Oakland Sharing The Vision (OSV) was an effort to bring 1,000 Oaklanders together to form goals and objectives that were to be a path to civic growth. What Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf calls the ‘secret sauce” of Oakland, what our city is, is in large degree reflected in the work of OSV.
The list of members was never put into a webpage form, only a pdf form – until now with my effort to revive OSV for the 21st Century. Here’s the full list of those people who made up the first meeting that created OSV. Some of them, like Richard Winnie, the Alameda County Counsel and friend and mentor to me, have passed on. Many others, like Annalee Allen, Mayor Harris, Ray Leon and Alton Jelks, Paul Cobb, Gay Pair Cobb, LaTonda Simmons, and Becky Taylor, and myself, are with us today.
Here is it, the Oakland Sharing The Vision Original Members List from 1992, complete with the groups they belonged to:
Oakland Sharing the Vision Members
Board of Directors
Oakland Mayor Elihu Harris
Dick Spees
Robert Toney
Annalee Allen
Lynette Lee
Expanded Economic Base
Task Force
Co-Chairs
Ces Butner
Claude Hutchison
Members
Zenophon Abraham
Jack Atkin
Seth Bailey
Arnold Bellow
Allison Bergamo
Jennie Bettles
Elissa Brown
Linda Bytof
Jacquee Castain
Bob Chew
Jeff Chew
John Christensen
Marlene Daniels
Michael Dean
Margot Dishner
Alan Dones
Bob Eagle
James Edgerly
Gary Fields
Robinson Foster
Dana Fox
Mark Friedman
Tracey Glenn
John Glover
Judith Goldsmith
David Grubbs
Kerry Hamill
Mac Hay
Connie Hosemann
Sharon Jackson
Dave Johnson
Michael Kinane
John Klein
Richard Knutson
Kathryn Kutz
Peter Lawrence
Mi Yeong Lee
Myrtise Lim-Wong
Mark Lindquist
Paul Loh
Dana Long
Helen Lore
Arnold Luft
David McDonald
George McLaughlin
Robery Middleton
Fred Morse
Lovell Mosely
Maureen Murray
John Nasstrom
Alfred Parham, Sr.
Donna Pate
Shelly Peterson
Mark Ross
Victor Rubin
John Russo
Anita Sevilla
Shyaam Shabaka
Gary Sirbu
Lee Snider
Adeline Sweeney
Melvin Tennant
Robert Toney
Paul Valva
Ernest Walker
Winifred Walsh
Vanessa Washington
Selwyn Whitehead
Barbara Winn
Richard Winnie
Alex Wong
Ellen Wyrick Parkinson
Ruth Yanover
Neighborhood
Revitalization Task Force
Co-Chairs
Don Kinkead
James Sweeney III
Members
Jerry Adams
Ginney Allen
Deneen Allmond
Dan Altemus
Carl Anderson
Jack Atkin
Dianne Bartleson
Arnetta Belgar
Jean Blackshear
Susan Boyle
Clyde Brewster
Sue Brewster
Cynthia Griffin Brown
Chris Buckley
Sharon Burleigh
Karen Calloway
Carlotta Campbell
Nona Campbell
Marina Carlson
Jacquee Castain
Robert Chastain
Sharon Chezan
Pamela Clark
Willie Collins
Eric Cone
Ron Cornman
Leilani Cotton
Mary Crawford
Shaerry Crawford
Kit Curtiss
Don Davenport
Edith Davis
Celilia Duncan
Bennie Easley
Kennecia Easley
Kathie English
Dorothy Erb
Na’ama Firestone
Creighton Fong
Larry Forte
George Gianopoulos
Judith Goldsmith
Susan Haight
Joanne Hausler
Vanessa Hawkins
Heather Hensley
Al Hernandez
Richard Higginbotham
Sheila Hill-Fajors
Bishop Holmes
Charles Hudson, Jr.
Greg Hyson
Alice Jackson-Taylor
Alvin James
Ned Jaros
Michael Johnson
Vivian Kahn
Michael Kinane
Cayren King
John Klein
Bea Knowles
Tina Konvalinka
Roy Krausen
Lynette Lee
Chan U Lee
Brooke Levin
Charles Lewis
Bill Lowe
Ron Morra
Fred Morse
John Mortensen
Elizabeth Morton
Phillip Moss
Lois Nembhard
Barbara Neustadler
Monsa Nitoto
Maureen O’Neill
James Owens
Sally Phillips
Gary Pound
Christine Ralls
Hans Reuvekamp
Gwin Richards
Eunice Robinson
Justin Rosenthal
Gail Rusin
Dan Rust
Roy Schweyer
James Servais
Natasha Shebeko
Liz Silverman
Fannie Smith
Joanna Smith
Marguerite Smith
Jane Spangler
Lisa Spearman
Mary Strauss
Doreen Strongs
Earl Stucky, Jr.
Adeline Sweeney
Carlon Tanner
Larry Taylor
Queen Thurston
John Wagers
Kathy Walsh
Louise Ware
Maureen Webb
Lenore Weiss
Dorothy Williams
Hallie Williams
James Williams
Ellen Wyrick Parkinson
Ann G. Yee
Willie Yee
Kristina Younger
Gerry Zager
Safe, Healthy, Drug-Free
City Task Force:
Co-Chairs
Ophelia Long
Sherry Hirota
Members
Anita Addison
Lisa Allen
Judy Armstrong
Jack Atkin
Jim Barber
Jean Blacksher
Gretchen Blais
Kathleen Boehm
Odessa Bolton
Lisa Brill
Charles Brown
Elissa Brown
Maurice Brown
Warner Brown
Mark Cabrera
Abelbert Campbell
Cass Caufield
Regina Chavarin
Paul Cobb
Patrick Connell
Sgt. Bob Crawford
Tony Crear
Georgia Davenport
Rafael Delgadillo
Len Duhl
Robert Eisenman
Barbara Evan
Walter Filkowski
Dorothy Graham
Louis Hal
Sara Hamlen
Jim Haye
Horace Hobbs
Dorothy Hurlburt
Henry Hurlburt
Wendy Jameson
Ned Jaros
Warner Jenkins
Gary Johnson
Gracie Johnson
David Kears
Charles King
Ken Kingsbury
Norman Knight
Chuck Lacy
Denise Lai
Bruce Marcus
Daphne Markham
Michael McCree
Ronnie McFarland
Lilia Moreno
John Nasstrom
Robert Nichelini
Mike Nisperos, Jr.
John Norton
Ana O’Connor
King O’Neal
Tony Papp
Ken Parker
Fred Peoples
Denis Pina
Walter Preston
Phebia Richardson
Rick Ricketts
Jerry Rose
John Russo
Isaac Slaughter
Freddie Smith
Harvey Smith
Martha Smyser
Calvester Stanley
Muriel Sterling
Don Sutton
Carol Tolbert
John Viera
Marty Wagner
Sheryl Walker
Jennae Wallach
Harriet Walsh
David Wells
Molly Wetzel
Robert Whitaker
Edward Willis
Education and Lifelong
Learning Task Force
Co-Chairs
Richard Winnie
Gay Plair Cobb
Members
Joseph Adwere-Boamal
Lynn Baraco
Jennie Bettles
Charles Boije
Manuel Cabello
Barbara Cannon
Wilma Chan
Terry Coffino
Toni Cook
Lynn Dodd
Bill Doge
Suzanne DuBois
Susan Duncan
Robert Galizen
Barbara Gee
Carolyn Getridge
Deborah Gilmore
Martin Gomez
Jacqueline Goodman
Willie Hamilton
Fannie Mae Haughton
Henry Izumizaki
Bruce Jacob
Alton Jelks
Angela Johnson
Percy Julian
Kathy Katano-Lee
William Kramer
Barbara Lee
Susan Lo
Robert Long
Lois MacGillivray
Avon Manning
Sadie Marrow
Frank Martino
Bella Medera
Karen Meroble
Mae Monroe
Tomye Neal-Madison
Beverly Neeley
Robert Nicolai
Henry Nunn
Genita Paceley
Lise Perlman
Jeanette Phillips
Diane Raulston
Don Smith
Robert Scannell
Robert Toney
Marie De Porres Taylor
Pearlean Taylor
Queen Thurston
John Turpin
Evelyn Westly
Herbye White
Lee White
Allie Whitehurst-Gordon
Bob Williams
Cleve Williams
Calvin Womble
Gerri Wollfork
Ellen Wyrick Parkinson
Alan Young
Building Coalitions Task
Force
Co-Chairs
Jose Arredondo
Richard Cowan
Members
Jack Atkin
Dianne Bartleson
Darlene Bednerik
Jennie Bettles
Arthur Boone
Carolynne Boone
Yolanda Butler
Terry Coffino
Barbara Davis
Faith Dubois
Bob Eagle
Faith Fauntleroy
Sally Gallegos
Patricia Glover
Arthur Goldman
Susan Haight
Al Hernandez
Linda Huber
Alton Jelks
Kathy Katano-Lee
Laura King
Suzie Lee
Robert Long
Bill Lowe
Daphne Markham
Jackie McCort
Diane Moffett
John Nasstrom
Theresa Navarro
Tina Neil
Mike Nisperos, Jr.
Marlene Oehler
Odessa Pegus
Perviz Randeria
John Randle
Carole Reed
Eunice Robinson
Justin Rosenthal
Cynthia Ross
Victor Rubin
Mary Strauss
Sala Udin
Cultural Affairs Task Force
Members
Cathy Adams
Marcia Carter
Judith Duenas
Davud Glover
Shyrl Hayman
Patty Hirota
Janette MacKinlay
Ignacia Peri
Charles Schmuck
John Sutter
K.M. Tan
Jeffrey Tauber
Jill Vialet
Mary Lou Weggenmann
Sonja Williams
Grants Committee
Karen Bilbrey
Marcia Carter
Shryl Hayman
Arlene Kimata
Carolyn Lau
Mlinzi Majigiza
Charles Schmuck
Public Art Committee
Lorna Dare
Violet Fields
Beatrice Hablig
Susanna Hirshen
Leonard Hunter
Chris Johnson
Nancy Selvin
Judge John Sutter
Jose Vilar
Calvin Womble
Marketing Committee
Carol Beadle
Judith Blair
Robert Brown
Pat Donohue
Judith Duenas
Diana Freeland
Stan Hebert
Kathy Irving
Janette Mackinlay
Dave Mendelsohn
Millie Mitchell
Harold Power
Suzanne Talmy
Carole Ward Allen
Mary Lou Weggenman
Rhonda White-Warner
Sonja Williams
Traditional Arts
Committee
Cathy Adams
Theresa Bonner-Payne
Claude Clark
Stephen Gong
Patty Hirota
Donna Reid
Lynn Rogers
Judge Jeffrey Tauber
Work/Live Committee
Jim Blyer
Candice Carson
Thomas Dolan
Candi Farlice
Michael Floss
Frederick Hertz
Dolores Jaquez
Alton Jelks
Gary Knecht
Jim Kushera
Arthur Monroe
Miguel Nelson
Leon Paulos
Ignacio Peri
Michael Reynolds
Jim Riehart
Charles Schmuck
Jeffrey Smith
Scott Staupe
Reynaldo Terrazas
Technical Advisors
Walter Abernathy
Antonio Acosta
Sue Aiken
Annalee Allen
Mark Allen
Carl Anthony
Jose Arredondo
Frank Arthur
Jack Atkin
Tony Atkisson
Rahim Aurang
Ralph Baker
Rick Baker
Belen Balaba
Steve Banker
Jerry Barnes
Tom Bates
John Baumann
Ben Bear
Cleveland Bellow
Ward Belding
Charles Benson
Fran Bitterman
Jean Blacksher
Angela Blackwell
Gretchen Blais
Ed Blakely
Dolores Blanchard
Charles Boggan Jr.
Anne Bonie-Wilson
Carolyn Bovat
John Bowers
James Branch
Gary Breaux
Paul Brekke-Meisner
Mike Bridges
Lisa Brill
Janet Broughton
Elissa Brown
Julia Brown
Maurice Brown
Charles Brown
Charles Bryant
Chris Buckley
Ces Butner
Mark Cabrera
Deane Calhoun
Jim Carter
Pat Cashman
Susan Chamberlin
Wilma Chan
Jeff Chew
Floretta Chisom
John Christensen
Ed Church
Gay Plair Cobb
Ada Cole
Deane Calhoun
Willie Collins
Lee Collins-Rink
Denise Conley
Toni Cook
Fran Cooper
Michael Corbett
Link Corkery
Betita Coty
Bud Covert
Lawrence Crouchett
Mary Curran
Ted Dang
Marie De Porres Taylor
Rafael Delgadillo
Margot Dishner
Carolyn Douthat
Richard Dowling
Alan Dreyfuss
Suzanne DuBois
Leo Dubose
Susan Duncan Bob Eagle
Peter Ekstein
Zenobia Embry-Nimmer
Kathy Ferber
Steve Ferguson
Gary Fields
Ceda Floyd
Lynn Fonfa
Charles Foster
Robinson Foster
Burchelle Fox
Aileen Frankel
Frank Fuller
Bernardo Garcia
Joel Garcia
Jane Garcia
Henry Gardner
Bill Garvine
Carolyn Getridge
David Glover
Patricia Glover
John Glover
Judith Goldsmith
Martin Gomez
Dorothy Graham
Barbara Gregory
Louis Hal
Kerry Hamill
Sara Hamlen
Alice Hammers
George Hart
Margaret Hauben
Fannie Mae Haughton
Les Hausrath
Linda Hausrath
Jim Haye
Chappelle Hayes
Stana Hearne
Richard Heasley
Mary Ann Hedderson
Bill Hein
Khati Hendry
Lisbeth Henning
Barbara Henry
Heather Hensley
Al Hernandez
Antoinette Hewlett
Sheila Hill-Fajors
David Hoard
Horace Hobbs
Sandra Holliday
Rick Holliday
Pearl Howell
Henry Hurlburt
Dorothy Hurlburt
Kathleen Hurley
Greg Hyson
Bradley Inman
Adrian Isabelle
Jim Ishimaru
Henry Izumizaki
Martin Jack
James Jackson, Jr.
Alvin James
Wendy Jameson
Ned Jaros
Alton Jelks
Warner Jenkins
Gary Johnson
Gracie Johnson
Ken Jones
Vincent Jones
Vivian Kahn
David Kears
Jim Keddy
Bruce Kern
Harland Kessel
Ron Kilcoyne
Joan Kiley
Laura King
Charles King
Ken Kingsbury
Travis Kinsley
Gary Knecht
Norman Knight
Craig Kocian
Katrina Koh
Brooks Kolb
Tina Konvalinka
Roy Krausen
Cynthia Knoll
Dana Kueffner
Jim La Mentia
Chuck Lacy
Lambert Lee
Edwin Lee
Lynette Lee
Mary Lee Widener
Barbara Lee
Mi Yeong Lee
Richard Legates
Lori Lenrow
Jeff Levine
Ariu Levy
Charles Lewis
Diane Lewis
John Licht
Mark Lindquist
Robert Long
Helen Lore
Mark Lovette
Mary Lu Ellis
Donlyn Lyndon
Carl Lynn
Estelle Mannis
Bruce Marcus
Daphne Markham
Judith Briggs Marsh
Thomas Martinsen
Jan Masaoka
Frank Matarrese
Martin Matarrese
Gwen McCormick
Michael McCree
Ronnie McFarland
Paul Merrick
John Merrit
Pete Mesa
Cathleen Michaels
Barry Miller
Carol Mintz
Robert Mires
Monsa Nitoto
Cheryl Mitchell-Wade
Lisa Moreno
Bea Morris
John Mortensen
Larry Mortimer
Rosemary Muller
Margo Murray
Jay Musante
John Nasstrom
Booker Neal
Robert Nichelini
Mike Nisperos, Jr.
Wade Nobles
Henry Nunn
Shanna O’Hare
Maureen O’Neill
Linda Okahara
LaRRY Orman
Bob Orser
Richard Pantages
Chris Patillo
Fred Peoples
Mike Pickering
Denis Pina
Gary Pound
Helaine Prentice
Fred Presily
Mike Pyatock
Marsha Ramsey
Barbara Ramsey
Ezra Rapport
Renee Resendez
Vince Reyes
John Reynolds
Jim Rinehart
Barney Rivera
Charles Roberts
Terry Roberts
Janet Rolando
Peggy Roth
John Russo
Ken Ryan
Bob Sakai
Frances Sam-Soqsa
Mtangulizi Sanyika
Janet Sapenter
Robert Scannell
Susan Schacher
Naomi Schiff
Roy Schweyer
Anita Sevilla
Jean Shields
Allen Shinn
Dan Siegel
Patricia Simmons
Isaac Slaughter
Harold Smith
Michael Smith
Cecilia Smock
Randy Snowden
Connie Soper
Nika St. Claire
Barbara Staggers
Ken Stanley
Muriel Sterling
David Stern
Julie Strauss
Lynn Suter
John Sutter
Don Sutton
Steve Szalay
Sandra Taylor
Donald Terner
Minnie Thomas
Mildred Thompson
Revan Tranter
James Vann
John Viera
Phyllis Waller
Bill Walsh
Zack Wasser
David Wendel
Frances Werner
Evelyn Wesley
Larry Westland
Molly Wetzel
Bonnie Wheatley
Robery Whitaker
Herbye White
Selwyn Whitehead
Allie Whitehurst-Gordon
Cleveland Williams
Jayne Williams
Curt Wingler
Richard Winnie