Janee Carter, MPA

As a first generation college graduate, Janee earned her Bachelor degrees in Sociology (emphasis on Law and Society) and African American Studies from the University of California, Davis in 2008.

During her undergraduate years, she worked with Bay Area and Sacramento based high school students to increase college readiness rates and access to higher education as well as supported her peers with retention and persistence measures. Her work on campus and in the community shaped an understanding that the field of education required more attention at the systems and policy level.

Upon graduating, Janee participated in UCLA's Travel Study Program at New York University and focused on the study of cities and culture. This program caused her to pivot her focus and combine her passions of education, regional policy, and city management. Upon returning to California, Janee began working with the City of Sacramento's, Neighborhood Services Department as an intern, and learned more about the city's approach to community development, policy implementation and the promotion of healthy communities.

From 2010 to 2016, she worked for Youth Radio, an Oakland based nonprift, serving as the Director of Support Services. In this capacity, Janee focused on youth workforce development, college readiness and access as well as additional postsecondary initiatives. In 2013, she earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of San Francisco.

Janee is currently a New Leaders Council Fellow (Oakland), and serves as a Management Analyst with the City of South San Francisco's Department of Public Works. In this capacity, she providesa variety of administrative functions, such as budget development and tracking for the Capital Improvement Program, fiscal analysis, contract administration, grant administration, process improvement, legislative monitoring, and regulatory compliance.

In 2015, she was a Pathways to Policy Fellow (California Center for Research on Women and Families), is a graduate of the Alameda County Citizens Academy (2015) and an active member of the College Bound Brotherhood's, Oakland District Implementation Team.