HOPE Leadership Institute
Advisory Council
The HLI Advisory Council engages and motivates HLI alumna from each class to remain engaged with HOPE. This includes becoming donors, participating in HOPE conferences, volunteering for HOPE, attending special HLI alumnae functions, and participating in HOPE’s various research projects.
Advisory Council members

Elmy Bermejo
President, San Francisco Comission on the Environment | /Board Member, Women's Foundation of CA
HLI Class of 1999

Cristina Gomez-Vidal
Parent Behavior Change Intervention (PBC-I) Therapist, Golden Bear Sleep and Mood Research Clinic/ Cristina Gomez-Vidal Consulting
HLI Class of 2004

Linda Caballero Sotelo
Executive Director, New Americans Museum
HLI Class of 2005

Sinar Lomeli
Counselor/Coordinator (PUENTE), Mira Costa College
HLI Class of 2008

Alcira Dominguez, M.P.A
Community Relations Consultant
HLI Class of 2008

Sylvia Soto
Community Center Director, County of Los Angeles, Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services
HLI Class of 2010

Emily Preciado-Fonseca
Account Director, Conill Advertising
HLI Class of 2011

Zulma Maciel
Director, Office of Immigrant Affairs, The City of San Jose
HLI Class of 2012

Claudia Mercado
Founder & CEO, Calibueno
HLI Class of 2012

Amelia Herrera-Robles
Community Relations and Outreach Manager, Blue Shield of California
HLI Class of 2013

Darlene Trujillo Elliot
Author, Intuitive Life Coach, and Healer
HLI Class of 2014

Mariana Corona Sabeniano
Chief of Staff, California State Assembly
HLI Class of 2015

Paula de la Riva
Program Officer, First 5 Kern
HLI Class of 2016

Milena Paez
Communications Director, NextGen Policy
HLI Class of 2017

Naomi Soto-Steidle
Principal, Umbrex
HLI Class of 2018

Viviana Becerra
Chief of Staff, California State Assembly
HLI Class of 2018

Isabel Arvea
Chief Of Staff, Office of Long Beach Vice Mayor Dee Andrews
HLI Class of 2019

Gloria Cruz Cardenas
Director of Community Engagement, Public Safety and Binational Affairs, City of San Diego Office of Council President Georgette Gomez
HLI Class of 2019

Amanda Staples
Community Advocacy Director, American Heart Association
HLI Class of 2020

Tristen Lopez
Senior Production and Revenue Accountant, California Resources Corporation
HLI Class of 2020