Sandra Bass, a Berkeley Ph.D. in political science, is executive director and associate dean of the Public Service Center at UC Berkeley. She previously headed Teach With Africa, an organization focused on cross cultural learning for K-12 teachers in the U.S. and South Africa. While at the Packard Foundation, she led the Foundation’s girl’s education, women’s leadership, and reproductive health program in Sub-Saharan Africa. She also taught Criminology and Political Science at the University of Maryland. She serves on or chairs many UC and community boards and has published numerous articles and essays.

Margaretta Lin, a Cal J.D., teaches at both the Goldman School of Public Policy and the College of Environmental Design, and is the Founding Director of Just Cities, a policy justice organization. She is a long-time leader in movements for racial justice, healing, and human rights. Her work at Public Advocates, at the East Bay Community Law Center as Oakland’s Deputy City Administrator, and as the co-founder of Youth Together resulted in north star public policies on fair chance housing, foreclosure prevention and mitigation, anti-displacement, bilingual education, special education, economic justice, youth violence prevention, and environmental justice.

Mia is a graduate of Oberlin College and a current master's student at the Goldman School of Public Policy. She is the elected Recording Secretary of UAW 2865, the union for tutors, readers, graduate student instructors, graduate student researchers, and teaching assistants at the University of California. Mia was a leader in the 2022–23 University-wide strike of graduate students and UC workers, the largest university labor action in U.S. history. Previously, Mia was a research analyst for the National Academy for State Health Policy.

Ndidi Love is a born and bred student organizer who has carried on the legacy of Black student activism in California. As UC Davis's former Black Student Union President, Ndidi led demand and divestment campaigns across the state and, as the Director of Operations of the Afrikan Black Coalition, operationalized and helped build the largest coalition of Black students in California. Ndidi currently works with the Oakland-based community organizations Eastside Arts Alliance and OCCUR.

Dan is an economist, planner, software developer, and attorney. He has taught at the Goldman School of Public Policy since 2014. Previously, he was Oakland's city manager. In prior careers, Dan was a World Bank economist, a senior advisor to Congressman Ron Dellums, and CEO of two high-tech software companies. Until 1973, he headed a regional development office for the Chilean Housing Ministry. Dan has a Ph.D. in City Planning, master's degrees in City Planning and Public Health, and a B.A. in Economics — all from Cal. He also has a law degree from Georgetown and is a member of the California Bar.