BIO | Johanna Breyer

JOHANNA BREYER, MSW

PRINCIPAL

I’m a Social Worker with vast experience in creating and managing community-based nonprofit organizations and programs, facilitating collaborations and strategic partnerships, capacity building and training, leading fundraising activities, successfully negotiating legislation at the City and State level, and increasing access to comprehensive health and social services for some of the most vulnerable and underserved communities.

I served as Founding Executive Director of St. James Infirmary (SJI), Project Director at University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Deputy Director at New York Harm Reduction Educators (NYHRE), Board member of Cannabis Helping Alleviate Medical Problems (CHAMP) and Red Umbrella Project (RedUP), and helped develop the Board of Advisors for the Peer Network of New York (PNNY).

Over the years, I have coalesced with directors and physicians at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, San Francisco Mayor's Office, UCSF, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Montefiore Medical Center, and Mt. Sinai; City and State legislators and officials in California and New York; professors at San Francisco State University, University of California Berkeley, and City University of New York; international worker’s rights organizations; lawyers, labor unions, and lobbyists; business owners; artists and entertainers; and members of the media.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Counseling, San Francisco State University

Master of Social Welfare degree, University of California at Berkeley

Certificate in Nonprofit Management, University of Illinois at Chicago

AWARDS & HONORS

Community Service Award, Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club

Founders Award, St. James Infirmary

Patron Saint, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Life Time Achievement Award, Peer Network of New York

MEDIA

Bay Area Reporter

California Lawyer