Board of Directors

Board Chair

Janna Shadduck-Hernandex, Ed.D. is a Project Director at the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education. She teaches in UCLA’s Labor and Workplace Studies Minor and the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Janna’s research and teaching have focused on developing culturally relevant, participatory education models with 1st and 2nd generation university students, community members, and youth. Her research and policy work also examines the organizing efforts of low-wage immigrant workers to combat labor and workplace violations.

Victor Narro has been involved with immigrant rights and labor issues for many years. At the UCLA Labor Center, he provides research and capacity support for policy and organizing campaigns that focus on impact issues affecting low-wage workers and immigrant communities. Victor is also a professor for the Labor and Workplace Studies Program at UCLA; a lecturer for the Chicano/a Studies Department; a lecturer for the UCLA School of Urban Planning; and adjunct faculty at UCLA Law School, where he teaches a class entitled Community Lawyering and Low-Wage Work Organizing. 

Alison leads the EdTech Center at World Education and develops innovative projects that leverage technology to increase outcomes of education, workforce, and community development initiatives. As Director of the Leadership, Training and Education Fund, she helped SEIU-USWW and responsible building service employers collaborate to expand training across Northern California and form the statewide Building Skills Partnership..

David Huerta is President of the SEIU-USWW, representing more than 45,000 janitors, security officers, and allied and entertainment workers throughout California. For over 20 years, David has been dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families by creating a more just and humane society.

Marc Gittleman is the CEO & Founder of 5x5 Telecom, the premier in-building digital infrastructure, cellular and internet service provider for multi-tenant commercial & residential real estate. Marc has been a GP in numerous Data Center & Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions, ~4.5M SF, >$1B AV. He managed +2MM SF of 100% Uptime Data Center Operations, is the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors for BOMA GLA, and Past Chair for NAIOP Trends in Real Estate Development Forum.

Andrew has been with the SEIU-USWW since it was a small Bay Area local organizing Silicon Valley’s non-union janitors in the early 1990s. Andrew helped build a coalition of Silicon Valley corporate leaders and janitorial contractors to create the ESL and second-language literacy program that became the backbone of BSP.

Javier joined Google in 2016 and is the Head of Local Government Affairs & Public Policy for California. He has more than 15 years of government relations, community affairs, and public policy experience. Javier previously served as chief of staff, district director, and policy and community affairs advisor to several members of the state legislature and city council.

Sam Shapiro has over 10 years of experience with Able Services, now ABM Industries. He has worked to define his company’s sustainability services while also expanding their involvement in the community and relationships with non-profit organizations like Habitat for Humanity & Building Skills partnership. As a LEED GA, TRUE Zero Waste Advisor and Fitwel wellness ambassador, he has audited trash streams, presented trainings to on-site janitorial staff, and helped his clients evolve their sustainability and wellness programs.

Michele Ware has over 25 years of experience managing nonprofits and successfully partnering with Boards of Directors to help organizations fulfill their mission and vision. Currently, Michele serves as President of the Building Owners and Managers Association Greater Los Angeles (BOMA/GLA). BOMA/GLA is the leading commercial real estate advocate representing 135 million square feet of office and industrial space in Los Angeles.

Luis Fuentes is the Director and Regional Vice President for SEIU-USWW. Luis has worked at SEIU-USWW for over 10 years and is currently responsible for directing the janitorial division across the state of California. A son of a union Janitor (1988) and immigrant parents from Guatemala and Mexico, Luis understands first-hand the importance of having a stable, quality union job. He is dedicated to improving the lives of SEIU-USWW members and their families through unity and action.

SEIU-USWW, Political Director

A leader in the immigrants’ rights and labor movement for nearly 20 year, Sandra Diaz is the Political Director for SEIU United Service Workers West (SEIU- USWW). Sandra’s personal history is the bedrock of her commitment to empowering workers of color in low wage industries. Her immigrant parents taught her the value of hard work, humility and courage. Her mother was a domestic worker and her father was a jardinière, working for some of the wealthiest families in the country. Growing up on the U.S./Mexico border in a mixed-status household, Sandra knew what it was like to live in constant fear, wishing to remain unseen.