Letter of Reappointment
December 17, 2024
Dear President Bas and members of the City Council:
Pursuant to City Charter Section 601, the Mayor has reappointed the following persons as members of the following board or commission, subject to City Council confirmation:
Children’s Fairyland Board
Nashwa Emam to the Children's Fairyland Board, to serve a four-year term that began on December 21, 2024 and will end on December 20, 2028, filling the seat previously held by herself.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
Mayor Sheng Thao
City of Oakland
Submit Date: Jan 29, 2020
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Education Associate Clinical Social Worker #28645 Pupil Personnel Services Credential #140199885 2014 Master of Social Work 2010 California State University East Bay Bachelor of Arts, with honors, Child Development. 2008 Mills College Minored in Psychology and Ethnic Studies. Conducted a quantitative study with 176 high school students in Oakland researching adolescent’s sexual behaviors and attitudes pre and post sex education.
Related Work Experience Intervention Counselor 2016-current Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA Position funded through LCAP grant to serve unduplicated students and provide Nashwa
Emam
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intervention counselor
Emam_resume_revised.pdf
Nashwa A Emam
case management services, therapeutic and academic support to a caseload of 75 at risk 9th grade students. Consult and coordinate with parents, teachers, Intervention Team, and other community service providers (i.e., CPS workers, social workers, school resource officer, and probation officers) to provide wrap around support to students’ academic and mental health needs. Participate in LCAP committee, and District wide Restorative Justice Meetings to provide necessary documentation and collaborate with middle school counseling staff. Case management and referrals to community partners (ie Berkley Mental Health, Planned Parenthood, the Department of Rehabilitation, etc..) as well as participate in IEP, 504, and Student Success Team meetings for both mainstream and special education students.
Integral part of the OCI (on campus intervention) team to provide therapeutic support for the entire school campus. Supervise MSW interns to increase capacity of restorative justice practices for the school. Adoption Coordinator and Open Adoption Counselor 2010-2016 Independent Adoption Center, Oakland, CA. Provide grief counseling, couples counseling, and case management for birthparents and adoptive parents. Extensive written assessments for adoptive parents of the risks associated with each adoption. Participate in twice a week counselor meetings to coordinate services with other fellow counselor’s. Research laws related to adoption in all the states to ensure adoptions finalize. Coordinating services with hospital staff, out of state agencies and attorneys. Manage and complete all legal documents for
successful adoption including completing relinquishments and waivers to terminate parental rights. Assist in-coming adoptive parents with homestudy and meeting community care licensing requirements. Complete home inspections. Conduct post placement visits and complete final court reports for adoption finalization. Conduct education and support groups for Adoptive parents. Youth Development Clinician for Parenting Teens 2010 Bay Area Youth Centers, Hayward CA Provide clinical care and case management to transition age foster youth and parenting teens. Work within multi-disciplinary team to provide community based mental health services. Assisted youth with mental health needs, emancipation planning, independent living skills, parenting, and vocational and educational support. Responsible for meeting medical billing requirements, completing intakes, discharge summaries, assessments and treatment plans. Developed interagency and community network relationships to improve community services and benefits for clients. Advocate on behalf of foster youth in court and work collectively with other service providers (i.e. county social workers, CASA worker, probation officer). Open Adoption Counselor & Birthmother Intake Intern 2009- 2010 Independent Adoption Center, Pleasant Hill CA Non profit national open adoption agency. Conduct initial and ongoing assessment of birthmothers seeking open adoption. Provide grief counseling, couples counseling, and case management for birthparents and adoptive parents. Extensive written assessments for adoptive parents of the risks associated with each adoption. Participate in twice a week counselors meeting to coordinate services with other fellow counselor’s. Research laws related to adoption in all the states to ensure adoptions finalize. Collaborate with other counselor to create a post placement service program for adoptive parents to be implemented nation-wide. Conduct cold call outreach to community partners. Manage and completed all legal documents for successful adoption (adopt 310, ICWA paperwork, consents and release forms, hospital plans. Etc...). School Social Work Intern 2008-2009 Emeryville Secondary School, Emeryville CA Provided individual and group counseling for high school and middle school students in a low-income urban setting. Consulted and coordinated with parents, school staff, and other service providers (i.e., CPS workers, social workers and probation officers) to create service and behavior modification plans. Facilitated Wellness Program team meetings with service providers and school pupil personnel staff members to improve communication and address concerns and help support staff. Provided case management and referrals to community partners (ie Planned Parenthood, the Department of Rehabilitation, etc..) as well as took part in Individualized Education Plan meetings and Student Success Team meetings for both mainstream and special education students. Provided training to staff on various topics such as working with Middle Eastern students and family engagement. Student Teacher 2006- 2007 Mills College Children’s School, Oakland CA Planned and implemented curriculum for kindergarten through fifth graders that incorporated the constructivist model of learning.
Supervised children and conducted daily group circles to discuss pertinent academic and
social challenges. Created curriculum for parents and other staff members to review:
curriculum highlights focused on war and peace and a peace quilt was made for classroom; and a memory curriculum, which we made a video for children to watch with their parents.
Skills Familiarity with colloquial Egyptian Arabic Certified Green Dot educator Experienced medical biller, treatment plan and assessment writer Proficiency with public speaking Experience doing cold call outreach in the community Proficient written and verbal assessment skills Experience working with urban, foster, and probation youth Extensive experience working with crisis pregnancies and grief counseling Seven years’ Nashwa A Emam
experience in the adoption field Ability to work within multi-disciplinary team Five years of experience working within school systems Board member for a local nonprofit:
Children’s Fairyland Community Service Mayoral appointed Board Member on Executive Board of Directors, Dec. 2007-present Children’s Fairyland, Oakland CA Oakland High Peer Health Educator 2000-2004 (Provided sex education for middle school students in partnership with Kaiser Permanente and Friday Night Live) Oakland High School, Oakland CA Please click the acknowledgement below.
Service on City of Oakland boards, commissions, and committees may require filings of the FPPC's Statements of Economic Interest (Form 700). Upon appointment and determination of filing status, I will comply with all filing obligations.
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Nashwa A Emam
Education
Associate Clinical Social Worker #28645
Pupil Personnel Services Credential #140199885 2014
Master of Social Work 2010 California State University East Bay
Bachelor of Arts, with honors, Child Development. 2008 Mills College
Minored in Psychology and Ethnic Studies. Conducted a quantitative study with 176 high school students in Oakland researching adolescent’s sexual behaviors and attitudes pre and post sex education.
Related Work Experience
Intervention Counselor 2016-current
Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA
Position funded through LCAP grant to serve unduplicated students and provide case management services, therapeutic and academic support to a caseload of 75 at risk 9th grade students. Consult and coordinate with parents, teachers, Intervention Team, and other community service providers (i.e., CPS workers, social workers, school resource officer, and probation officers) to provide wrap around support to students’ academic and mental health needs. Participate in LCAP committee, and District wide Restorative Justice Meetings to provide necessary documentation and collaborate with middle school counseling staff. Case management and referrals to community partners (ie Berkley Mental Health, Planned Parenthood, the Department of Rehabilitation, etc..) as well as participate in IEP, 504, and Student Success Team meetings for both mainstream and special education students. Integral part of the OCI (on campus intervention) team to provide therapeutic support for the entire school campus.
Supervise MSW interns to increase capacity of restorative justice practices for the school.
Adoption Coordinator and Open Adoption Counselor
2010-2016
Independent Adoption Center, Oakland, CA.
Provide grief counseling, couples counseling, and case management for birthparents and adoptive parents. Extensive written assessments for adoptive parents of the risks associated with each adoption.
Participate in twice a week counselor meetings to coordinate services with other fellow counselor’s.
Research laws related to adoption in all the states to ensure adoptions finalize. Coordinating services with hospital staff, out of state agencies and attorneys. Manage and complete all legal documents for
successful adoption including completing relinquishments and waivers to terminate parental rights.
Assist in-coming adoptive parents with homestudy and meeting community care licensing requirements.
Complete home inspections. Conduct post placement visits and complete final court reports for adoption finalization. Conduct education and support groups for Adoptive parents.
Youth Development Clinician for Parenting Teens 2010 Bay Area Youth Centers, Hayward CA
Provide clinical care and case management to transition age foster youth and parenting teens. Work within multi-disciplinary team to provide community based mental health services. Assisted youth with mental health needs, emancipation planning, independent living skills, parenting, and vocational and educational support. Responsible for meeting medical billing requirements, completing intakes, discharge summaries, assessments and treatment plans. Developed interagency and community network relationships to improve community services and benefits for clients. Advocate on behalf of foster youth in court and work collectively with other service providers (i.e. county social workers, CASA worker, probation officer).
Open Adoption Counselor & Birthmother Intake Intern 2009- 2010 Independent Adoption Center, Pleasant Hill CA
Non profit national open adoption agency. Conduct initial and ongoing assessment of birthmothers seeking open adoption. Provide grief counseling, couples counseling, and case management for birthparents and adoptive parents. Extensive written assessments for adoptive parents of the risks associated with each adoption. Participate in twice a week counselors meeting to coordinate services with other fellow counselor’s. Research laws related to adoption in all the states to ensure adoptions finalize. Collaborate with other counselor to create a post placement service program for adoptive parents to be implemented nation-wide. Conduct cold call outreach to community partners. Manage and completed all legal documents for successful adoption (adopt 310, ICWA paperwork, consents and release forms, hospital plans. Etc...).
School Social Work Intern 2008-2009 Emeryville Secondary School, Emeryville CA
Provided individual and group counseling for high school and middle school students in a low-income urban setting. Consulted and coordinated with parents, school staff, and other service providers (i.e., CPS workers, social workers and probation officers) to create service and behavior modification plans.
Facilitated Wellness Program team meetings with service providers and school pupil personnel staff members to improve communication and address concerns and help support staff. Provided case management and referrals to community partners (ie Planned Parenthood, the Department of Rehabilitation, etc..) as well as took part in Individualized Education Plan meetings and Student Success Team meetings for both mainstream and special education students. Provided training to staff on various topics such as working with Middle Eastern students and family engagement.
Student Teacher 2006-2007 Mills College Children’s School, Oakland CA
Planned and implemented curriculum for kindergarten through fifth graders that incorporated the constructivist model of learning. Supervised children and conducted daily group circles to discuss pertinent academic and social challenges. Created curriculum for parents and other staff members to review: curriculum highlights focused on war and peace and a peace quilt was made for classroom; and a memory curriculum, which we made a video for children to watch with their parents.
Skills
Familiarity with colloquial Egyptian Arabic
Certified Green Dot educator
Experienced medical biller, treatment plan and assessment writer Proficiency with public speaking
Experience doing cold call outreach in the community
Proficient written and verbal assessment skills
Experience working with urban, foster, and probation youth Extensive experience working with crisis pregnancies and grief counseling Seven years’ experience in the adoption field
Ability to work within multi-disciplinary team
Five years of experience working within school systems Board member for a local nonprofit: Children’s Fairyland
Community Service
Mayoral appointed Board Member on Executive Board of Directors, Dec. 2007-present Children’s Fairyland, Oakland CA
Oakland High Peer Health Educator 2000-2004
(Provided sex education for middle school students in partnership with Kaiser Permanente and Friday Night Live)
Oakland High School, Oakland CA
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY
MAYOR SHENG THAO
RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF NASHWA
EMAM AS A MEMBER OF THE CHILDREN’S FAIRYLAND BOARD
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 70531 C.M.S. authorizes the creation of the Children ’s Fairyland Board of Directors (the “Board”) and Resolution Nos. 79001 C.M.S. and 87723 C.M.S. amend the composition of the Board; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 87723 C.M.S. and the Bylaws of Children ’s Fairyland state that the Board consists of 15 members, 11 appointed by the Board and four appointed by the City of Oakland, three a ppointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council and one a City Administrator’s designee; and
WHEREAS, the current Bylaws of Oakland Children ’s Fairyland, Inc. provide that the board member “Directors” shall not serve more than two consecutive four -year terms, and individuals seeking reappointment after serving two consecutive terms may do so after a one-year period following the expiration of their previous term; and
WHEREAS, the Bylaws of Oakland Children ’s Fairyland, Inc. provide that the purpose of Children’s Fairyland, Inc. is to assist Children ’s Fairyland by providing funds and services, operate Children’s Fairyland, develop, cultivate and advocate greater public interest in Children’s Fairyland, and receive grants and donations on behalf of Children’s Fairyland; and
WHEREAS, the Board exercises the corporate powers and manages all activities and affairs of Children’s Fairyland, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Mayor Sheng Thao has reappointed Nashwa Emam to serve a four-year term, subject to confirmation by the City Council; now therefore be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby confirms the Mayor’s reappointment of Nashwa Emam to the Children ’s Fairyland Board, to serve a four -year term that began on December 21, 2024 and will end on December 20, 2028, filling the seat previously held by herself.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
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ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California