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YEO Bios
Rebecca Saltzman
Board Director

Oakland, California
Board Director Rebecca Saltzman was elected to the Bay Area Rapid
Transit (BART) District Board in November 2012. She chairs the Labor
Negotiations Review Committee and serves on the Environmental/
Sustainability Committee, Wayside Safety Committee, and the Capitol
Corridor Joint Powers Authority Board. Prior to her election, Saltzman spent
years as a public transit and policy advocate, coalition builder, grassroots
organizer, and manager of local, state, and national issue-based organizations. In addition to her
service on the transit board, Saltzman works as the government affairs manager for the California
League of Conservation Voters. Saltzman served as vice chair of the Oakland bicycle and pedestrian
advisory committee from 2011 to 2013, where she advised the city on pedestrian, bicycle, and
infrastructure policy. She graduated with a B.A. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Beatriz Sanchez

City Councilmember
Coachella, California
City Council Member Beatriz “Betty” Sanchez was first elected to the city
council of the City of Coachella in 2014. Sanchez previously served as city
treasurer.

Sean Scanlon

State Representative
Guilford, Connecticut

YEO National Convening | 2015

Sean Scanlon was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives
on November 4, 2014, and is currently serving his first term. The son of a
police officer and small business owner, Scanlon attended public schools
and graduated from Boston College. Prior to his election to the state
legislature, he served for six years on the staff of Congressman and nowSenator Chris Murphy and is currently the director of community affairs in
the Senator’s Hartford office. Scanlon was president of his state political party’s youth coalition from
2011-2013 and is currently the co-chair of the bipartisan Connecticut Young Legislators Caucus.
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