Jennie Hutchinson • President

Jennie Hutchinson earned her PhD in biomolecular engineering for her work developing novel HIV immunogens for vaccines. She is currently a Variant Scientist at Color Health, where she partners with the CDPH COVID-19 Equity Task Force to increase access to testing in Black and Brown communities. She is a co-founder of Enough Is Enough Voter Project, dedicated to holding elected officials accountable for actions that enable gender-based violence. Formerly, she led the field operations for the Recall of Judge Persky, was a Board Member of Women’s March Bay Area, and the lead organizer for Silicon Valley March for Science. She received the GEM award from the Democratic Activists for Women Now in 2017.

Frank Ponciano • Vice President of Outreach

Frank started his professional career after graduating from The CityCollege of New York, working for advertising agencies in New York and San Francisco. In San Jose, Frank transitioned to organizing undocumented families on the brink of homelessness. In 2017-18, Frank worked for Councilmember Rocha as a Policy Aide, also serving as campaign treasurer during his run for Santa Clara County Supervisor in 2018. Today Frank serves as the Advocacy Coordinator for Abode in Santa Clara County, organizing formerly homeless individuals locally.

Kristin Rivers • Vice President of Operations

Kristin Rivers, Ph.D. is an over 20-year non-charter public schoolteacher, lesbian mother of three. She earned nearly 34,000 votes running for East Side San José School Board, was honored with the DAWN GEM award, and founded Together We Will San Jose. She earned an MA in Organizational Management, a Ph.D. in Psychology and is a proud Emerge and Victory Institute alumna. Kristin also chairs the SVDC Elections Committee.  

Kristen Lyn • Treasurer

Vinod Menon • Recording Secretary
Vinod is a Semiconductor Industry Executive, serving as the Executive Vice-President Engineering at SiTime Corporation. He volunteers every weekend, as an inspirational mentor to empower jobseekers and entrepreneurs.  He joined SVDC in December 2016, and has served as Board Member-At-Large since January 2018. He has walked precincts in Sunnyvale neighborhoods, for now Congressman Ro Khanna and has held various elected Student Government roles.

Michele Dauber • Parliamentarian/At-Large Board Member
Michele Dauber is currently an At-large member of the SVDC Executive Board. She is a constitutional scholar and Professor of Law at Stanford. She is also a prominent Democratic Party fundraiser, and chairs the SVDC Fundraising committee. She is a member of the SVDC Endorsement Committee and the SVDC Bylaws Task Force. Michele’s husband Ken is a member of the Palo Alto School Board.

Barinder Ahluwalia • At-Large Board Member
Served for 8-years in the office of the 1st Indian President and the Prime Minister. Served at the US Embassy, New Delhi, India in the Anti-Terrorism; Security and Housing Offices. Served in the County of Santa Clara. Chief Stewart of Local 215 Roads and Airports Dept., Served as Commissioner Parks and Recreation Commissioner with the City of San Jose. Currently, a Commissioner in the SC County Roads Commission and, Chair, and its By-laws and Rules Committee. Walk and Campaign for Dem. Candidates representing my district for City, State and Federal Elections. I am on the Board of Director of the Norther California Cricket Association (NCCA) and also the Chair, of its Grounds Committee and member of Cricket Operations Committee.

Pete Dailey • At-Large Board Member

Adia Hoag • At-Large Board Member
As a professional political organizer, Adia Hoag has worked for CTA, AFT Maryland, and worked as a Regional Campaign Director for both President Barack Obama and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter. She has built coalitions, coordinated thousands of volunteers, facilitated voter contact and organizer trainings, created social media plans and managed grassroots campaigns. Adia received her BA degree from Smith College and Masters from Harvard GSE. 

Jeffrey Levin • At-Large Board Member
Jeffrey Levin has actively worked on issues supporting women, persons of color, underprivileged, the undocumented, the mentally ill, the disabled, abused children and elders, and LGBTQ persons.  Jeff officiated at over 150 marriage ceremonies when marriage equality became law in California.  He presently serves on the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury. Over ½ million people follow him on Twitter. Jeffrey currently serves as Communications Chair.

Sousan Manteghi • At-Large Board Member

Sousan is a wife, a mother, an activist , and an American by choice. She holds the ideals to protect women’s rights, human rights, the secular state, and cultural pluralism. She supports a woman’s right to choose and  access to contraception as the right of women everywhere to take control of their own reproductive future. As a community activists, her experience includes CADEM- Delegate, SCCDP- Elected Delegate- Active Member, South County Dem. Club –SCDC  Past President, BAIAD (Past President & current E-Board member), DAWN- member, AAUW- member, Tahirih Justice Center -  Member, and Order of the Eastern Star- member. Life experiences have fortified her belief in social and economic justice.

Jeff Orloff • At-Large Board Member
A long-time member of the Club, Jeff Orloff is a former teacher, school administrator and sales & marketing executive for Apple. Jeff worked on nearly every presidential campaign starting with Robert Kennedy and helped Anna Caballero of Salinas win a critically important CA State Senate seat. Jeff currently co-chairs the SVDC events committee and was a key member of the Transition Team.

Fred Rehhausser • At-Large Board Member
Fred Rehhausser has been a member of the SVDC since 2012 and has served on the executive board since 2014. He has served as Endorsement chair and has been on the Program committee since 2014. He currently serves as co-editor of the club newsletter. Fred Rehhausser has over forty years of experience in the computer industry holding executive positions with industry leading computer companies.

Alexia Worsham • At-Large Board Member
Alexia Worsham retired from Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System where she worked as an analyst and program manager, and was Deputy Director of NAMI-Santa Clara County, the local affiliate of National Alliance on Mental Illness. She is an advocate for women, children, people with mental illness and other disabilities, and their family members/caregivers. She has volunteered with campaigns for Democratic candidates, and served as a board member with local nonprofit organizations providing services to people with disabilities. Alexia was elected twice to the Executive Committee of the California Democratic Party Disabilities Caucus, and currently serves as Recording Secretary.

Marlene Zapata • At-Large Board Member
Marlene Zapata has over 15 years of experience in government, politics, non-profits and philanthropy. Marlene was a legislative aide in the Florida House of Representatives, staff to former U.S. Senator Bob Graham and worked on two presidential campaigns. Marlene serves on the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women and the Civic Engagement Leadership Group for the Power of Democracy initiative. Marlene also is a community advocate on the Children’s Agenda Network and volunteers with the Junior League of San Jose. She holds a Master of Public Administration and is an alumna of Emerge California.

Rosie Zepeda • At-Large Board Member
Rosie Zepeda, is a human rights and social justice activist, working actively for corporate free elections, pay equity for women, immigrant rights and Medicare for all. She was an undocumented child until the age of 11 so she understands the fear, alienation and abuses these communities face every day. She is the product of East Side public schools and began her career as a public-school teacher. She is currently the Co-Chair of the Education Committee for the South Bay Progressive Alliance and the Chair of the San Jose District 9 Leadership Group. She is leading the Census 2020 effort at Catholic parishes throughout Santa Clara County serving Latinx and Vietnamese communities. She is trained as a researcher.

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