Our Staff & Board
Quinn Delaney
Board Member - President
Quinn Delaney is founder and President of Akonadi Foundation. She and her husband, Wayne Jordan, developed their passion for working for racial justice through their life experience and their work with young people organizing in their schools and in the street. When she started, Quinn was the only staff member of the Akonadi Foundation. She was responsible for the grantmakin...
Wayne Jordan
Board Member - Secretary-Treasurer
Wayne Jordan serves as Secretary-Treasurer for Akonadi Foundation. Wayne is a real estate investor and developer, working primarily in Northern California. Wayne is very active in local, state and national politics. He has been involved in many high-profile campaigns, including hosting fundraisers for Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Barbara Boxer and...
Monique Mehta
Program Officer
Monique comes to Akonadi with a range of experiences with promoting racial justice within the reproductive justice, immigrant rights, domestic violence, gender justice, and domestic worker rights movements. Most recently, she was a Program Development Consultant for the Equality and Opportunity Fund of Open Society Institute and the Interim Director of the National Domestic Wor...
Melanie Cervantes
Program Officer
Melanie was promoted to the role of Race and Place (RAP) Fund Program Officer for the Akonadi Foundation in January of 2010. Melanie began as Executive Assistant to President Quinn Delaney in 2004. Her interest in and talent for the foundation's programmatic and grantmaking work quickly led to a promotion to Program Associate in 2005. In her current role she leads the ...
Delena Scott
Administrative Assistant
Since May 2006, Delena has assisted Akonadi with various administrative projects. In January 2008, Delena will officially join Akonadi as the Administrative Assistant and will be responsible for the foundation's grant and financial management and administration. As the newest member to the Akonadi, Delena will provide critical support to the team. Delena is currently a stude...
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