Meet the Leaders United Participants
Meet the 2020 Our Promise Leaders United Program Participants
This year, we are so excited to have five loaned state employees join the Our Promise team:
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Jamie Carino, California Health & Human Services
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Tom Hunt, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
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Tehani Rodriguez, California Department of Transportation (CalTrans)
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Esther Vicente, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
Each year, Our Promise asks state agencies and departments to loan one or more of their valued employees to participate in the Leaders United Program, an 18-week working session to assist in the annual giving campaign. Leaders United participants (LUs) serve as an extension of the Our Promise team and work full time in the local United Way offices from late July to early November. Their work is absolutely vital to the success of the campaign and goes a long way to ensure deserving non-profits from throughout the state benefit from the money raised each and every year.
This year, we wanted to highlight our LUs by shining a spotlight on their philanthropic passions. Learn more about each individual!
Dawn Clark-Lamb
Dept. of Transportation
Job Title
Information Technology Associate
What is a brief description of your job?
Work in the Information Technology office, handling various I.T. processes.
What is your favorite part about the program or the opportunity to be a part of the program?
Meeting others from different State Offices and the impact of helping awareness of all the local Non-Profit Organizations in our community.
Deborah Denham
California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS)
Job Title
Administrative Assistant II
What is a brief description of your job?
I am the assistant to the Federal Receiver who is over CCHCS.
What is your favorite part about the program or the opportunity to be a part of the program?
Getting to meet and work with different people. Continue learning and being a part of what is involved to make the Our Promise Campaign a success in helping make a difference in our communities.
Salome Wameya
California Public Employees Retirement System (CALPERS)
Job Title
Senior Accounting Officer
What is a brief description of your job?
As an accountant, I am one of the analysts working in the general ledger to keep accurate financial records that result in creating financial reports that get published in the annual financial reports for my agency in particular that gives the public and stakeholders the financial health State.
What is your favorite part about the program or the opportunity to be a part of the program?
Kathy Darling
Health and Human Services Agency
Job Title
Retired Human Resources Chief
What is a brief description of your job?
I was the Chief of the Human Resources Branch of the Department of State Hospitals, which had approximately 12,000 employees statewide, but now I am retired!
How long have you been involved in or volunteered with the campaign?
This is my third season working with the Our Promise campaign.
Samuel Turner
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA)
Job Title
Senior Physical Security Analyst
What is a brief description of your job?
Perform risk management and safety checks on agency buildings. Manage various contracts related to security operation.
What is your favorite part about the program or the opportunity to be a part of the program?
Helping benefit nonprofits
Esther Vicente
Dept. Corrections and Rehabilitation
Job Title
Staff Services Manager I
What is a brief description of your job?
Manage the payment of service contract invoices.
What is your favorite part about the program or the opportunity to be a part of the program?
It is an opportunity to use my skills set to help others.
What inspires you to give through the Our Promise campaign?
Helping those most in need.
Meet Rose Primacio
Our Promise Leaders United, Department of Transportation
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Rosalinda (Rose) Primacio, Maintenance Resource Manager for the Department of Transportation in District 11 San Diego.
What do you enjoy most about working as part of the Leaders United program on the OP campaign?
Meet Danielle Gist
Our Promise Leaders United, Department of Water Resources
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Danielle Gist, Department of Water Resources
What do you enjoy most about working as part of the Leaders United program on the OP campaign?
The community team effort working toward the same goal in a positive manner.
How long have you been involved in or volunteered with the campaign?
A total of about 11 years; continually for the past seven.
Meet Dawn Clark-Lamb
Our Promise Leaders United, Department of Transportation
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Dawn Clark-Lamb, Department of Transportation
What do you enjoy most about working as a Loaned Executive on the OP campaign?
Meeting others from different State Offices and the impact of helping awareness of all the local Non-Profit Organizations in our community.
How long have you been involved in or volunteered with the campaign?
Meet Deborah Denham
Our Promise Leaders United, California Correctional Health Care Services
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Deborah Denham, California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS)
What do you enjoy most about working as a Loaned Executive on the OP campaign?
Getting to meet and work with different people. Learning more about what is involved to make the Our Promise Campaign a success in helping make a difference in our communities.
How long have you been involved in or volunteered with the campaign?
Meet Kathy Darling
Our Promise Leaders United, Health and Human Services Agency
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Kathy Darling, retired from the Department of State Hospitals and working on behalf of Health and Human Services Agency.
What do you enjoy most about working as part of the Leaders United program on the OP campaign?
Interacting with and assisting the State departments with their campaigns.
How long have you been involved in or volunteered with the campaign?
Meet Lt. Phil Cooper
Our Promise Leaders United, California Highway Patrol
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Phil Cooper, California Highway Patrol
What do you enjoy most about working on the OP campaign?
Building new friendships with the other [Leaders United Participants] involved in this year’s campaign. Also, becoming more familiar with local non-profits/charities and the help they provide.
How long have you been involved in or volunteered with the campaign?
This is my 1st year becoming involved in the campaign
Meet Silvia Marwick
Our Promise Leaders United,California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Silvia Marwick, California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA)
What do you enjoy most about working as a Loaned Executive on the OP campaign?
I get to work with some very talented and intelligent people. It is also very enjoyable to meet the people who work in the other state departments.
How long have you been involved in or volunteered with the campaign?
Meet Shannon Walling
Our Promise Leaders United, Department of Motor Vehicles
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Shannon Walling, Department of Motor Vehicles
What do you enjoy most about working with the OP campaign?
I enjoy the opportunity to get out and meet my fellow state workers, learn about their agencies and educate them on the Our Promise Campaign and why it’s so important to give back.
How long have you been involved in or volunteered with the campaign?
Meet Lt. Darren Greene
Our Promise Loaned Executive, California Highway Patrol
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Lt. Darren Greene, California Highway Patrol
Meet Kathy Darling
Our Promise Loaned Executive, Department of State Hospitals
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Kathy Darling, Department of State Hospitals, under Health and Human Services Agency
Meet Tom Runge
Our Promise Leaders United, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Tom Runge, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
What do you enjoy most about working with the OP campaign?
I love being able to connect state employees with nonprofit organizations. State employees are known for their generosity. Helping them find a charity close to their heart is the best part of the job.
Meet Daphne Kelley
Our Promise Loaned Executive, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Daphne Kelley, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
Meet Tom Runge
Our Promise Loaned Executive, Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Tom Runge, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Meet Amanda Delfin
Our Promise Loaned Executive, Department of Transportation
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Amanda Delfin, Department of Transportation – Caltrans
Meet Danielle Gist
Our Promise Loaned Executive, Department of Water Resources
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
Danielle Gist, Department of Water Resources
Meet Steve Kinoshita
Our Promise Loaned Executive, California Highway Patrol (Retired)
Q & A:
Name, state department or agency.
California Highway Patrol, Lieutenant (Retired)