David Wallach, Board Chair
David Wallach is FVLC’s Board Chair. He is a partner at King & Spalding, where his practice focuses on construction disputes, international commercial arbitration, international civil litigation and complex civil litigation. Dave has represented clients in many pro bono matters, including cases involving domestic violence and federal civil right violations. He has a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and a B.A. from Colorado College.
Janelle Smith, Finance Committee Chair
Janelle M. Smith is FVLC’s Finance Committee Chair and has served on the board since 2015. She is an attorney in the Natural Resources Law Section of the California Attorney General’s Office. Before joining the Office of the Attorney General, Ms. Smith worked in private practice and assisted pro bono clients with obtaining asylum on domestic violence grounds. Ms. Smith has a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Mark Danis
Mark Danis is Vice President – Associate General Counsel at The Clorox Company. His responsibilities include the oversight of U.S. litigation, regulatory, marketing, privacy, and cyber security. Prior to joining Clorox, Mark practiced for 25 years as a civil litigator with Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he also worked on pro bono cases involving foster care, tenants’ rights, and sexual orientation discrimination. Mark received his J.D. from Hastings College of the Law, and his undergraduate degree from U.C. Berkeley.
Molly A. Jones
Molly A. Jones is a counsel in the San Francisco office of Crowell & Moring. She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial and intellectual property litigation spanning across various industries, including internet and networking technology, software, biotechnology, higher education and academic research, health care, and real estate. In addition, Molly has an active pro bono practice with special emphasis on immigration issues. A long-time resident of Oakland, Molly received her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law and her undergraduate degree from Duke University.
L. Autumn King
L. Autumn King currently serves as Senior Director of Marketing, Communications and Visitor Experience at Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) where she leads a dynamic, multifaceted team to effectively tell the many stories of OMCA through marketing, communications, visitor experience and retail efforts. King focuses on forging strategic relationships to generate earned and contributed revenue and develop key community partnerships. She is a member of the Senior Directors Council where she collaborates with colleagues on organizational goals, budgeting, and strategic planning for the organization. King received her BA from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and her Masters in Art in Museums Studies from JFK University. Autumn is a native New Yorker who is equally proud to call Oakland home for over 15 years.
Stephen Knight
Stephen Knight brings three decades of experience as an advocate for social justice, both in law and policy advocacy. Stephen currently is the Executive Director of Worksafe. His professional career includes work on the intersection of women’s rights, refugee law and immigration law as Deputy Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies. He has also worked in affordable housing and the environment with the National Housing Law Project and Save the Bay, and was the Policy & Partnerships Director with Alameda County Community Food Bank. A native San Franciscan, Stephen is a graduate of Yale University and U.C. Hastings College of the Law.
Koren Stevenson
Koren Stevenson focuses her practice in the Corporate Healthcare space – both on the Payor and Provider sides. She has been a member of the senior leadership team at a health plan based in the East Bay, Managed Care Counsel at a northern California health system, Senior Counsel with Delta Dental of California and and is currently is General Counsel for Planned Parenthood Northern California. Ms. Stevenson received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. While at Georgetown she served as President of the Black Law Students Association and received the Dean’s Certificate of Service for her commitment to the law center community.
Revé Warfield
Emma Wolfe
Casey Farmer
Casey Farmer is a community development consultant. She served as the Executive Director of Alameda County’s Complete Count Committee for Census 2020 where she managed communications, community engagement, and grantmaking for the county’s first ever Census Outreach Program. She previously served as Campaign Manager, and later Communications Director to Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley). Prior to her work in the Legislature, she served as Policy Analyst and Community Liaison for Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney, whose campaign she managed in 2012. Casey has also worked in philanthropy for The Rogers Family Foundation and as a high school teacher for students with learning disabilities at Youth Empowerment School (YES) in East Oakland. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of San Francisco in Sociology and Public Service and also holds a Master’s degree in Education. She lives in Oakland with her college sweetheart, her two children, and her rescue pup Misty.
Carol McKinnon
Carol McKinnon is a seasoned finance and accounting professional with over 20 years of experience. She has a robust background in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and conflict resolution. The majority of her career was spent at McDonald’s Corporation, where she held various roles within the U.S. Finance team. Most recently, Carol served as the US Franchisee Advocacy Finance Director on the Ombudsman & Franchise Diversity team. In this role, she combined her strong financial expertise with her skills in business case analysis and relationship management.