New 2007 Board Members
Dana Harvey (program development) has over 10 years experience in nonprofit management and development in areas of environmental justice, food security, education and economic development. She has over 6 years experience working with multi-stakeholder coalitions and collaboration building. She is the founding organizer of the West Oakland Food Collaborative, and facilitated its strategic planning, resource development and implementation. As the Executive Director of Environmental Justice Institute, Ms. Harvey advocates for change through education and collaboration building. EJI currently developed and received a Cal Trans Environmental Justice Grant in partnership with Alameda County Public Health Department – the first transportation grant ever awarded to the public health department.
As the Interim Director of Mandela MarketPlace Inc. Ms. Harvey guides the development and growth of a small business incubator that sets an alternative model for wealth and health empowerment in West Oakland. MMPlace currently supports the development of Oakland Food Connection, 200 Mile Produce & Food Distribution, Mandela Foods Cooperative, and Commission on Aging Senior Market Booth program. She is part time faculty member at a Merritt college, where she teaches project based courses on food security and is developing an Environmental Justice certificate program. Ms. Harvey served a 3-year term as one of the initial Steering Committee members on the California Food and Justice Coalition. Ms. Harvey holds an undergraduate degree in Conservation Ecology with a minor in Forestry and Natural Resource Economics, and Masters of Science degree in Soil Science from UC Berkeley.