Commissioners

Ms. Kirk has more than fifteen years experience in public policy, statewide advocacy and grassroots mobilization, having played a key leadership role in the facilitation of numerous local and statewide coalitions. Read more about Commissioner Kirk.

Lance Toma is the Chief Executive Officer of San Francisco Community Health Center (formerly Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center), an LGBTQ and people of color community health center that believes everyone deserves access to the highest quality health care. Read more about Commissioner Toma.

Rajan Gill is a Historian and Professor at Yuba College. Gill’s academic career began at the University of California, Davis where he served as vice-president to the History Honors Society. Read more about Commissioner Gill.

Theodore (Ted) Kim is a veteran of building global businesses in technology, entertainment, media and lifestyle, leveraging and monetizing brands, platforms and IP with deep experience as an international corporate executive and entrepreneur. Read more about Commissioner Kim.

Kirin Amiling Macapugay, MSW, is an Indigenous Person born in Kalinga, Philippines. She is a mother, professor, community organizer, state appointed commissioner, and founder of several grassroots efforts to strengthen the communities she loves. Read more about Commissioner Macapugay.

Simon Pang immigrated from Singapore in late 1989. Pang is the Executive Vice President / Co-Founder of Royal Business Bank (founded in 2008) and serves as the President of the US-Sino Friendship Association. Read more about Commissioner Pang. 

Janani Ramachandran is a lawyer, activist, and artist with a lifelong passion to build inclusive and equitable political systems. She is also a strong advocate for survivors of domestic violence. Read more about Commissioner Ramachandran.

Taunuu Ve’e has over 25 years working l to promote and improved health outcomes on the national, state, and local level, established public and private partnerships across government and multi-sector organizations to provide capacity building to lift the voices of the underserved and unserved. Read more about Commissioner Ve’e.

Dr. David Yee is a sixth generation Californian and physician, and his family ties to Northern California are part of the region’s history.  His great-great-great grandfather, Dr. Yee Fung Cheung, was an herbal doctor in the Gold Country, and his store in Fiddletown, California is a state landmark. Read more about Commissioner Yee.