Jane
About Jane
We won!
With 100% of the precincts reported, the San Francisco Department of Elections has released that Jane Kim IS for the School Board! Congratulations to our newly electeds!
Thank you, thank you, and thank you.
MEMBER, BOARD OF EDUCATION l VOTE for 3
- JANE KIM. . . . . . . . . . . 66,728 14.15
- HYDRA MENDOZA . . . . . . . . . 61,214 12.99
- KIM-SHREE MAUFAS . . . . . . . . 51,689 10.96
About Jane
“Kim… is on the top of almost every progressive’s list for the board and for good reason: she’s bright and articulate, has a vision for public education, and appears to have a real political future.” San Francisco Bay GuardianJane Kim is a Commissioner on the Board of Education in the City and County of San Francisco. She is currently the youngest elected official and first Korean American elected in San Francisco.
Before being elected to the Board of Education in November 2006, Jane was the Youth Program Director at the Chinatown Community Development Center, a 28 year-old affordable housing nonprofit that also engages in community organizing, education and planning. For six years, she worked with over 200 San Francisco high school students developing youth leadership, advocacy and civic engagement through youth-initiated community service projects.
Previously, Jane was a fellow at Greenlining Institute, where she advocated for a range of issues, including consumer protection, access to higher education and universal life line issues, for low-income communities of color and immigrant communities.
She is also a co-director and co-founder of Locus Arts, a volunteer-run venue in San Francisco that showcases emerging musicians, writers, filmmakers and actors. Now, in its sixth year, Locus has showcased over 450 artists and reaches over 1500 audience members.
Jane is the past President of the San Francisco People’s Organization and a past Board member of the Asian American Theater Company and the Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club. In addition, she has served on the Proposition H Community Advisory Committee, Women’s Foundation Community Action Grant Committee and the Full Circle Fund.
Outside of work, Jane has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and plays bass guitar. She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University in Political Science and Asian American Studies.
Jane’s Community Activities
President, Board of Directors, San Francisco People’s Organization 2005-2006
Appointed Member, Proposition H Community Advisory Committee to the San Francisco School District 2004-2006
Board of Directors, Asian American Theater Company 2003-2004
Member, Women’s Foundation’s Community Action Grant Committee 2003-2004
Member and Community Fellow, Full Circle Fund, a group of young leaders engaged in innovative philanthropy
Board of Directors, Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club, 2000-2004
To send correspondences to Jane, please mail to:
Board of Education
555 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
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