Founded in 1979, the Community Development Institute (CDI) has assisted more than 1,000 organizations throughout the country in improving governance and program delivery. CDI has provided leadership training to over 1,200 youth and serves as the fiscal sponsor for more than a dozen community-based Bay Area organizations.
CDI has four signature programs including: Empowerment Research!; Leadership Institute East Palo Alto, Leadership Training Academy, Nonprofit Incubator.
Our Mission
CDI's mission is to develop well-trained leaders and to support and nurture community-based organizations, public agencies, and businesses to promote community self-determination and sustainability.
STAFF
Executive Director - Goro Mitchell (Bio)
Empowerment Research!
Director – Lome Aseron (Bio)
Research Assistant – Carlos Chavez (Bio)
Research Assistant – Richard Feng (Bio)
Leadership Training Academy
Director – Ayodele Ankoanda Kinchen (Bio)
Program/Research Assistant – Bakari Thompson
Leadership Institute East Palo Alto
Director – Valicia Saucedo (Bio)
Nonprofit Incubator
Director - Rashid D. Herd (Bio)
Office Secretary - Tracy Harper (Bio)
Accountant - Charmaine Hall
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ms. Glenda Savage, Chair
President, The Way We Grow |
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Mr. Robert Hoover, Vice Chair
Real Estate Investor |
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Dr. Omowale Satterwhite
President, National Community Development Institute |
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Mr. David Lewis
President, Free At Last |
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Mr. N. John Douglas
President, AIM Broadcast |
Ms. Barbara Mouton, Secretary
First Mayor,
City of East Palo Alto |
Mr. Henry Organ, Member
Retired Associate Director of Corporate Relations, Stanford University |
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