About Us
MISSION STATEMENT
The East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) advances economic, racial, and social justice by building a just economy based on good jobs and healthy communities. We address the root causes of economic injustice by developing strategic alliances among community, labor, and people of faith to build power and create change with low-income workers and communities of color.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Kate O’Hara / Executive Director
kate@workingeastbay.org
Maria Elena Allain, MPA / Associate Director
maria.elena@workingeastbay.org
STAFF
Betty Gabaldon / Tenant Organizer Contra Costa
betty@workingeastbay.org
Rev. Cherri Murphy / Faith Rooted Organizer
cherri@workingeastbay.org
Cynthia Morfin / Oakland Organizer
cynthia@workingeastbay.org
Kristi Laughlin / Senior Campaign Director Concord
kristi@workingeastbay.org
Liana Molina / Senior Campaign Director Oakland
liana@workingeastbay.org
Nicole Zapata / Contra Costa & Concord Organizer
nicole@workingeastbay.org
Noah Gaiser, MPP / Development Manager
noah@workingeastbay.org
Noelle Trinidad Taylor / Human Resources and Administrative Manager
noelle@workingeastbay.org
Saabir Lockett / Director of Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME)
saabir@workingeastbay.org
Sonya Karabel / Campaign Researcher
sonya@workingeastbay.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Note: Organizations listed below are for affiliation purposes only.
Reverend Sandhya Jha, Co-Chair
Oakland Peace Center
Sanjay Garla, Co-Chair
SEIU United Service Workers West
Andreas Cluver
Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO
Larisa Casillas, Secretary-Treasurer
Urban Habitat
Annette Bernhardt
Labor Center, University of California, Berkeley
Brandon Sturdivant
Mass Liberation Project
Ty Hudson
UNITE-HERE Local 2850
Reverend Kurt A. Kuhwald
Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy
Yvonne Williams
Amalgamated Transitworkers Union, Local 192