The Council de Manos:
Board of Directors
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
Director of Engagements
Ivy Vélez
Nationality/Ethnic Heritage:
Puerto Rican
Residence: Boston, MA
Image Description: Ivy, a light-skinned Latina with eyeglasses and red lipstick and smiling. Ivy wearing a navy blue blouse with a black necklace holds a shiny silver piece. Background: blurred frames pictures.
Director of Communication
Joseph "JoJo" Lopez III
Nationality/Ethnic Heritage:
Mexican
Residence: Las Cruces, NM
Image Description: JoJo, Latino Deaf male smiles toward the camera with a background of white sand, mountain, and sunset.
Director of Finances
Jon Ferrales
Nationality/Ethnic Heritage:
Mexican
Residence: Las Cruces, NM
Image Description: Jon, is a light-skinned person with a black and grey beard and a bald head. Jon smiles in a black shirt with a colorful font shape spelled as LOVE. On an O-shaped turtle. On a V-shaped as a handshape Y within an ocean. Along with white font typed hashtag beach life.
Director of Media
Kah Mendoza
Nationality/Ethnic Heritage:
Mexican
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Image Description: Kah, tan-skinned, dark brown curly hair wearing a beige colored shirt with a gold chain and brown pair of glasses. With ocean and blue sky in the background.
Director of Special Projects
Melissa Elmira Yingst
Nationality/Ethnic Heritage:
Mexicana
Residence: Southern California
Image Description: Melissa, a Latina with black hair and brown eyes is wearing a green dress while smiling in front of a tree with a city skyline.
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Co-Director of Operations
Jennifer Spensieri
Nationality/Ethnic Heritage:
Peruvian and Italian
Residence: New York City, NY
Image Description: Jennifer, a Latinx brown skinned female with a messy bun wearing fuchsia lipstick in a V-shaped maroon dress. She has green/gold dangly earrings and is leaning on a tree smiling for the camera. The background is blurred.
Director of Solidarity
Ricardo Sanchez
Nationality/Ethnic Heritage:
Mexican-American
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Ricardo.Sanchez@
councildemanos.org
Image Description: Ricardo. Here, the back background is the left tree. I am in front and smile toward the camera. My hair is two block haircut and my jacket is a blue and white line on my both shoulder.
Co-Director of Operations
Hemi Perez
Nationality/Ethnic Heritage:
Mexican
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
hemiperez@
councildemanos.org
Image Description: Hemi, a light-skinned Latinx, is in front of a yellow/tan background. Wears a tan t-shirt and uses brown frame glasses. They have a dark brown curly and wavy hair. They smile toward the camera.