SABA GROCERS INITIATIVE - Key Persons


Andre Isler

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Isler 's Liquor

Annie Campell Washington

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Students, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley

Barbara Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Housing Policy Director, Tenants & Owners Development Corporation

Chelsea Charles

Job Titles:
  • Owner, One Stop Market

Farouq AlAwdi

Job Titles:
  • Co - Owner, Two Star Market

Francis Calpotura

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, in - Advance

Jiyeon Choi

Job Titles:
  • Warehouse Lead

Lina Ghanem - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive Director
  • Founder
Lina Ghanem is the Executive Director of Saba. Lina comes to food systems work with a background of public health research and policy. Motivated by personal health conditions related to diet and sugar consumption, she organized store owners to support the Soda Tax in 2019. Lina has previously worked on a research grant funded by the National Institute of Health investigating operations of Alcohol and Tobacco industries in corner stores. Lina has published a number of peer-reviewed articles on this subject.

Nina Ichikawa

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Berkeley Food Institute

Rae Peres

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager