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FIA was founded in March 2019 by East Oakland school leaders and families in response to growing local and statewide political threats to accessing quality public schools.  Today, FIA brings district and charter school communities together to build strategy and campaigns. We are realizing our collective agency and power.

Our Key Partners

Great school Voices
Energy Convertors

FIA Leadership Support Team

Kimi Kean

Kimi Kean

CEO and Co-Founder

Priscilla Zamora

Priscilla Zamora

Director of Operations

Michael McDaniel Jr.

Michael McDaniel Jr.

Political Director & Family Organizer

Javier Barraza

Javier Barraza

Youth Organizer

Erica Baires

Erica Baires

Parent Organizer

Susan Singleton

Susan Singleton

Bilingual Family Organizer

Ryan Phillips

Ryan Phillips

Communications

Velia Navarro

Velia Navarro

Operations Consultant

Corey Timpson

Corey Timpson

Partner, Organizing

Charles Cole III

Charles Cole III

Partner, Energy Convertors

Dirk Tillotson

Dirk Tillotson

Co-Founder

Meet our board of directors

Kimi Kean

Kimi Kean

CEO and Co-Founder

Karla Bonilla

Karla Bonilla

FIA Youth Leader; Student, UC Berkeley

Ida Oberman

Ida Oberman

Founder, Community School for Creative Education

Larissa Adam

Larissa Adam

Superintendent, Education for Change

Rocio Gonzalez

Rocio Gonzalez

FIA Parent Leader Lazear

Michelle Thompson

Michelle Thompson

Board Chair, FIA Parent Leader Aspire Berkeley Maynard

Leroy Gaines

Leroy Gaines

Network Superintendent, Oakland Unified School District

Maribel Gonzalez

Maribel Gonzalez

Executive Director, 5C

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