Meet Our Board
Ryan is a program director at Humanity United (HU), a foundation dedicated to enduring peace and freedom. He oversees a portfolio of initiatives focused on labor organizing, investor engagement, and policy advocacy. He further leads work supporting investigative journalism in closed and restricted environments.
Prior to joining HU, Ryan supported donor education programming at Forward Global—a community of global leaders committed to solving the world’s most pressing social issues. He has also worked with the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Arcus Foundation, and Outright International in their respective missions spanning LGBTIQ, economic, and environmental justice. His academic research has focused on decolonizing queer movements and the barriers faced by asylees and refugees, especially.
Ryan Heman
Chair
Rebecca recently retired after almost 20 years teaching Ethics at the University of San Francisco. She remains active in her local union, the Part Time Faculty Association, and with the Universities Council of the California Federation of Teachers. Prior to teaching at USF, Rebecca spent many years as an activist in a variety of movements, including for women's and LGBTQ+ liberation, the Central America and South Africa solidarity movements and for racial justice in the United States. She is the author of American Nuremberg: The U.S. Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes (2016) and previously, Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States (2014), and Letters From Nicaragua (1986).
Rebecca Gordon
Treasurer, Chair of Finance Committee
Marcos is a Staff Attorney at National Housing Law Project (NHLP) and is based in Fresno, CA. He focuses on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, USDA’s Rural Development program, and NHLP’s California policy work. Before joining NHLP, Marcos was a staff attorney with Central California Legal Services (CCLS) where he represented individuals facing eviction and represented others in both state and federal court on real estate fraud, predatory debt collection, and habitability issues. Before joining CCLS, Marcos served as a UCLA Community Economic Development Fellow at the Public Counsel Law Center where he advised nonprofit organizations and small business owners on tax and corporate governance issues.
Marcos Segura (he/him)
Chair of Audit Committee
Allan is a first-generation immigrant and is proud to call the Bay Area his home. He has a business management background and experience working in both the corporate sector and education field. He currently works for a national nonprofit as an Operations Specialist. Allan has served in leadership positions at faith-based organizations that are committed to defending the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, people of color, and those unhoused.
Allan (he/him)
Director
Jasmine is a nonprofit leader and researcher focused on immigrant-origin youth empowerment, sociopolitical development, and community-led education. Their work supports young people in building self-advocacy, sociopolitical efficacy, and collective power through evaluation, intervention, and community-university partnerships. Jasmine holds an M.A. in Psychological Science from San Francisco State University, where they explored critical consciousness and civic engagement.
Grounded in developmental psychology and trauma-informed practice, Jasmine previously managed Tech@Hand, a digital access and mental health program serving TLGBQ+ youth and older adults. Originally from Los Angeles Jasmine is a yoga practitioner, bookbinder, and proud daughter of Belizean immigrants.
Jasmine Gabb (they/she)
Director
Jackie is an independent consultant and the former Director of Grants and Systems at the International Community Foundation where she oversaw the Foundation’s international grantmaking portfolio and collaborated with organizations across Latin America to advance programs centered on human rights, education, environmental justice, and public health.
With over 15 years of experience in nonprofits, Jackie brings expertise in community development, systems building, and mission-driven philanthropy, with a particular commitment to the LGBTQ+ community. As a first-generation queer Latina, Jackie believes communities are powerful ecosystems of change and is passionate about supporting efforts that strengthen and uplift them.
Jackie Rivas-Landaverde (she/her) Chair of Fundraising Committee
Born and raised in Germany, Birgit is an immigrant and naturalized U.S. citizen. In her “day job,” she works in market research and enjoys being nerdy and data-driven. She is very active in the Episcopal church, both in her small parish church in San Francisco and in the larger diocese, and she is proud of her church being affirmative and supportive of LGBTQAI+ people, immigrants, women, people of color, indigenous communities, the poor and the unhoused– all kinds of communities that deserve love and justice. She also works with a death row prison ministry. Birgit loves singing with the Queer Chorus of San Francisco, cooking (and eating!), solving Sudokus, crosswords, and other puzzles, doing Pilates, and just hanging out with her lovely wife and cat.
Birgit Echsmann (she/her)
Director
A proud Bay Area native, Jensen grew up in Millbrae and is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Urban Studies. He works on the Education Initiative at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), where he partners with educators, researchers and youth to build tools, and supports to unlock the full potential of every student, no matter who they are or where they live. As a queer child of immigrants, Jensen believes that intersectional representation and advocacy is meaningful to the fabric of every community, and has previously volunteered at organizations such as Minds Matter.
Outside of work, Jensen loves trying new restaurants, tending to his herb garden, and improving his home coffee recipes.
Jensen Li (he/him)
Director
julie is a co-conspirator for justice with over 10 years of experience designing equity strategies, developing effective and equitable evaluation, and facilitating change in youth development spaces, K-12 and higher education, social justice organizing, nonprofit and corporate organizations. julie now uses a multi-racial solidarity lens to mobilize resources in philanthropy, overseeing portfolios on racial equity, inclusion, education, and community engagement to create a racially inclusive economy for residents of Fresno and the greater Central Valley. They hold an M.A. in Education, emphasis on Equity, Education and Social Justice, from CSU, Long Beach and a B.A. in Political Science with minors in Gender & Sexuality Studies and Civic & Community Engagement from UC, Irvine.
julie vue (she/they)
Chair of Governance Committee
Ian has over 15 years of experience in the field of sexual health and reproductive rights, with particular focus on health systems for queer people and people engaged in sexual labor. He is currently the founding Executive Director of PASS, a nonprofit that oversees the occupational health and safety of adult industry workers. At PASS, he directs organizational strategy for the management of global testing standards, clinical partnerships, and the ongoing evolution of the PASS protocols used industry-wide. His focus is on ensuring that workers remain at the center of health and safety governance, and that the industry has consistent, trustworthy guidance during both everyday operations and moments of crisis.
Ian O’Brien (he/him)
Director
Kimberly Mejía-Cuéllar is the daughter of Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants. Watching her parents struggle to obtain legal status helped her appreciate the power of legal advocacy and inspired her to pursue litigation. She was born and raised in Oakland, and is an attorney at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP in San Francisco. A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, Kim has worked to empower others.She interned at American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’ Rights Project in college and law school. She has also worked on civil rights and immigration / asylum pro bono cases. From 2023 to 2024 she clerked for the Hon. Andrew L. Carter, Jr. in the Southern District of New York. She is excited to serve on Oasis’ board.
Kim Mejía-Cuéllar (she/her)
Director
Nick is a communications and marketing leader with over 20 years of experience across tech, media, health care, and LGBTQ+ nonprofits.
Most recently he led integrated marketing campaigns at Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, DC, raising brand visibility, advancing community and social impact efforts, and securing $3.2B in contract wins. Previously, he led communications for major health care projects at the Department of Veterans Affairs and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Earlier in his career, Nick worked with the LA LGBT Center, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and California’s No on Proposition 8 campaign, supporting LGBTQ+ rights and community-based services. He began his career in journalism and holds degrees from Georgetown University and UT Austin.
Nick Martinez (he/him)
Director
James Westly (“Wes”) grew up in a rural town in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains at the edge of California’s Central Valley. A longtime community leader, his career spans consulting, health policy and reform advocacy, and local politics. In his current role, he leads value-based care analytics, drives insights that shape clinical and operational strategy, and partners across the enterprise to advance Sutter’s mission and the Quintuple Aim. He is also co-chair of the Sutter’s Pride employee resource group. Wes holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations and completed both an MBA and an MPP after years of caring for a loved one surviving cancer. Wes identifies as a cisgender gay man and lives in the Inner Richmond with his partner and their miniature schnauzer, Gidget.
Wes McGaughey (he/him)
Director