Serves as a Subcontract Administrator for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. He served as President of the Webster Neighborhood Council where he assisted in the rezoning of the community to reflect its single-family character in harmony with a light industrial business focus. Under his leadership, the most successful Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) in the City of San Diego was approved. He served on the City’s Committee on Government Efficiency and Fiscal Reform, and as Chair of the Encanto Neighborhoods Community Planning Group. He served on the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Economic Development Corporation, and is a founding Board member of Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek.

Is a landscape architect and urban designer and President of Estrada Land Planning for 38 years. The firm  provides land planning, landscape architecture, GIS, re-vegetation, visual analysis, and urban design services. Her projects have included the Balboa Park Master Plan, the Otay Ranch New Town Plan, the San Ysidro Mobility Study, the Rancho San Diego Specific Plan and the Downtown San Diego Streetscape Manual in addition to designing many parks throughout the region.  She has served on the San Diego Canyonlands Board, the County of San Diego Historic Site Board, the Cal Poly SLO School of Architecture Deans Advisory Board, the Cal Poly SLO Landscape Architecture Department Advisory Council,  the Balboa Park Committee, President of the Media Arts Center San Diego Board, the San Diego County Historic Site Board and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. She currently is Vice Chair of the California Arts Council, co-founder of the San Diego Green Infrastructure Consortium, and is on the executive committee of the San Diego Regional Design Advisory Council (RDAC). She also is musician and composes her own music as well as being the keyboardist in a Grateful Dead Tribute Band.

is a retired City of San Diego environmental management administrator who devoted over 30 years to public service. During her years as the Deputy Director of San Diego’s regional wastewater and recycled water system, she managed a $110 million dollar budget and the challenges of a dynamic system and team. Her Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry from San Diego State University was essential for her many City career years managing, training, and responding to hazardous waste management issues. Ms. Pryatel presently operates a residential garden design business. She is very passionate about Groundwork San Diego’s mission and donates a portion of her profits and time to support the organization’s efforts.

is a Water Resource Control Engineer at the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (San Diego Water Board), where she works primarily on projects to restore the lower Tijuana River and protect regional tribal beneficial uses of water. She serves as the San Diego Water Board tribal coordinator and contributed to the development of the State Water Resources Control Board Racial Equity Action Plan. She is an alumnus of San Diego State University (SDSU), where she has taught undergraduate and graduate environmental engineering courses as a part-time instructor. She participates regularly in SDSU’s Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Program and Aztec Mentorship Program. She is a member of the Water Solutions Network. 

is the principal of Urban West Development providing project development and construction management services for residential, office, industrial, retail and environmental projects. He served as Director of Project Development for the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation from 2006-2013, where he was responsible for project management of housing, retail, environmental and commercial projects totaling over $350 million. He has served as a Board Member of the -San Diego Housing Federation and the San Diego Land Trust.

is a manager with Aspire Software Company, an ERP system tailored to the service industry – primarily landscape focused. He received my B.S. in agriculture, and has been in the green industry for 20 years , including related work with U.S. Embassies in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Mexico. He has a passion for youth development and landscape education. 

has lived in and worked on behalf of the Chollas Creek Watershed since 1968. She was president of the Montford Point Marine Association Ladies Auxiliary, and volunteered for the American Legion. She was active in the Heroines of Jericho, Daughter of the Elks and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She was a member of the Coalition of Neighborhood Councils, the Chair of the Webster Community Council and is now Chair of the Webster Heights Community Development Corporation.

is an artist residing in San Diego and a Professor of Art at San Diego City College. She received her MFA degree from San Diego State University and a BA in Art Studio from University of California, Santa Barbara. She founded and is the director of the Sugar Museum, San Diego, which fosters sugar awareness through exhibitions and projects. The educational program is devoted to providing broad and balanced perspectives about sugar for adults and children. Her recent artwork explores the transition from gas to electricity in homes and elsewhere, citywide and beyond. Fascinated by the electrical grid, the beauty of the power lines in her neighborhood, she wonders how this transition will work justly? When will SDG&E turn into SDE? Tomorrow, while the unknown future can be terrifying, she concentrates her research and hope for a just transition.

is a native San Diegan. She has worked 30 plus years as a professional expert and consultant in the areas of theatre and poetry throughout San Diego County school districts.  She is currently the Literacy Program Specialist for the Neighborhood House Association Head Start Program. Roxanne is an avid gardener who grows food with aeroponic gardens and educates families on ways to eat sustainably.  Her Education includes a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Studies from Bethel College, a Master of Arts degree in Education Teacher Leadership from the University of Phoenix, and a Family Development Credential from Cornell University. Roxanne is a two-time Fulbright Hays Scholar traveling to Mumbai India and Vera Cruz Mexico for cultural exchange and to teach.

is the Executive Director for the Utility Consumers’ Action Network (UCAN), a not-for-profit Intervenor that advocates and represents the interests of customers of San Diego Gas & Electric at the California Public Utilities Commission. A native of San Diego, he has a long record as a nonprofit professional. Mr. Lopez served two terms as an elected Board Member for San Diego City Schools, representing District E (Southeastern San Diego). Previously, at UCSD, he managed student retention and outreach efforts, and built partnerships with K-12 schools. As an attorney, he specialized in Government and Non-Profit law.

is the Co-Chair for the Independent Voter Project. The Independent Voter Project works to represents the rights and access of independent voters to the political process. Marston was president and co-owner of Marston+Marston, Inc., a full service public, governmental and community relations firm and, before that, was senior vice president of another San Diego-based public relations firm where he spent nearly four years serving as the lobbyist for the City of San Diego in Sacramento. Marston was a member of the California State Assembly representing San Diego’s 78th District and is active as the Past President of the San Diego State University Alumni Association.

is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Education at UCSD. He started theTeacher Education Program at UCSD and directed that Program from 1972 until 1998, when he became the founding director of The Center for Research on Educational Equity, Access, and Teaching Excellence. CREATE coordinates efforts at UCSD to improve the academic preparation of under- represented students. He has helped build equitable educational environments (The Preuss School UCSD and Gompers Preparatory Academy in Southeastern San Diego). He assists Groundwork San Diego in Southeastern San Diego by advising that organization on evaluation measures and educational policies. He has authored 7 books on a variety of educational equity issues; In the Front Door: Building a College-Going Culture of Learning, documents the political and cultural context surrounding establishing CREATE, Preuss, and Gompers. A National Education Association Fellow, he was presented Lifetime Achievement Awards by AAA, AERA, USD, ASA, and the Revelle Medal (the “highest honor awarded a faculty member for Outstanding Contributions to UCSD”) in 2016.