September 28, 2026
Education Partnerships Meeting
Oakland Thrives
2 Our Vision
We envision Oakland’s children, families, and communities as the healthiest in the nation.
Convening Leadership
Oakland Thrives brings the city’s top
decision-makers across health, wealth,
education, safety, and housing to one table.
Driving Cross-Sector Impact
Cultivating and amplifying cross-sector,
Oakland-based work that changes the odds
for children and families.
Building equity that lasts generations.
Oakland Thrives Staff
Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, Chief Executive Officer
Rebecca Gebhart, Chief Financial Officer
Townes Bouchard-Dean, Chief of Staff
Dr. Melanie Moore, Senior Advisor
Dr. Jake Leos-Urbel, Sr. Director of Learning and Evaluation Tammy Lee, Director of Measurement, Evaluation, and Data Strategy Tony Parsons, Director of Public Policy and Finance
Tina Broder, Sr. Manager of Development and Communications Robin Sasada, Executive Assistant to the CEO
Oakland Thrives’ Role
● Data capacity
● Alignment
● Fiscal mapping
● Accountability &
evaluation
● Policy development
● Equity analysis
● Public-private
partnerships
4 Oakland Thrives’ Structure
Current Youth Ventures JPA Trustees
City of Oakland
● Mayor Barbara Lee
● Kevin Jenkins, City Council
President, District 6
● Rowena Brown, City
Councilmember At-Large
● Robin Love, Manager,
Human Services
● Dr. Holly Joshi, Chief,
Department of Violence
Prevention
Oakland Unified
School District
● Superintendent Dr. Denise
Saddler
● VanCedric Williams, OUSD
Director, District 3
● Mike Hutchison, OUSD
Director, District 4
● Patrice Berry, OUSD
Director, District 5
● Vacant Position
Alameda County
● Administrator Susan
Muranishi
● Lena Tam, Supervisor,
District 3
● Nikki Fortunato Bas,
Supervisor, District 5
● Aneeka Chaudhry, Director,
Health Care Services
Agency
● Andrea Ford, Director,
Social Services Agency
Alameda County
Office of Education
Superintendent Alysse Castro
First 5 Alameda
County
Kristin Spanos, CEO
Peralta Community
College District
Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson,
Chancellor
5 Current and Past Impact
Place-Based
Partnership: Rise East
● $100M in philanthropic
funding for 5-year
place-based partnership
in East Oakland
● In partnership with Black
Cultural Zone,
Brotherhood of Elders
Network, East Oakland
Youth Development
Center, and Roots
Community Health
● Entering Year 3 of Rise
East
Supporting Key
Community Needs
● Youth Mental Health
Workforce Pipelines:
landscape analyses,
grants programs,
workforce planning
● Food Security ecosystem:
$4.5M in grants
programs and technical
assistance
● Oakland Resilient
Families: guaranteed
income pilot that
provided 600 families
with $500/month for 18
months
Strengthening JPA
Capacity
● Data Insights Working
Group: sharing data
across public systems to
better inform work and
investments
● Fiscal Mapping: aligning
resources across
jurisdictions to secure
more funds for Oakland
● Land Use: early planning
to keep vacant public
land/property in the
public domain
6 Early Input from Stakeholder Conversations
7 Shared Alignment Table: There is a continued need to align partners around a common agenda and coordinate action across silos so that resources go further and results come faster.
Key Issue Areas Requiring Cross-Sector Partnership
Safe & Thriving
Communities
Build upon success of
DVP, MACRO, and
community partners,
with a specific focus on
teen safety.
Early Childhood for
All
Support Oakland
Children’s Initiative and
County Measure C to
realize full potential.
Workforce &
Economic Mobility
Prepare students for
changing economy
through regional
workforce approach,
building on-ramps to
high-demand fields.
Local Resilience &
Policy
Create shared
messaging, resources,
and rapid response for
residents in response to
HR 1’s impact on food
access, health care, and
immigrant rights.
Discussion + Feedback
8 What do you see as key community priorities that require cross-sector partnership?
How can Oakland Thrives support - and not duplicate - your efforts?
Who should we be engaging with that we currently aren’t?