Oakland City Council
October 7, 2025

Janny Castillo A visionary leader and creative self-initiator Analytical and a systems thinker Committed to centering equity and justice in policy Strategic, organizational planner and coordination of people and resources Spanish speaking 2024 current: Director of Workforce and Operations Safe Organized Spaces Richmond www.sos-richmond.org Provides input to administration on strategic design for agency solvency and growth for an organization that provides employment opportunities and life enrichments services to unhoused community. Co-manage a diverse, bi-lingual workforce, most of whom are or have experienced homelessness using a successful Peer to Peer model to better serve the unhoused community. Mobile services include sites where unhoused neighbors have access to free showers, laundry and waste removal services. Design and manage the Workforce Development Program. Designing curriculum for a participant informed job readiness program with hands-on work experience. Managing resource specialized team members to offer unique services that address the unhoused communitys chronic and complicated barriers to employment. Human Resources Related, onboarding new hires, processing payroll, policy creation, training and implementation, team building and facilitating staff professional development. Co-manage the wellness center, a drop-in center where unhoused guests have access to respite, food and community resources like shelter, benefits, and employment. 2008 2024 Community Outreach and Services Director www.stmaryscenter.org Managed Community Senior Center with a membership of over 400 and a staff of 9 providing social, educational, cultural activities for extremely low income, housed and unhoused persons over 55 years of age. Administrator of the Food Program serving 250 meals a week to seniors with complicated mental and physical health needs. Managed the Emergency Food program during the COVID crisis, pivoted Center activities to serve hundreds of homebound and homeless community members. a technology program providing free equipment and senior-friendly lessons to digitally challenged older adults. Producer of small and large cultural activities and events for extremely low-income seniors which includes facilitation of sacred storytelling circles that foster radical belonging within diverse populations. 1990 - Current -Placement Manager Computer and Technology Resource Center www.ewastecollective.org Responsible for managing a computer donation program for multi-county e-waste recycler, averaging 500 computer systems a year donated to low-income families, U.S. non- profits, several serving impoverished communities in Africa and the Philippines. Other Experience Public Speaker and Social Justice Advocate Media Producer, Graphic Designer, Website Editor Seats Commissioner, Oakland Housing Authority Vice Chair, City of Oakland Homeless Commission Board Member, United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County Steering Committee Member, Homeless Advocacy Working Group Prior Appointment Training Mental Health First Aid Motivational Interviewing