Mentor Profiles

Hon. Jean Quan

Mayor
City of Oakland, California

A woman of many firsts, Jean Quan is the first Asian American mayor of a major U.S. city, the first woman to be elected mayor of Oakland, and was the first Asian American woman to serve on both the Oakland City Council and Oakland School Board.

Hon. Darryl C. Towns

Commissioner and CEO
NYS Homes and Community Renewal

Darryl C. Towns was selected by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to serve as Commissioner/CEO of NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), which includes all the state's integrated housing and community renewal agencies and programs.

Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez

Executive Vice President, Multicultural Markets and Engagement
AARP

Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez is the executive vice president for Multicultural Markets & Engagement at AARP. Lorraine brings to this position a distinguished career in the nonprofit, government and corporate sectors that extends more than 30 years. Most recently, she was New York's Secretary of State, the first Hispanic to serve in that role.