2023 Leadership Council
Mariana Corona Sabeniano, 2023 Chair
Chief of Staff, California State Assembly
Mariana Corona Sabeniano serves as a Chief of Staff in the California State Senate. Mariana has over thirteen years working on legislation and advancing policy on a variety of issues, including education, health, public safety, women’s issues, etc. Mariana is actively involved in the Sacramento community. She currently serves as an appointee on the Sacramento Community Police Review Commission, the Natomas Community Planning Advisory Council, and on the Natomas Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. She enjoys giving back to her alma mater, Sacramento State, through her involvement on the Sacramento State Alumni Association, Board of Directors. Mariana also serves on the steering committee for the Sacramento Latina Leaders Network, which provides leadership development opportunities to Latina Leaders. Furthermore, Mariana’s passion for…
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Joaquin Razo, 2023 Vice Chair
Executive Director, Blue Zones Project upper Napa Valley
Joaquin serves as Executive Director for Blue Zones Project Upper Napa Valley. Working with a dynamic team, Blue Zones Project works in community to build environments where the healthy choice, is the easy choice, by supporting the local population, policy advancement, and workplace and organizational systems. At the end of the day Blue Zones Project wants to build a community where we all live longer, better, together. Prior, Joaquin served as the Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for the St. Helena Chamber of Commerce in Napa Valley. Working with over 200 member-businesses ranging from large international winery brands to small local boutique stores. Joaquin comes to us with over fifteen years of organizational planning/restructuring; non-profit fundraising; diversity, inclusion &…
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Taylor Toledo, 2023 Immediate Past Chair
Director of Client Strategy, 3fold Communications
Taylor Toledo is the Planning Director at 3fold Communications where she co-leads a team of managers to develop award-winning marketing solutions for healthcare, education and workforce development, and community impact organizations across the nation. She has been with the agency almost four years and previously served as the Director of Education and Workforce Development where she developed marketing and advertising strategies for community colleges, workforce development initiatives, and education-focused nonprofits and associations. Back in 2015 she moved from San Francisco to Sacramento where she joined EDGE as a member of the Communications Committee, eager to put her fingerprints on the marketing and communications that were shaping the region and attracting the city’s diverse talent. She climbed the ranks and became…
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