PATRICIA ROSE DUIGNAN

Patricia Rose Duignan has been in the visual effects industry since STAR WARS.  She has worked in senior management positions at ILM, Lucas Film, Tippett Studio, Rhythm & Hues, and Kerner Studios.  A graduate of Stanford University ('74) Rose returned to school to earn an MBA from Berkeley Columbia Executive Program in 2007.  Just this year she started a project management company; Hub Project Management (www.hubpm.com) which offers sales and executive producing skills to a full range of media and entertainment companies.  Rose has always volunteered in youth centric organizations and non profits that help women and children.  EORO became a focus for her efforts after she was invited as a guest of the board to a performance of plays written by incarcerated youth.  The words of these young people were so honest, so heartfelt and intelligent, she was compelled to volunteer to serve on the board of EORO.  

SANDEEP GANESH 

Sandeep Ganesh works for Pacific Gas & Electric Company (Fortune 200 Energy Company) in San Francisco. In his current role, he leads and supports various strategic initiatives aimed at modernizing the electric grid. He has been with PG&E since 2007 when he was recruited into their rotational General Management Leadership Program.

His prior experience includes Climate Change and Energy Efficiency work with General Electric, and several years in the Environmental Engineering industry. He was a winner of the US Environmental Protection Agency's International Climate Protection Award in 2005 for a Climate Change awareness campaign he ran in India.

Sandeep’s volunteer experience includes writing for the MV Foundation (anti-child labor), as an English teacher for Tibetan immigrants in India, and as a strategy consulting for the Taproot Foundation in San Francisco. He is the President of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business’ Bay Area Alumni Club and a co-founder and co-chair of the Booth Energy Network. He is a wine enthusiast and is a certified Sommelier. Sandeep has a BS in Civil Engineering, an MS in Civil Engineering, and an MBA (Strategy, and Organizational Behavior) from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

FRANK GALEA 

Frank Galea has a B.A. in Economics from San Francisco State University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder.

RANDY REYES

Randy Reyes grew up in the Bay Area and graduated from Santa Clara in 2003 where he was a double major in Economics and Sociology and spent most of his time volunteering in educational non-profits in East San Jose. He moved to New York directly after college to attend Columbia University for graduate school where he earned an MPA with a focus in Social Policy and emphasis in Law and Public Policy. After interning at CNN, the UN, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, he found himself back in the Bay Area working for an educational non-profit in East Palo Alto. This past year, he taught Government, Sociology, and Statistics through the Prison University Project and continues to work in the private sector at Google as a Specialist in People Operations where he is exploring his current passion/interest: the intersection of the non-profit and private sector.

ISABELLA ROSEKRANS, Board Chair

Isabella Rosekrans is a native of San Francisco. She graduated from Berkeley High School and attended SFSU where she earned a BA in Social Sciences.  She met her husband Spreck Rosekrans at Whitewater Voyages where they both worked as river guides.  They were married in 1982 and have three children.

Isabella began volunteering in California’s prison system in the early 1990’s, initially working with incarcerated men. At San Quentin, she helped facilitate a nonviolent training with prisoners awaiting parole and worked for a short period of time on death row. More recently she has focused on incarcerated adult women, including leading prayer groups sponsored by Grace Cathedral in the San Francisco County Jail.Since 2008 Isabella has worked mostly in the Richmond jail where she has developed a creative writing program.  The program initially focused on women from the general population but soon included a group in isolation.  She has been instrumental in helping both groups of women develop and publish their own Chapbooks.

Isabella believes that the arts can be fundamental to the health and well being of the incarcerated.  Artistic expression that is group oriented, she says, helps those behind bars gain confidence in their own voices.   It helps them to develop a sense of personal control and deepens their appreciation for the universality of human experience.  Writing, she believes, can be a cathartic experience.

ROBIN SOHNEN, FOUNDER

Before starting Each One Reach One (EORO) in 1998, Robin was a theater artist, an event producer and a marketing specialist. In 1987 she founded and directed Centre 4 Events, a Los Angeles-based group that specialized in designing, producing and marketing live theater as a unique and effective vehicle for companies to communicate their message to employees and clients alike. As the company's Director she produced over 50 theater-based programs designed to improve internal relations, boost employee morale, support recruitment efforts, and enhance company productivity for organizations such as the Unocal Corporation, Merrill Lynch Corporation, First Interstate Bank, Coca Cola, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau, SNK Home Entertainment Inc., Reebok, Sega, Mindscape, Electronic Arts, and the Missing Children's Foundation. 

Advisory Council:

JOILENE GROVE 

Joilene has served on our Board of Directors since August 2000, and has been President of the Board since October 2004. Joilene first became involved with Each One Reach One after providing pro bono legal services, including helping EORO attain its 501(c)(3) status. She also participated in the pilot program for ADAPT at Hillcrest Juvenile Hall. Joilene is the Program Director at the Foundation of the State Bar of California where she oversees the Foundation's grants, scholarships, and civics education programs. Prior to joining the Foundation, Joilene practiced corporate law for 8 years. Joilene loves traveling and taking Bay area hikes and trips to Tahoe with her husband David, her daughter and their dog.

RICHARD KAMLER

Richard has been making issue-driven art since 1976 when he made his first major installation, Out of Holocaust. Since that time his public installations, sound pieces, actions, events, drawings and public presentations have dealt with a series of social issues and environmental considerations. Richard has received many awards and grants for his work; among them are two National Endowments for the Arts fellowships and several California Arts Council Artist in Residence awards. In 1981 Kamler spent two years as Artist in Residence in San Quentin Prison. This experience dramatically changed the focus of his art as well as his thinking about the way art might be integrated into the fabric of our culture. Currently Richard teaches at the University of San Francisco where he is responsible for an outreach program placing artists into various communities.

MARIO ROCHA

Mario Alberto Rocha is a 23-year-old Chicano prisoner serving a sentence of two consecutive life terms at the Calipatria State Prison in the southern California desert. In 1996 he was arrested for murder and attempted murder. From 1997-1998 he was an originating member of the Inside Out Writers program at Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles. There he was taught by Duane Noriyuki, LA Times staff writer, and received acclaim for his work from staffers and spiritual volunteers, including from one of LA's great teacher-activists, Sister Janet Harris. His contributions to the program served a significant role in the publication of Inside Out's first book, What We See: Writings from Central Juvenile Hall (Karen Hunt, ed.). During this time he also participated in the institution's educational theater program, where he wrote and performed scenes, eventually writing and directing his own plays. In 1998, after getting convicted of the crimes charged as well as sentenced, he wrote and directed Beyond the Darkness, in which he worked under the guidance of Create Now! volunteer David Johnson, a professional screenwriter and co-director of the Hollywood film Riot. This play was credited as the inspiration of Each One Reach One (EORO), a theater arts mentoring program for at-risk youth in the Bay Area founded by Robin Sohnen, a former actress and production specialist who was among the invited guests at Beyond's premiere in Central Juvenile Hall. Rocha has since then become an advisory member of EORO (www.each1reach1.org), and his continued work with Sohnen has appeared in several Bay Area newspapers, including the San Francisco Examiner. From 1998-2003 he has continued to write in prison. In 1999 the prestigious international law firm Latham & Watkins accepted his case on a pro-bono basis at the request of California appellate attorney Susan Nash, who was persuaded to review the case by Sister Janet Harris. For the past four years a team of five Latham attorneys have petitioned the courts for Rocha's freedom. In fact, the story of his wrongful conviction has been featured in Los Angeles-New Times (2001) and has led to a documentary-in-progress by filmmaker Susan Koch for MTV Films. In short, Rocha may well be the next Mumia Abu Jamal: that prisoner whose case is so clearly unjust that it ignites a nation in protest.

GILBERT ZARAGOZA 

Gilbert Zaragoza serves as the founding Chief Technology Officer for Spartx Incorporated, a web-based company focused on networking literacy. In this position, he leads the execution of technology strategy which includes making decisions on technology platforms, partnerships, and future directions. He is currently also serving as the IT Director for Emanuel Pleitez’s Campaign for the 32nd Congressional District. In this capacity, he oversees the day to day technical operations as well as facilitates technology initiatives including social networking campaigns and partnerships with emerging technical start-ups. Prior to joining Spartx, Gilbert worked at several technology firms including Google and SunPower. Gilbert earned his B.S. in Symbolic Systems at Stanford University. This interdisciplinary degree combined aspects of Computer Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Linguistics, and Education towards understanding the potential implications of technology’s impact on the human condition. Gilbert’s experience and education provide him with the necessary skills to effectively leverage emerging technologies to promote social collaboration, community involvement, and education reform.