Letitia Henderson, a native Oaklander, is a powerful, skilled, and connected community leader who has an exceptional ability to bring people together for community building and mutually enriching outcomes. Letitia launched Exceptional Community Connections in 2015 to expand her ability to help human service systems authentically partner with traditionally marginalized communities. Letitia’s goal is to create and facilitate spaces that increase social capital and equity for the common good.  Her project leadership experience includes more than 20 years of professional experience in the field of Human Services. She holds an MSW from the University of California, Berkeley, is an alumna of the Coro Full-time Fellows in Public Affairs, and is currently a Doctoral Student in Organizational Development and Leadership at the University of Arizona Global Campus. As the Principal of the C4ES Project, Mrs. Henderson will lead the project design, planning, data collection efforts, and provide support to all other aspects of the project that contribute to the final plan.

Natriece uses poetry and creative content to educate and inspire underserved communities to achieve equity and excellence. She helps busy people launch ideas and become better entrepreneurs. Her passion points of service are youth enrichment, emotional wellness, business planning/scaling, and financial wellness.

Miriam holds a degree in Business Administration and brings over six years of experience in administrative and operations roles. She has supported both individuals and businesses in driving growth through strong organization, efficient project management, and collaborative team support. Known for her attention to detail and proactive approach, Miriam excels at creating streamlined processes and managing priorities in fast-paced environments.

Marthea Alley-Caliz has over twenty years of experience working with nonprofit, community, and government groups that provide critical community services.  She specializes in  executive coaching, team/board development, launching new initiatives, grant writing and funding strategy development.  She believes in the power of people to transform communities, one project at a time. She started community impact work by directing nationally-recognized services at Marriott Foundation for 5 years and then serving as the Executive Director of the Resource Center for Nonprofit Management.  Since then, her experience includes over 15 years working for County government in senior and administrative roles which span areas of contracts/finance, data/evaluation and special projects management.  Ms. Alley-Caliz also leads Community ConnexUs Consulting Services and serves as lead consultant and executive coach with an emphasis on organizational, leadership, board development, and program sustainability. Ms. Alley-Caliz holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Golden Gate University, School of Law as well as a B.A. with emphasis in Public Administration from University of California, Berkeley.