Stakeholders and Team
Leadership
The Community Collaboration for Children’s Success initiative is a multi-agency effort to address inequities for youth. Leadership for this project comes from:
- San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, Dave Pine, Carole Groom, Don Horsley, Warren Slocum and David Canepa;
- County Manager, John Maltbie and the County Manager’s Office;
- Health System Chief, Louise Rogers;
- Human Services Agency;
- Probation Department Chief, John Keene; and
- County Office of Education Superintendent of Schools, Anne E. Campbell
Countywide Steering Committee
The Countywide Steering Committee convenes stakeholders from relevant agencies, CBOs and County Boards and Commissions. Steering Committee members include representatives from:
County Agencies and Entities
- San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, Juvenile Unit
- San Mateo County Health System (Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, Family Health, Health Policy and Planning, Office of Diversity and Equity)
- San Mateo County Housing Department
- San Mateo County Human Resources
- San Mateo County Human Services Agency (Children and Family Services, Employment Services)
- San Mateo County Juvenile Court
- San Mateo County Juvenile Probation Department
- San Mateo County Library
- San Mateo County Office of Education
- San Mateo County Parks Department
- San Mateo County Private Defender Program, Juvenile Division
Boards and Commissions
- Arts Commission
- Child Abuse Prevention Council
- First 5 San Mateo County
- Foster Youth Advisory Board
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission
- Youth Commission
Community Based Organizations and Foundations
- Faith in Action
- Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
- Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Youth Leadership Institute
Project Team
The Health System’s Health Policy and Planning team manages the CCCS effort. Raimi + Associates is the consultant team leading the community planning effort with policy assistance from ChangeLab Solutions and evaluation provided by San Francisco State University’s Health Equity Institute.
Maeve Johnston (HPP)
Maeve manages the Community
Collaboration for Children’s Success initiative. Using
place-based community planning with young people and their
families, she works with community members to identify assets and
opportunities to create positive outcomes for youth. Maeve brings
experience in local policy and multi-sector collaboration. She
holds a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA.
Shireen Malekafzali (HPP)
Shireen manages the Health Policy and
Planning Program with a focus on achieving healthy, equitable
places where all San Mateo County residents have the opportunity
to lead healthy, prosperous lives. She brings over 15 years of
experience advancing health and equity through multi-field
partnerships, community leadership, policy advocacy, grant-making
and research.
Kym Dorman, MPH (R+A)
Kym has been conducting applied research
and leading complex cross-sector initiatives for nearly 2
decades. She is highly skilled in a wide range of qualitative and
quantitative research methods, and has considerable experience
using research to work with communities to make data-informed
decisions for their future. Kym has led many assessment,
evaluation, and planning projects for nonprofits, government
agencies, collaboratives, and foundations across the state and
nation, and has recently completed the county-wide Children’s
Health Assessment for the Santa Clara County Department of Public
Health. She is currently working with the County of Marin’s
Health and Human Services Department to develop its
equity-focused strategic plan, as well as supporting Monterey
County to develop an action plan to achieve their strategic goals
and objectives. Kym earned a Master’s degree in Public Health
from San Francisco State University and is fluent in Spanish.
Paige Kruza, MPH (R+A)
Paige is an applied researcher at Raimi
+ Associates with extensive experience applying a “Health and
Equity in All Policies” framework to state and local policies and
programs and developing action plans that meaningfully integrate
data and community priorities. For more than 15 years, Paige has
worked with community-based organizations and health
departments in California and Massachusetts that support
community-driven work to achieve racial, economic, and gender
justice. Paige earned a Master’s degree in Public Health from the
University of California-Berkeley and a BA in Gender & Ethnic
Studies.
Omowale Satterwhite, Ph.D.
Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite, Ph.D., is
the President of Leadership Incorporated. During his
career, he has provided technical assistance to more than 1,200
organizations in over 100 cities and 40 states. In
addition, he has trained and supported thousands of nonprofit
board members and staff; trained over 500 consultants and
organizational/community leaders; and assisted a dozen
foundations with implementing community building initiatives in
neighborhoods around the country. He is widely known as one
of the leading voices for transformational capacity building in
communities of color.
Shauneequa Owusu, MS (ChangeLab)
Shauneequa Owusu is senior vice
president of innovation & impact at ChangeLab Solutions, where
she works at the intersection of community development and
health. She leads a multidisciplinary team that supports
localities and organizations across the country and helps them
create healthier communities. Previously, Shauneequa worked for
the New York Academy of Medicine, where she served as Director of
Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement. In this
capacity, she led community development and participatory
planning initiatives and oversaw government relations. In
addition, Shauneequa worked for Seedco, a national community
economic development corporation, where she focused on advocating
for support for small businesses, workers, and families.
Shauneequa also served as a legislative policy analyst for the
New York City Council, where she co-led the development of
large-scale policy and legislative initiatives. She holds an MS
in urban affairs from Hunter College of the City University of
New York and a BA in international relations from Roanoke
College.
Maya Hazarika Watts, JD (ChangeLab)
As a senior staff attorney at ChangeLab
Solutions, Maya works on law and policy at the intersection of
tobacco control, health equity, and healthy, sustainable
communities. Prior to joining Changelab Solutions, Maya spent 9
years at Bay Area Legal Aid, serving low-income clients through
direct legal services and systemic advocacy. She represented
domestic violence survivors in the family law unit, and served
clients with CalWORKs, CalFresh, and General Assistance issues in
the economic justice unit. Maya started her legal career as a
staff attorney at Family Violence Law Center, providing legal
services to domestic violence survivors in crisis. Maya earned
her JD from UC Hastings, and her BA with honors from Rice
University.
Tina Yuen, MCP, MPH (ChangeLab)
As a senior planner at ChangeLab
Solutions, Tina Yuen primarily works on active transportation and
supporting cross-sector collaboration, and systems change aimed
at fostering healthy, sustainable, and just communities. Before
joining ChangeLab Solutions, she worked as a senior planner at a
private planning firm, as a senior program analyst at the
National Association of County and City Health Officials, and as
an environmental public health fellow at the US Environmental
Protection Agency. In these capacities, she has worked on a range
of topics and activities related to robust community engagement,
participatory research methods, assessment and data
visualization, environmental health and sustainability, equitable
inclusion in planning processes, and Health in All Policies. The
foci of much of her research efforts have been around inclusive
decision making, environmental justice, and community engagement
in scientific research. Tina earned her masters of public health
and city planning degrees from UC Berkeley.