CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

AGENDA - PUBLISHED

Advisory Council on Equal Employment

Opportunity

Friday, August 22, 2025

9:30 AM

2530 Arnold Drive, Martinez |

https://cccounty-us.zoom.us/ | Call-In:

1-214-765-0478 / Conference Code: xxxx

/ Meeting ID: xxxx / Password: xxxx

Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the

Committee

Roll Call and Introductions

Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda

(speakers may be limited to two minutes).

Guest Speaker: Ellen McDonnell (Office of Public Defender)

REVIEW and APPROVE the minutes from June 27, 2025, Advisory Council on Equal

Employment Opportunity meeting.

ACEEO Mission Statement and Goal Revision

Contra Costa County EEO mission statement (OFFICIAL) 2018

25-3034

Attachments:

Guest Speaker Outline

HR Offboarding sub-committee: Goal and Membership

Roundtable Discussion/Public Comment

Adjourn

The next meeting is currently scheduled for September 26, 2025.

The Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend

the Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any

disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed

by the County to a majority of members of the Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are

available for public inspection at 2530 Arnold Drive, Martinez, CA, 94553, during normal business

hours. Staff reports related to items on the agenda are also accessible online at www.contracosta.ca.gov.

If the Zoom connection malfunctions for any reason, the meeting may be paused while a fix is

attempted. If the connection is not reestablished, the committee will continue the meeting in person

without remote access. Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least

one full work day prior to the published meeting time.

For Additional Information Contact: Kiara Allen, (925) 335-1417

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY MEMBERS

LABOR-TRADE MEMBER SEAT:

(VACANT)

BUSINESS MEMBER SEAT:

DeVonn Powers

COMMUNITY MEMBER SEAT #1:

Rameet Kohli

EDUCATION MEMBER SEAT:

Roosevelt Gipson Jr.

COMMUNITY MEMBER SEAT #2:

Lauren Traylor

DISABILITY SEAT:

(VACANT)

COMMUNITY MEMBER SEAT #3:

(VACANT)

UNION MEMBER SEAT #1:

Oravanh Thammasen

COMMUNITY MEMBER SEAT #4:

Lynette Hart

UNION MEMBER SEAT #2:

(VACANT)

MANAGEMENT MEMBER SEAT #1:

Nicole Bilich

VETERAN'S SEAT:

Leonard Ramirez

MANAGEMENT MEMBER SEAT #2:

Amrita Kaur

STAFF TO ACEEO:

- Antoine Wilson

- Kiara Allen

ACEEO Goals

Fill vacant ACEEO seats: Labor-Trade, Community #3, Disability, Management #1, and Union

Member #2.

Schedule speakers and topics that align with the ACEEO focus on equal employment opportunities

within the County.

Establish or create a link to the Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice (ORESJ) and Human

Resources for regular attendance.

- Attend and look for implicit bias, diversity deficiencies, and under-representation at Contra Costa

County sponsored career fairs, then report back to the ACEEO with discoveries.

- Create sub-committees to help address the goals of the ACEEO.

- Create a database of departmental presentations for ease of following up the next time a department

attends as guest speakers.