2025 Board of Directors and Community Advisory Panel2025 Board of Directors and Community Advisory Panel

2025 KQED Board Officers
Jennifer Cabalquinto, Chair
Carla Javits, Vice-Chair
Matt Zinn, Treasurer
José Quiñonez, Secretary

2025 KQED Board of Directors
Lande Ajose, Susan Akbarpour,  Penelope Graboys Blair, Shannon Brayton, Jennifer Cabalquinto, Brian Cabrera, James Cham, Lucia Choi-Dalton, Myles Danielsen, Darolyn Davis, Dawn Garcia, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Carla Javits, Kate Earle Jensen, Shadi Karra, David Kelly, Jim Louderback, Kim McCormick, Autumn McDonald, José Quiñonez, William Rogers, Nadia Roumani, Ajay Shah, Lisa Sonsini, Jamienne Studley, Sanjay Vaswani, Matt Zinn

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For information and questions about the KQED Board of Directors, please contact boardinfo@kqed.org.

2025 Board of Directors Meeting Schedule
Unless otherwise specified, all Board meetings will be held at KQED Headquarters at 2601 Mariposa Street, in the Fisher Boardroom.  Committee meetings are held via video conference.

January
28 Tuesday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 12:30-2pm
30 Thursday, Strategic Planning Committee, 11am-12:30pm

February
10 Monday, Development Steering, 3-4pm
14 Friday, Executive Committee, 9-10:30am
19 Wednesday, Investment Committee, 3-4pm
25 Tuesday, Audit Committee, 1-2pm
27 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm
28 Friday, Retirement Committee, 10-11am

March
4 Tuesday, Finance & Administration Committee, 1-2pm
12 Wednesday, Board Meeting, 3-6pm
21 Friday, Executive Committee, 9-10:30am
27 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm

April
16 Wednesday, Board Retreat, 8am-4pm
23 Wednesday, Executive Committee, 9-10:30am24 Wednesday,
24 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm
28 Monday, Development Steering, 3-4pm

May
6 Tuesday, Finance & Administration Committee, 1-2pm
14 Wednesday, Board and CAP Joint Meeting, 3-6pm
29 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm

June
26 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm

July
31 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm

August
22 Friday, Executive Committee, 9-10:30am
28 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm

September
8 Monday, Development Steering, 3-4pm
9 Tuesday, Finance & Administration Committee, 1-2pm
17 Wednesday, Board Meeting, 3-6pm
25 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm

October
30 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm

November
14 Friday, Executive Committee, 9-10:30am
17 Monday, Development Steering Committee, 3-4pm
20 Thursday, Nominating & Governance Committee, 3:30-5pm

December
3 Wednesday, Finance & Administration Committee, 1-2pm
9 Tuesday, Board Meeting, 3-6pm

Past Years Meeting Schedules

2024 Board and Community Advisory Panel Schedule
2023 Board and Community Advisory Panel Schedule
2022 Board and Community Advisory Panel Schedule

2025 KQED Community Advisory Panel Officers

Co-Chairs
Leonela Torres
Sbeydeh Vivieros-Walton

Secretary
Dayna Chung

2025 KQED Community Advisory Panel
Jessica Arline,  George Barahona, Byb Chanel Bibene, Francisco Buchting, Aileen Cassinett, Dayna Chung, Rodrigo Duran, Somiah Handy, Melinh Jenkins, Rubie Macaraeg, Marissa Martinez,  Michael Neuman, Ly Nguyen, Zetha Nobles, Araceli Nuñez -Lee,  Larisa Ocañada, Fatima Ramirez, Aimee Reichel, Jennifer Benford Seibert, Gabriella Skarka, Paula Thomas, Nelly Torres, Sbeydeh Vivieros-Walton, Jocelyn Wicker, Uche Uwahemu

KQED’s Community Advisory Panel
(CAP) consists of community members who are responsible for advising the KQED Board of Directors on the needs of the diverse communities we serve. Learn more about joining CAP here.

Community Advisory Panel Meeting Schedule
Unless otherwise specified, all CAP meetings will be held at KQED Headquarters at 2601 Mariposa Street, in the Fisher Boardroom.  Until further notice, CAP meetings will continue to be held via video conference to comply with applicable social distancing guidelines.

2025 Community Advisory Panel Meetings

February 1, Saturday, CAP Retreat, 9:30am-4:30pm (in-person)
March 19, Wednesday, CAP Meeting (virtual)
May 14, Wednesday, Board and CAP Joint Meeting, 3-6pm (in-person)
July 15, Wednesday, CAP Meeting (virtual)
September  24, Wednesday, CAP Meeting (virtual)
November 18, Wednesday, CAP Meeting (in-person)