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Dr. Jane Bleasdale
BERC Lead Consultant | Educator | Licensed Psychologist
(She/Her)
Executive Director | Lead Consultant
Dr. Bleasdale is an assistant professor and department chair of Leadership studies, in the School of Education at the University of San Francisco. Born and raised in England by parents who were both educators, she knew at an early age that teaching was her vocation. Jane has lived and taught in the UK, the Bahamas and now the US. Jane’s career has been primarily in K-12 education serving as a high school administrator focusing on equity and inclusion through personnel and student development. Jane started studying the higher education sector a decade ago and joined the faculty at USF in 2016. Jane’s original research focused on equity and inclusion in Catholic Jesuit high schools and specifically the experience of Black, Latino and LGBTQ students. Jane has recently conducted research on equity and inclusion in public schools, social and emotional wellness of students and critical feminist leadership. Jane’s research focuses on the experience and impact of women leaders with intersectional identities. Jane is the primary investigator on a participatory action research project at the University of San Francisco collaborating with 10 doctoral students on a new paradigm for equitable leadership focused on critical feminist perspectives. Jane Bleasdale is also the Executive Director and Lead Educational Consultant for BERC.
Dr. Daniela Dominguez
BERC Lead Consultant | Educator | Licensed Psychologist
(she/her/ella)
Dr. Dominguez is an assistant professor at USF’s Counseling Psychology Department and the founder of On the Margins. She works in the areas of Latinx mental health, antiracism, migrant justice, and trauma-responsive care. Dr. Dominguez’s program of research has focused on understanding how Latinx communities heal from trauma and use specific strategies to access positive health. Grounded in Critical Race Theory (CRT; Crenshaw, 1989), Dr. Dominguez uses critical and political methodological approaches in reaction to one-size-fits-all traditional paradigms of doing research, assessment, and evaluation. Her most recent publications encourage psychologists to distance themselves from the Eurocentric epistemologies that dominate the field of psychology today, and to move toward a critical race epistemology that understands knowledge as being shaped by membership in multiple subordinated groups and interlocking systems of oppression.
Annie Nguyen
BERC Senior Consultant | HR & Recruiting
(she/her)
Annie Nguyen is a co-founder and Vice President of the Corporate Work Study Program at Cristo Rey De La Salle High School in Oakland, California. In this role, she manages a three million dollar revenue generating workforce development non-profit dedicated to serving underrepresented students. Annie is a deeply passionate and experienced educational leader who has worked in a variety of educational environments from start-ups to public, charter, and independent schools. As a first-generation college student, she believes that schools must create spaces to educate and uplift each person's identities and experiences in order to create an equitable and thriving environment.
Yetunde Daniels Rubinstein
BERC Senior Consultant
(she/her)
Yetunde Daniels Rubinstein has worn many hats in her over two-decade career in education, always centering the voices and skills of those who are most at risk and systematically overlooked. An intuitive and passionate educational leader, Yetunde's professional career began at what was meant to be a temporary detour in the undergraduate admissions office at Fordham University, spearheading partnerships with CBOs and other early college awareness programs. Eventually, she transitioned her work to focus on the secondary experience, beginning with Saint Peter’s Prep, where she spent almost a decade. Among many other initiatives, she crafted a college counseling curriculum, created a center for students with learning differences, and partnered with the ADL to introduce “No Place for Hate” programming. A brief stint in public education led to her training as a SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) facilitator. Yetunde currently serves as an Associate Director of College Counseling at an independent school in Los Angeles and an Instructor in the UCLA College Counseling Certificate Program. Yetunde’s resolve and focus are articulated by her work to impact systematic and permanent change as a cultural competence practitioner offering novel solutions to old problems. This approach, coupled with her rich experiences, curiosity, and love of travel, grounds Yetunde's path. She earned her Ms.ED in Counseling and Personnel Services and BS in Psychology.
Jocelyn A. Sideco
BERC Senior Consultant
(she/her)
Jocelyn is a Catholic-Episcopal minister with a background in training leaders in deepening their cultural competency, educating to enhance diversity and multicultural awareness, and building a skill set of social justice practices that promote the dignity of each person and the common good. She ministers predominantly to discerning young adults and fractured organizational structures.
Most notably, she co-founded Contemplatives in Action, a retreat experience immediately following Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding of New Orleans. Her facilitation and consultation style includes a deep listening and drive to create community that is worth living in with one another. Most recently, Jocelyn convenes QEIRS (Queer Educators in Religious Schools) and leverages her network to build capacity and advocacy especially for people most injured by current structures.
Currently, Jocelyn is the Pastoral Associate at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Burlingame, CA and Associate Executive Director at Catholic Volunteer Network. Jocelyn holds a Masters in Theological Studies from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and lives with her spouse and three daughters in Burlingame, CA.
