About Urban Habitat
Founded in 1989, Urban Habitat's builds bridges between environmentalists, social justice advocates, government leaders, and the business community. Our work has helped to broaden and frame the agenda on toxic pollution, transportation, tax and fiscal reform, brownfields, and the nexus between inner-city disinvestments and urban sprawl.
Juliet Ellis
Executive Director
Prior to becoming Executive Director for UH, Juliet was the Associate Program Officer for Neighborhood and Community Development at The San Francisco Foundation. She was responsible for all aspects of grantmaking in the areas of workforce development, housing, homelessness, economic development, community development, and neighborhood planning.
Juliet has served on numerous regional and local boards and committees, including the Oakland Homeless and Low-Income Taskforce, the San Francisco Asset Building Initiative, the Alameda Continuum of Care Council, the Alameda County Public Health Disparities Taskforce, the Community Capital Investment Initiative, Girls After School Academy, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and the San Francisco School of Volunteers. She currently serves on the Board and Steering Committee of TransForm (formerly the Transportation and Land Use Coalition), the David Brower Center, the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities, and the Partnership for Working Families. Juliet serves as a commissioner for San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), a department of the City and County of San Francisco that provides water, wastewater, and municipal power services to San Francisco and supplies water to 1.6 million additional customers within three Bay Area counties.
Urban Habitat Board of Directors 2009
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
President: Juliet Ellis
Executive Director
Urban Habitat
Oakland, CA
Chair: Joe Brooks
Vice President for Civic Engagement
PolicyLink
Oakland, CA
Vice-Chair: Romel Pascual
City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Treasurer: Tamar Dorfman
Mayor's Office of Community Development
San Francisco, CA
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS:
Carl Anthony
Founder of Urban Habitat
Berkeley, CA
Felicia Marcus
Natural Resources Defense Council
San Francisco, CA
Arnold Perkins
Former Director
Alameda Public Health Department
Oakland, CA
Assistant Professor
College of Environmental Design
Department of City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
FORMER BOARD MEMBERS:
Fred Blackwell
S.F. Mayor's Office of Community Development
San Francisco, CA
Gabriela Sandoval
Associate Professor
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Tim Thomas
Homeowner Relations Manager
East Bay Habitat for Humanity
Oakland, CA
