Local Coordinators

Sean Crossland
Salt Lake City
Sean serves as the Director of Thayne Center for Service & Learning at Salt Lake Community College. He has a BA in Psychology from Iowa Wesleyan College and an MA in Community Leadership from Westminster College. Read More.

Lena Jones
Twin Cities & MissiSSiPPI
Lena Jones is a political science faculty member at Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC), where she has been teaching since 2002. Read More.

Angélica Esquivel
Cupertino-San Jose
Angélica Esquivel is the Program Coordinator of the Vasconcellos for Democracy in Action (VIDA) at De Anza Community College, which houses the Leadership and Social Change Certificate that prepares students to be community leaders. Read More.

Cynthia Kaufman
Cupertino-San Jose
Cynthia is the director of the Institute of Community and Civic Engagement at De Anza College and the program coordinator for the Community Learning Partnership’s work at De Anza. Read More.

John Krinsky
New YorK City
John Krinsky is a professor of political science, with an interest in labor and community organizing in New York. He specializes in urban politics, the politics of social movements, and the politics of work, welfare and labor. Read More.

Deborah M. Pfliegel
SouthEast MichigaN
Early in her career Deborah was a leader in the state of Ohio in career and technical education. In a career shift she transitioned to the private sector with General Motors Corporation. More recently Deborah transitioned back to the non-profit sector. Read More.