Meeting Minutes - Final  
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Advisory  
Council on Equal Employment Opportunity  
9:30 AM  
Friday, October 24, 2025  
2530 Arnold Drive, Martinez  
https://cccounty-us.zoom.us  
Call-In: 1-214-765-0478  
Conference Code: 480778  
Meeting ID: 817 3241 0745  
Password: 400478  
Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the  
Committee  
1.  
Roll Call and Introductions  
Online Guests: Tanya Birely, Eldar Akayev, Jennifer Quallick, Deb Johnson,  
Christian Rodriguez, Cristina Perez, and Angela Butler Owens  
Roosevelt Gipson Jr., Amrita Kaur, Rameet Kohli, DeVonn  
Powers, Leonard Ramirez, and Oravanh Thammasen  
Present  
Lynette Hart, and Lauren Traylor  
Absent  
2.  
3.  
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: Tanya Birely (Rubicon Workforce Liaison)  
Tanya Birely is one of four Business Services Workforce Liaisons for Alameda and Contra Costa  
County at Rubicon Programs, a Bay Area non-profit focused on fighting poverty through workforce  
development, reentry services, housing, health, and community support. Rubicon assists parolees up to  
six months before release, employs WIOA Grant Coaches at multiple sites, and enforces the Fair Chance  
Act by connecting employers with participants.  
Liaisons organize over a hundred career events annually, including large-scale gatherings like the Career  
Pathfinder at the Oakland Coliseum, and Birely partners with employers to provide On-The-Job  
incentives. Rubicon and Contra Costa County are co-hosting a career fair with 42 exhibitors on October  
30, 2025, and bilingual services are available at AJCC centers in Concord and Hayward.  
4.  
25-4456  
ACEEO - Minutes - 09-26-2025  
Attachments:  
Motion:  
Kohli  
Second:  
Gipson,  
Aye:  
Gipson,, Kaur, Kohli, Powers, Ramirez, and Thammasen  
Absent:  
Result:  
Hart, and Traylor  
Passed  
5.  
HR Offboarding sub-committee update  
The HR Off Boarding sub-committee postponed its meeting with HR until early next year and will use  
the interim period to research how surrounding counties handle exit interviews. They plan to identify  
which departments already conduct interviews, gather best practices, and compile findings to present to  
the full council and HR at a later date.  
6.  
25-4455  
One seat renewal confirmed. Discussion proceeded to vacancy recruitment. Flyer proposed  
to advertise vacancies through Board of Supervisors, Clerk of the Board, and community  
organizations.  
7.  
25-4465  
Required Training Deadlines  
Attachments:  
2025 Advisory Council Attendance  
The advisory body was reminded of upcoming training deadlines and attendance rules.  
Members will review the annual report to correct yearly activities, and goals will be  
established for 2026.  
8.  
No public comments made.  
9. Adjourn  
Roundtable/Public Comment  
The meeting has adjourned at 10:54 A.M.  
The next meeting is currently scheduled for December 5, 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 lobby, 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:  
(TBD)  
VETERAN'S SEAT:  
Leonard Ramirez  
MANAGEMENT MEMBER SEAT #2:  
Amrita Kaur  
STAFF TO ACEEO:  
- Antoine Wilson  
- Kiara Allen  
ACEEO Goals  
-
Fill vacant ACEEO member seats: Labor-Trade, Community #3, Disability, Management #1, and  
Union #2.  
- Schedule speakers and topics that align with the ACEEO focus on equal wmployment 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.