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Dr. Jane Bleasdale
BERC Founder and Lead Consultant
(She/Her)
Dynamic leader Committed to Creating Communities of Inclusion in Belonging. | Expert in Strategic Planning, Leadership and Team Development | Committed to creating communities of belonging and inclusion
As the Founder & Lead Consultant of BLEASDALE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND CONSULTING (BERC LLC), Jane provides comprehensive consulting services to K-12 school leaders and nonprofit organizations across the U.S. and internationally, enhancing their capacity for inclusive education. She delivers personalized leadership coaching, conducts curriculum reviews, develops new courses aligned with equity goals, and creates assessment tools to evaluate culture and climate.
In her current role as the Founding Member of WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP COMMUNITIES, Jane organizes and leads ongoing literature and research sessions that stimulate deep discussions about their relevance and impact on personal and professional spheres. She has also designed and executed an annual retreat dedicated to critical feminism, serving as a catalyst for empowerment, collaboration, and leadership development among women.
Jane has also served as an Executive Board Member of the UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO FACULTY ASSOCIATION, where she collaborated with fellow board members to develop and implement strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing faculty working conditions and promoting academic excellence. She has advocated for faculty interests in negotiations with university administration, facilitated communication between faculty members and the executive board, and contributed to the development of policies and programs that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Previously, Jane was the Department Chair of the UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, DEPARTMENT OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES. In this role, she directed departmental operations by overseeing curriculum development, faculty recruitment, and resource allocation. She represented the department in university committees and external partnerships, managed budgetary planning and financial oversight, and steered strategic planning initiatives.
Jane is passionate about developing innovative programs that align with mission objectives and forging strategic partnerships to further organizational goals. She is an expert in leadership development and coaching, culture and climate wellness and driving initiatives that create positive, lasting change, and she looks forward to continuing this journey with like-minded professionals and organizations.
In Jane's own words "As a forward-thinking and mission-focused executive with over 20 years of experience, I have dedicated my career to leading transformative initiatives that drive organizational change and foster inclusive communities. My journey has been marked by strategic leadership roles where I have deepened connections, managed change, and cultivated inclusive and collaborative teams. I am passionate about developing innovative programs that align with mission objectives and forging strategic partnerships to further organizational goals. I'm a seasoned leader, educator and facilitator who's always looking to the future and focused on making a difference. I'm passionate about leading change, improving processes, and creating inclusive and collaborative teams. Over the years, I've had the opportunity to hold strategic leadership roles where managed transitions, and built strong, diverse teams. I'm always excited to develop innovative programs that align with uour mission and partner with others to achieve our goals".
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 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.
