Cynthia has been working for Bay Area county and nonprofit agencies for the last twenty years. She has developed an expertise in navigating the intersection of programs, data, collaboration, and strategy. Over the last five years she has worked in Disaster Response, Recovery and Preparedness across 5 counties and 20 disasters. After completing her masters in Social Work and Public Health she spent ten years as an analyst for Alameda and then Sonoma Counties, subsequently moving to nonprofit work where she developed and implemented innovative and sustainable programs in the areas of Nutrition Education, Food Access, Financial Stability, and Leadership Development. Prior to CAP she spent 2.5 years at a regional association of clinics working on Quality Improvement, Community Health, and managing a Health Center Controlled Network with Community Health Centers in six counties. She has been a practitioner coach with Radical Transformational Leadership for Social Impact since 2017. Her leadership is focused on empathy and connection, and grounded in her values of love, compassion and equity.