The Playworks Northern California Regional Board is a group of change-makers who believe in the power of play and are active ambassadors for Playworks. These playful professionals contribute their personal time to share the mission of Playworks: to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.
Nick Nieto, Chair
Project Manager
Signature Development Group
Nick Nieto is a project manager at Signature Development Group, a real estate development firm based in Oakland, California that specializes in residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects in Northern California. At Signature, Nick is involved in project due diligence, financial analysis, site planning, design, entitlement, construction, marketing, and asset management for various developments. Prior to joining Signature, Nick worked in various roles at UCLA, most recently in marketing, where he was responsible for project management and communication strategy for key fundraising and admission initiatives. Nick holds a BA in Economics from UCLA, where as an undergraduate, he founded Funnel, an organization that provides pro bono management and marketing advisory services to nonprofits. It was through Funnel that Nick first connected with Playworks, consulting on various marketing initiatives in Southern California, and developed a passion for the transformative power of play.
Annie Crangle
Annie is a team leader, strategist, and coach. She utilizes her experiences in education, business, and athletics to facilitate inclusive and inspiring strategic planning processes. Her ability to work across sectors and with diverse leaders stems from years of advising social impact organizations and businesses, playing Division I college basketball, and teaching elementary kids.
Annie holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and a BA in Journalism and African American History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a former Big Ten Conference athlete and a current member of the San Francisco Olympic Club Women’s National Basketball team.
Annie first encountered Playworks as a Teach for America Corps Member teaching fourth grade students and physical education at a start-up charter school in North Minneapolis, Minnesota. Annie is passionate about the role of social-emotional development and athletics in preparing students for healthy, happy lives, and is thrilled to be a part of the Playworks family, energizing education for all students.
Jackie Fusco
Head of Exchange Platforms
Google
Jackie is the Head of Exchange Platforms at Google. She manages a technical team that optimizes media buying, focusing on smarter integrations, improved performance and greater insights. She has a proven track record of success in leading and managing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives at Google. She currently leads a cross-functional DEI&B employee resource group, where she communicates direction, defines goals and manages initiatives that influence the environment and culture for over 400 Googlers. Prior to Google Jackie worked at a number of startups in the Ad Tech space in San Francisco and New York City.
Outside of work, Jackie is a dedicated volunteer who has worked with a number of organizations helping children, including Make A Wish, the YMCA, and GCSA. She is also a mentor to young professionals.
Jackie is a passionate advocate for children and their right to play. She believes that play is essential for children’s development and that Playworks is making a real difference in the lives of children across the Bay Area.
Rebecca Goldberg
Consultant
Rebecca is a consultant and works closely with the California Department of Education and several non-profits in CA to strengthen the quality of after-school programs across the state.
She brings over ten years experience in the youth development field as well as a background in workforce development creating career pathway programs for low-income youth, adult, and veterans. Rebecca has a BA degree from Colgate University.
Rebecca believes in the importance of play and was inspired by the impact Playworks makes on kids, schools, and communities by fostering leadership and social-emotional learning on the playground, eliminating bullying, and making schools safe, fun, and welcoming for all kids. She’s also a big fan of a round of handball on the playground.
Trinity Martin
Managing Director
Accenture
Trinity is a Director in Accenture’s Talent and Organization practice. She has worked with Silicon Valley based clients for almost two decades helping to prepare technology companies for the future by driving organization change, as well as talent and learning transformations. Trinity is passionate about not only driving change and growth for Accenture’s clients, but in developing the skills and careers of the practitioners that she works with, and creating new offerings to help clients build successful and dynamic workforces. Trinity was a National Merit Scholar and graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Mathematics from the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma.
When not in her car commuting around the Bay Area, Trinity spends her time with husband and young son. On any given day they are either traveling to various countries around the world, working at home on their small ranchette (usually building fence for their menagerie of animals), or making wine as part of their fledgling winery.
Trinity is passionate about lifelong learning and the importance of safe and inclusive play in early development, to help build compassionate and resilient leaders of the future. She believes strongly in the value of the Playworks mission and the tangible results they are achieving both in the classroom and the lives of kids.
Miriam Rollock
Strategy and Operations Manager
DoorDash
Miriam Rollock is a strategy and operations manager at DoorDash where she supports the merchant experience on the platform. Prior to DoorDash, she was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) developing growth strategies for technology companies. Miriam also brings experience from America’s Promise Alliance, a national education and youth development nonprofit, where she first came across Playworks.
Miriam holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and graduated magna cum laude with a BA from Brown University. She is passionate about creating the conditions for young people to thrive in school, work, and life.