Steven H. Tulsky — President
Steven Tulsky, M.B.A., Board President of Centerforce, is a consultant in the areas of finance, systems, and strategic planning, with a specialization in financial strategy and management issues within small- and medium-sized non-profit organizations. Since 1979 he has held positions as a financial officer for various large, medium, and small public and private corporations. He teaches Non-Profit Finance and Accounting at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California, and since 1996 he has been serving in a multitude of disaster response and preparedness volunteer leadership roles with the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter and the County of Marin. He is deeply committed to the mission of Centerforce, and supports it by applying his organizational and strategic skills towards guiding the Board's governance processes and supporting the Agency’s senior management, and by providing technical expertise to the staff on issues concerning finances and planning.

Rodolfo Pinon — Vice President
Rodolfo Pinon has an extensive background in community organizing and working with community based non-profit organizations. His educational background in the area of psychology has allowed him to work as human services provider for over 20 years in the area of mental health, substance abuse, community corrections, and community advocacy. Rodolfo currently works for the Desert Communities Empowerment Zone as Community Development Coordinator providing vital services to isolated rural desert communities. As a Board Member, Rodolfo Pinon is committed to fulfilling the 30 year mission of Centerforce of providing services to inmates and the families and children visiting loved ones incarcerated in state prison.

Jamille Moens — Treasurer
Jamille brings to the Board a broad range of local, state, national and international experience in both the public and private sectors. Currently serving as manager of the Customer Information System for the City of Sacramento, Jamille has held positions in policy and media relations for a California State Legislator and as an independent business consultant for a number of organizations. Her educational background includes a bachelor's degree from Cornell in Industrial and Labor Relations and a master's degree from Stanford in Political Science. Jamille's involvement with Centerforce stems from her commitment to advocate for increasing rehabilitation and education in California's criminal justice system and revising its sentencing practices. Jamille also has family members who are or have been incarcerated.

Harold Atkins
Harold Atkins served a 6-year sentence in San Quentin state prison, and is an adult child of incarcerated parents. His father served 31 years on a life "without the possibility of parole" sentence and his mother served a 5-year sentence. While in San Quentin, Harold participated in the Centerforce HIV Peer Education Program as the first non-infected HIV Peer Educator for the Centerforce Peer Education Program. Today, Harold is actively involved in organizations including: the AIDS Resources Information and Services of Santa Clara County, the Community Health Outreach Program at Free At Last, the Emergency Housing Consortium in San Jose, and the L.I.F.E. Youth Mentoring Program through Centerforce. With all that Harold has contributed to the community, his pride and joy is coaching youth football in the International Pop Warner Little Scholar's football league. Harold is also the proud father of four wonderful sons.

Cardale Evans
Cardale Evans began working in HIV health education and street outreach programs just after his release from California State and then Federal prisons in 1989. He began his professional work as an outreach worker on the streets of San Francisco. Cardale has worked as a Health Education Specialist/Case Manger working with homeless youth at risk and sex industry workers. He has also worked as a Counselor and Phlebotomist doing pre- and post-test counseling. In addition, Cardale was a Health Education Specialist providing counseling to inmates at Alameda County Jail at Santa Rita and to youth incarcerated at Youth Guidance Center in San Francisco. While incarcerated, Cardale founded and ran the pre-release Health Education Program at California State Prison, Susanville. At the same time he provided counseling to those that were HIV positive. Cardale has worked with the California Prostitutes Education Project (CAL PEP), Marin AIDS Project, University of California Urban Health Study and the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic. Cardale whole-heartedly believes in Centerforce and the services and benefits provided to those incarcerated and their families.

Steven Raphael
Steven Raphael is Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley.  His research focuses on low-wage labor markets, low-income housing, the economics of discrimination, and the economics of crime and corrections.

Ben Thornley - Secretary
Ben Thornley is a graduate policy student at the University of California, Berkeley. Ben has spent six of the last eight years in the United States, most recently directing efforts to position Australia as a global financial services center, based out of the New York Consulate-General. He has worked for the United Nations Association of the U.S.A, facilitating Wall Street's participation in the UN's Financing for Development Conference, and he first relocated to New York as a foreign correspondent for a number of prominent Australian business journals. Prior to arriving in the U.S., Ben worked as Editorial Director and Director Business Development for a boutique investment industry publishing company. Ben is also an instructor at U.C. Berkeley, focused on economic development and wealth and income inequality. Ben graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney, and completed a Certificate of International Affairs at New York University.

Tony Thurmond
Tony Thurmond is an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the West Contra Costa Unified School District. Tony previously served on the Richmond City Council from 2005 to 2008. Tony currently works as a manager of a non-profit organization that provides services to people living with developmental disabilities in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Main Counties. With more than 15 years of non-profit management experience. Tony has held leaders positions in Oakland, San Francisco, and Philadelphia in agencies that focused on neighborhood revitalization, education, youth development, and services for emancipated foster youth. Tony has also directed a special services district in Marin City, CA and has served as a director of residential programs at the University of California Berkeley. Tony is a member of the 2007 class of the Annie E. Casey Children and Families Fellowship. Tony received a BA in Psychology from Temple University and did his graduate work at Bryn Mawr College where he received dual Masters Degrees in Law and Social Policy and Social Work. When he isn’t working or involved in political causes, Tony enjoys spending time with his wife Kristin and daughters Maya and Jayden at their home in the San Francisco Bay area.

Robert C. Palmer
Robert is president of Platzner & CO (www.platzner.com) a boutique consulting firm that empowers foundations, social enterprises and nonprofit organizations to achieve a higher level of community impact and change. Working with local, national and global organizations, Platzner & Co. designs and implements sustainable marketing and business programs tailored to the individual needs of each nonprofit, so that they can consistently attain their goals and fulfill their mission. Palmer has more than 20 years of strategic communications, marketing and general business experience including 15 years of high-tech work in Silicon Valley. He received his B.S. in Journalism from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and resides in Oakland, CA.

Honor Jackson
Honor graduated from the University of Pacific in Stockton with a degree in Sociology. After graduation, he played for the Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, and the New York Giants. After retiring from professional football, Honor started Fence at the Top, a non-profit youth mentoring program. He is currently the Executive Director. Youth at the Top believes that sports, and football in particular, teaches youth life skills including respect, responsibility, goal setting, the value of an education, self-control, teamwork and perseverance. Top of the Fence works with youth that are doing poorly in school, are involved in gangs, are having problems with drugs and/or alcohol, peer pressure and more. Honor is also the President of the Northern California NFL Retired Players Association. Honor has four children ages 14-26. He was born in New Orleans and grew up in Marin City.

Joan Johnson
Joan R. Johnson is a retired Lieutenant from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office with almost 29 years of direct services within Law Enforcement.  During her career, she has worked in various Units within the Department, which included: Background Investigations and Recruiting Unit, Jail Training, Court Services, Transportation, Work Furlough, Training Patrol and Detention and Corrections. Additionally, while in the position of sergeant, she proudly provided leadership in the creation of the Maximizing Opportunities for Mothers to Succeed (MOMS) program, which is a program specifically designed to empower women, support families, and to reduce recidivism. Currently, Ms. Johnson is enrolled in a Master Degree program with Northcentral University. She is a graduate of the FBI, National Academy, 2007 and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. She has a very strong background and belief in providing programming to the people in her jails.