Peter is recent past Executive Director of the San Francisco Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO, pronounced “choo choo”) and was formerly Policy Director at East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) in Oakland. Peter is an urban geographer by training who has been involved in a variety of land use, housing policy, and community planning initiatives in San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area, as well as in statewide coalitions over the last 20 years.

Kendra Noel Lewis (nee Walker) a 4th generation, San Francisco native grew up in the neighborhood and community of Bayview Hunters point. It was the culture of Bayview – Hunter Point where the predominately Black community were the migrants of the Jim Crow south settled and built a strong community. Bayview was the model for where Kendra’s love of community and desire to work to empower and uplift the community. Kendra was the first member of her immediate family to graduate from college. Now calling the Sacramento region her home, she has been active in the greater Sacramento community and has served in various leadership roles in organizations such as the Sacramento YWCA, Traveler’s Aid, the San Francisco Community Land Trust, and Sacramento Urban Debate League.