezcua has had his entire life and is a strong advocate for service, equity, and social justice.
Bay Area born and raised, Vanessa Hatakeyama is the Executive Director of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj). A San Jose Japantown resident for over a decade, Vanessa is deeply rooted in the local community and has fostered collaborations with artists and arts, culture and history organizations to showcase and celebrate the vibrant creativity, abundant diversity, and rich cultures that thrive in the historic Japantown neighborhood. As committed to her work and community endeavors as she is, they all come second to her beautiful blended and extended family and her passion for the Hawaiian art of Hula.
Katie Joh is the CEO of Dependency Advocacy Center (DAC). Katie has been passionate about family defense since law school, and draws motivation from the power, resilience, and radical love demonstrated by the families DAC is privileged to serve. She began her legal career providing civil legal aid to people living in poverty, before joining DAC in 2019 as a staff attorney representing parents and youth in dependency court. In 2021, Katie launched and managed First Call for Families, DAC’s interdisciplinary prevention team, where she worked to keep families together and out of the formal child welfare system. Katie received her B.A. from Wellesley College, and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
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Ze got his first taste of community organizing in 2010. As a De Anza College student, he helped organize a 15,000-person march in San Francisco to advocate for adequate educational funding.
Prior to joining SVYCA, he built multi-sector coalitions in the 9 counties of the Bay Area to support a $20 billion affordable housing bond. Before that, he was the Director of Campaign Operations for a political strategy firm. He guided State Senate and Assembly, Countywide and City Council electoral campaigns to victory. He’s won 24 out of 26 campaigns because he values strategic partnerships, data and coalition building.
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Joy Murrieta is an accomplished executive director with extensive experience in, and dedication to, leadership within the nonprofit sector. Prior to joining Kids in Common as its Co-Executive Director, Joy served for 12 years as Co-Founder and Executive Director of "Main IDEA", a nonprofit youth enrichment organization in Worcester, Massachusetts. Joy and her spouse moved from Massachusetts to California in early 2024 to connect with family and experience life on the west coast. Beyond her nonprofit work, she enjoys dancing, longboarding, traveling, baking, gaming, singing and playing guitar, and being an active member of the Latinx and LGBTQIA+ communities!
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Jon Pedigo, a Bay Area native, has been active in civic and social justice work for over 35 years. Recently named Executive Director of PACT (People Acting in Community Together), he formerly served as Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement at Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, where he developed trauma-informed organizing methods for immigrants and low-income families. He is a 2012 Rockwood Fellow and a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Fr. Jon holds graduate degrees in music and theology and has been widely recognized for his advocacy on behalf of immigrants and marginalized communities.
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Jacob Yoder-Schrock is a multidisciplinary theater-maker with a passion for collaborative, community-based work and restorative justice practices. Prior to serving as Teatro Visión's Managing Director, he shepherded new programs and nurtured community partnerships as Community Engagement and Marketing Manager. Additionally, as a current co-director of More Más Marami Arts, an emerging artists' theater collective in San José, Jacob advances collaborative theater-making programs and directs new theater pieces. He earned a B.A. in Theater and Performance Studies from Yale University and worked as a program leader for South County Cal-SOAP, where he developed an elementary arts-based curriculum for social-emotional learning.
Nelson’s passionate about working alongside people and organizations who fight for justice. His understanding and love for the power a group of individuals have when they find a way to work effectively together is evident in his organizational development work with nonprofit organizations, teams, and leaders. In his 25+ years of work in organizational development, he has supported organizations in a wide range of issues that include performance management/staffing, coaching and communications, project management, organizational change, boards of directors, strategy, and leadership development. At the core of all his consulting, facilitation and training engagements is equity and justice.
Nelson is also a certified leadership coach through Leadership That Works and not only bring his coaching to individuals but also with teams. Before starting his own consulting firm in 2018, he spent 24 years at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and served in various roles including directing the public training program, leading consulting projects, and designing and leading leadership development initiatives. He co-designed and cofacilitated CompassPoint’s Fundraising Bright Spots Program. He also provided fundraising coaching for the program’s participants. Some of his recent clients include Surge Institute, Earthjustice, ABADÁ-Capoeira, SOMA Pilipinas, Grid Alternatives, Dolores Street Community Services, the Ford Foundation, and Changelab Solutions.
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