Meet Our New Board Member Nominees

On June 14 the Oakland League will elect Board members and officers at its Annual Meeting. In addition to several Board members who will be continuing their service, we are looking forward to welcoming three new Board member nominees:

Kimberly Holtzinger has used League of Women Voters resources to inform her vote since she cast her first ballot as a teenager. She was inspired to become a member of LWV Oakland when she was researching a local Measure and LWVO was the only organization to provide objective, nonpartisan information about the Measure. She’s proud to be a member of an organization dedicated to democracy and the diverse Oakland community. 

Since joining LWVO, she has seen firsthand how the work supporting good government and voter resources continues even when it’s not an election year. As a member of the LWVO Observer Corp, she has developed an interest in public ethics and traffic violence prevention. She aims to bring her expertise as a professional to contribute to the work LWVO leads.

In her spare time, Kimberly gives back to her community by supporting math and science youth mentorship, community clean-ups and being a member of a local animal service’s foster network.

Fiona Jackson joined LWVO in the summer of 2023, after answering an ad in VolunteerMatch. As a volunteer she supports the updating and maintenance of LWVO’s website. She has since joined different committees, including Membership, Programming, Candidate Forums, and Communications.

Besides LWVO volunteering, Fiona supports Planned Parenthood and the protection of everyone’s right to sexual reproductive healthcare, starting in clinic defense, and has worked for PP for over 15 years. Fiona also supports the work of Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue by maintaining their data entry in the Wildlife Rescue database and occasionally transporting injured wildlife to area wildlife rehabilitation organizations.

Dana Lang grew up in East Palo Alto, CA.  She earned a BA in Economics from Wellesley College, an MBA from Cal Berkeley’s Haas Business School, then married and raised three sons. She spent 24 years securing millions in grants and contracts for local government, including City of Oakland, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, SF Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco International Airport, and the SF Police Department.    

She has retired from government, but remains active as a business consultant. She currently serves on the BART Police Civilian Review Board, and recently completed service (2018 – 2023) as treasurer of her Wellesley College class. She has been a long-time member of the Northern California Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials.  She also has earned a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do martial arts.