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 grantmaking, the administration, the fiscal accountability and compliance. Now she has recruited a larger, experienced staff to help Akonadi fulfill its mission. As President, Quinn can now focus on the big-picture and long-term questions facing the foundation.

Quinn is also very involved with the ACLU, having served five years as Chair of the Board for the Northern California Affiliate. She has served on other boards as well, including those of the Oakland Museum of California, the Tides Foundation, Pitzer College and the Family Violence Law Center.