Our Team

Executive Leadership

Luis Sandoval
Executive Director 
Phone: 323-206-6612
info@buildingskills.org

Karen Aragon
Community Advancement Director
Phone: 424-326-3084

Sara Caughey 
Director of Transformative Programming
Phone: 310-304-1086

Monica Zambrano
Workforce Development Director - Janitorial
Phone: 213-290-2284

Jose Mondragon
Director of Systems Change & Worker Voice
Phone: 310-742-3833

Christian Valdez
Director of Strategy and Impact
Phone: 650-395-9726

Leadership Team

Gabriela Bradley
WFD Manager - Airports & New Divisions
Phone: 408-341-6525

Gabriela Berumen
Community Advancement Manager
Phone: 408-357-0103

Stephany De Leon
Executive Administration Coordinator
Phone: 323-206-6430

Nadia Chowdhury
Manager of People and Culture
Phone: 310-269-0507

Angel Ramos
Community Advancement Manager
Phone: 951-384-1558

Crystal Ramirez
Workforce Development Manager - Janitorial
Phone: 619-432-5785

Denisse Villanueva
Finance Manager

Nayeli Sanchez
Workforce Development Manager - Janitorial
Phone: 510-901-0791

Staff

Julie Aguilar
Curriculum Design & Dig Equity Coord
Phone: 714-242-8353

Marcelo Avendaño
Immigration Relations Consultant

Eric Arambula
Communications Coordinator
Phone: 213-556-0091

Nataly Berg
Workforce Development Coordinator - East Bay
Phone: 510-519-4511

Sergi Bach
Workforce Development Coordinator - Sacramento
Phone: 916-234-6324

Alejandro Calleja
Financial Capabilities Coordinator
Phone: 562-248-6727

Jonathan Escalante
Health Educator and Coordinator- LA
Phone: 818-643-1987

Ana Priscila Garcia
Family Engagement and College Readiness (FECR) Coordinator

Phone: (323) 391-3179

Joshua Garza
Workforce Development Coordinator - LA
Phone: 323-206-6587

Joel Gutierrez
Financial Capabilities Coordinator
Phone: 408-214-9265

Elizabeth Gomez

San Diego Workforce Development Coordinator
Phone: (619) 935-8855

Lisbeth Llamas

 Community Advancement Coordinator

Phone: 213-282-3712 

Melissa Lupercio
Sr. Development Officer
Phone: 818-659-8513

Abby Leigh
Immigration Staff Attorney

Leahkim Luansing
Com Adv Program Coord- Airports and New Divisions
Phone: 323- 205-6792

Diego Morales
Worker Voice Coordinator
Phone: 213-207-6562

Alba Mendoza Ortiz
ILS Admin Paralegal

Daniel Paredes
Compliance & Data Systems Coordinator
Phone: 323-379-4507

David Putnam
Accounting Clerk

Jeniffer Quintero
Community Adv Coordinator - OC
Phone: 714-202-6412

Cecilia Guerra Rios
Community Advancement Coordinator -
Palo Alto
Phone: 650-200-3424

Nikki Ramsy

Development and Grant Coordinator

Alfred Silva
AP/Payroll Coordinator
Phone: 844-914-3434

Michael Siciliano
Workforce Researcher
Phone: 213-207-6579

Xitlaly Uribe
Community Adv Coordinator - San Diego
Phone: 619-259-0162

Jael Vizcarra
Curriculum Design & Instructor Coordinator
Phone: 619-268-1173

Jonathan Zelaya
Workforce Dev Coord - Airports and New Sectors
Phone: 310-759-2213


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