2016 National Conference

Luis Arteaga is the Senior Program Manager for the U.S. at the Levi Strauss Foundation (LSF).  Luis manages domestic grantmaking addressing HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination as well as helping low-income people save and invest in long-term assets.  Luis also manages LSF’s hometown initiative, Pioneers in Justice which supports social justice organizations in San Francisco.   Prior to joining LSF, Luis was Director of Emerging Markets at the California Emerging Technology Fund and served as the Executive Director of Latino Issues Forum.  Luis received a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University and completed his undergraduate studies at Princeton University.

Lateefah Simon is program director for the Rosenberg Foundation, which seeks to change the odds for Californians through statewide grantmaking. At the age of 19, Ms. Simon was executive director of the Center for Young Women’s Development (CYWD) in San Francisco. CYWD is the nation’s first economic and gender justice organization solely run by low-income and formerly incarcerated young women. Ms. Simon then led the creation of San Francisco’s first reentry services division. She has served on numerous boards and has received awards for her efforts including the MacArthur “Genius”Fellowship” and the Levi Straus Foundation Pioneers in Justice Fellowship.

Vincent Pan is the Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), a community-based organization founded in 1969 to protect the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans and to advance multiracial democracy.  Prior to joining CAA, Vincent helped start treatment programs for children living with HIV/AIDS in China.  He was the co-founder and executive director of Heads Up, a nonprofit organization that runs after-school and summer programs for low-income children. Vincent has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University and has been a Fellow with the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford University and the Echoing Green Foundation.