2026 Board of Directors and Community Advisory Panel2026 Board of Directors and Community Advisory Panel

2026 KQED Board Officers
Jennifer Cabalquinto, Chair
Carla Javits, Vice-Chair
Kim McCormick, Treasurer
José Quiñonez, Secretary

2026 KQED Board of Directors
Lande Ajose, Susan Akbarpour,  Ethan Beard, Penelope Graboys Blair, Shannon Brayton, Jennifer Cabalquinto, Brian Cabrera, James Cham, Lucia Choi-Dalton, Myles Danielsen, Darolyn Davis, Dawn Garcia, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Christina Gutierrez Iquodala, Carla Javits, Kate Earle Jensen, Shadi Karra, David Kelly, Jim Louderback, Andrew McCollum, Kim McCormick, Autumn McDonald, José Quiñonez, William Rogers, Nadia Roumani, Ajay Shah, Lisa Sonsini, Sanjay Vaswani, Matt Zinn

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

2026 Board of Directors Meeting Schedule
March 5
May 20
September 15
December 16

Past Years Meeting Schedules

2025 Board and Community Advisory Panel Schedule
2024 Board and Community Advisory Panel Schedule
2023 Board and Community Advisory Panel Schedule

2026 KQED Community Advisory Panel Officers

Co-Chairs
Leonela Torres
Sbeydeh Vivieros-Walton

Secretary
Dayna Chung

2026 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.

2026 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)

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