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Directors
Directors
The San Pablo EDC has a five-member Board of Directors, composed of three business community members and two City Council-nominated members who may or may not be City Council members. The diversity of backgrounds enables the organization to strategically link business and educational needs with the San Pablo community.
Genoveva Garcia Calloway
Board Chair
Genoveva Garcia Calloway is a retired mental health professional and former Mayor and served 16 years as a City Council member of the City of San Pablo. Ms.Calloway is dedicated to better opportunities for youth, investing time in cultivating the next generation of civic leaders, and supporting early childhood literacy, career pathway, and health initiatives. She spent 35 years with the Contra Costa County Mental Health Division as the Program Manager. She further served the City as its elected City Clerk from 1998 to 2002. Ms.Calloway has extensive community involvement and serves or has served on many boards and council committees, including the Contra Costa County Mayors’ Conference, Association of Bay Area Government, West Contra Costa Unified School District Citizens Bond Oversight Committee, West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory, and many more. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and holds a Master of Arts in Social Work from UC Berkeley.
Saman Farid
Vice Chair
Saman Farid is the CEO of Formic Technologies, a robotics solutions technology company providing robotics solutions and equipment financing for US factories. Mr. Farid has extensive experience launching start-up tech companies in China and the US. He is committed to proficient utilization of AI in robotics for a wide range of applications.
Mr. Farid is committed to mentoring young people in the community with a focus on empowering and personal skills development, and serves on the Board of Meridian Health Foundation. He serves on the boards and committees of several tech ventures, including Kebotix, AutomationHero, Veo Robotics and Cubeworks. Mr. Farid has an engineering degree from The Cooper Union in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Control Systems and holds an MBA from a joint program between MIT Sloan School of Business & Tsinghua University.
Kanwar Singh
Treasurer
Kanwar Singh is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for La Clinica, providing tactical and strategic oversight in a number of areas (i.e., accounting and reporting for Board of Directors and government agencies, financial planning and analysis, cash management and investments, financial systems, and organizational development). Mr. Singh is responsible for the management of the organization’s finances and property portfolio, across On Lok’s programs and services, including On Lok PACE, On Lok 30th Street Senior Center and On Lok’s Mission Nutrition program. Mr. Singh has more than 25 years of healthcare executive and management experience, including senior finance roles at nonprofit entities and city agencies, including LifeLong Medical Care in Berkeley, Seneca Centers, Thunder Road (Sutter Health affiliate), Axis Community Health, and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Mr. Singh holds a Bachelor of Economics and MBA with a concentration in Finance. He also attended the Clinical Leadership Institute (CLI) Executive Excellence Program at UCLA.
Patricia Ponce
Director
Patricia Ponce serves as the City Clerk of the City of San Pablo since her election in November 2018. She has worked her way up at Swinerton Incorporated where she is currently the Accounts Payable Supervisor. Prior to Swinerton, Ms. Ponce worked in the insurance industry. She has been a long-term volunteer at Lake Elementary, serving as PTA President. She is also a community organizer who values teamwork. Ms. Ponce holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Services from the University of Phoenix. She is a 30-year San Pablo resident, and is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Stephen Baiter
Director
Stephen Baiter is Executive Director of the East Bay Economic Development Alliance (East Bay EDA), leading regional economic development efforts across Alameda and Contra Costa counties. With over 20 years of experience, he has built regional networks and designed strategies supporting businesses and communities. Previously, Mr. Baiter served as Chair of the California Workforce Association (CWA) and has held board positions in organizations focused on education, economic empowerment, and workforce development. He holds a BA in Political Science from Boston College and a Master’s in Public Administration from California State University – East Bay.