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YEO Bios
Allyson Carpenter
ANC Commissioner

Washington, D.C.
Commissioner Allyson Carpenter is the youngest elected official in the
history of the District of Columbia. Elected at 18, she serves the Advisory
Neighborhood Commission in Ward 1. Carpenter is a political science
major at Howard University. She currently serves as the deputy chief of
staff of the Howard University Student Association (HUSA). In addition,
she is the district leadership intern for the Office of the City Administrator.
Commissioner Carpenter is a native of Cleveland and has also served in the offices of U.S. Sen.
Sherrod Brown, both in Ohio and on Capitol Hill. @AllysnCarpenter

Jon Carpenter

State Representative
Jefferson City, Missouri
Jon Carpenter is serving in his second term as representative of Missouri’s
15th House District. He was elected to the position of vice chair of his
House political party caucus in 2014. While on a scholarship to attend
the University of Southern California, Carpenter interned for four-term
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and served as financial director and later
president of his college’s political party chapter. He graduated magna cum
laude with a degree in political science and a minor in international relations. Carpenter and his wife
Midori started Carpenter Communications, a marketing and advertising firm that partners with local
businesses and nonprofit organizations. Carpenter is a member of the Gladstone Area Chamber of
Commerce and his regional political party club.

Adam Carranza

Board of Education Clerk
El Monte, California

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Adam Carranza serves as the clerk to the Mountain View Board of
Education, which serves a predominately Latino student population.
Carranza has advocated for stronger parent participation programs that
equip parents to be engaged in the education of their children. He is a
supporter of sustained professional development for teachers working with
English learners, and has overseen a dramatic rise in California English
Language Development Test scores district-wide. Carranza oversaw a Green Schools Initiative
designed to increase cost efficiency and environmentally friendly practices in the Mount View District.
He is involved in the El Monte Coalition of Latino Professionals, a local advocacy group that attempts
to pay for the first two years of a student’s tuition at partnering colleges. He also works as a research
interviewer at the University of Southern California. @adamcarranza

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