Tanik is responsible for supporting the organization with process improvements, maintenance of business performance data, and supporting both impact evaluation and marketing efforts. He joins Main Street Launch with non-profit experience from Uganda and Tanzania and a background in Economics. Throughout his professional life, he has worked to empower women entrepreneurs through the formation of…
Debra Peace excitedly joined Main Street Launch as Office Manager. In this role Debra works closely with senior management to support administrative and operations tasks. Previously, Debra has served for over ten years in nonprofits in a variety of roles that include human resources, accounting, and grant management. Debra is passionate about community…
Henry joins our BRT team, working on GIS projects, to support our efforts to map datasets that will support our ongoing work in Oakland and beyond. Henry is a city planning masters student at UC Berkeley. He has research experience focused on community planning projects in Korea and has won many urban design contests.…
Alyssa Mallory joins our impact evaluation team, working with Katie & Guillermo, to support our work to develop, implement, and document strategies and objectives for data collection and analysis. She joins us through our partnership with New Sector Alliance, an organization that places summer fellows with nonprofit organizations. Alyssa holds a BA in Public Policy…
Quan Sun joins our BRT team, working on GIS projects, working with Karla, to support our efforts to map datasets that will support our ongoing work in Oakland and beyond. Quan is a master of city planning student from UC Berkeley, with a concentration on transportation planning and urban design. He has experiences in transportation…
Jordan Krone joins our team in the marketing department, working with Katie, focusing on social media strategy, growing our list of client profiles, and helping to support our ongoing work to tell the story of our clients and our work. Jordan is a Bay Area native, and he is entering his third year as an…
Galuh Gayatri joins our impact evaluation team, working with Katie & Guillermo, to support our work to develop, implement, and document strategies and objectives for data collection and analysis. Galuh is from Indonesia and she is a budget officer in Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia where she involved in national budget administration. She is…
Lucas Condeni joins our SBDC team, working with Lee Lambert, focusing on networking, resource improvement, client acquisition, and market research. Lucas is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Business Marketing from Humboldt State University, and he hopes to continue his education in a Master’s Program. Outside of work, Lucas enjoys reading, live music…
Scott Supervises the Finance and Accounting Unit and reports directly to and advises the CEO on strategic and tactical matters as they relate to budget management and cost benefit analysis, forecasting and the securing of new funding. Scott has over 35 years of experience in the financial markets and has served as CFO to multiple companies…
Paula is responsible for ensuring that entrepreneurs receive the consulting assistance and community support they need to grow successful businesses. Paula joined Main Street Launch after leading the Alameda County Small Business Development Center. Paula has over 20 years experience working with entrepreneurs. She has also helped generate over $80 million in returns to investors.…
