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Joseph Tomás Mckellar

Joseph Tomás Mckellar is Executive Director of PICO California, the largest faith-based organizing network in the state, whose mission is to catalyze faith-based and spiritually centered people power in Los Angeles and across California to create systemic change for the most vulnerable so that all Californians can belong and thrive.

In his role, Joseph provides strategic leadership to 10 multi-faith, multiracial community organizations representing 450,000 Californians, and accompanies a talented staff team running power building and leadership programs for 2,500 grassroots volunteers. Previously, Joseph founded and directed Faith in New York and Faith in the Valley, and worked as a teacher in Boston with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Joseph was born in Whittier, California and is a first generation college graduate from the University of San Diego.

For 100 years, the Haynes Foundation has been a catalyst for meaningful change across the Los Angeles region—advancing practical ways to strengthen how government serves the public.