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Amador theater
1155 Santa Rita Road
Pleasanton, CA, California, 94566
United States

Ali Michael Cannon

Education and Community Development Manager

Ali Michael Cannon spent six years as a School District Administrator, managing state and federal grants that improve the lives of youth without equal access to education. Prior to being a District Administrator, he worked as a non-profit manager for 20 years. Currently he works as a consultant, supporting schools to become more LGBT inclusive, and address issues of equity and bias. In addition to his professional accomplishments, Mr. Cannon is a writer, organizer, activist, and public speaker. As a recognized leader in the transgender community, he has been invited to speak on various panels and organized numerous conferences and events for the LGBT, Jewish and Queer Jewish communities. His writing has been published in From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond. His provocative illumination of Jewish and transgender themes can be seen in the film, It’s A Boy: Journeys from Female to Male and his essay (co-authored with TJ Michels), Whose Side Are You On.

April Chen

Amador Valley High Student

April Chen is a junior with varied interests including math, music, and speaking. She has attended math camps and competitions for years, and won a bronze medal in the MIT Math Prize for Girls competition, making her one of the top 23 girls in the country. She also directs Pleasanton Math Circle, which allows younger students to experience math outside of school. As president of the AV Math Team, she will be starting a local girls’ math competition this year to narrow the gender gap in math. She also loves music. For four years, she went to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for piano lessons, and competes actively at a state and national level. She performed with her duet partner in Carnegie Hall and performed a concerto movement with the Palo Alto Philharmonic Orchestra. When not competing, she enjoys playing the piano and singing with friends. Finally, April is an officer of AV Speech and Debate club. She adores public speaking and performing, and recently won a speech tourname

Jack Gray

Student

Jack Gray is part of the class of 2020. He runs varsity cross country and track for Amador. He is one of the fastest for his class in the state of California and won ninth place at the footlocker West Freshman Invitational last year.

Jianqing Pan

Amador Valley High Student

Jianqing (Airi) Pan, is currently a junior at Amador Valley High school, who simply enjoys art, film, and talking her heart out to any audience as long as they’re willing to listen.

Mackenzie Hawkins

Amador Valley High Student

Mackenzie Hawkins is a senior at Amador, and I’m passionate about discussion. In my years in California YMCA Youth and Government, including my run for Youth Governor of California, and my international travels, I’ve discovered the importance of genuine, authentic, productive conversation. I’m a bit of a politics nerd and I hope to, one day, call myself a servant leader and hold public office. In the meantime, I am a member of Amador Leadership, a proud Youth and Government delegate, an athlete, a writer, and a humbled, ecstatic TEDx speaker.

Moina Shaiq

Community Activist

Moina Shaiq is a resident of Fremont for the past 35 years. She is the mother of four and a grandmother of two. As an active community member of the Tri-City Community devoted to building bridges of understanding, she serves as president of the Tri-City Interfaith Council and founder of the Meet a Muslim initiative. She is also a recipient of “Woman of the year” award by Assembly member Bill Quirk.

Nicole Zhang

AVHS Student

Nicole Zhang is a senior at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, California. She is actively involved in her school and community and has a passion for learning and leading. At school, Nicole enjoys taking a variety of challenging courses. She is the Co-Founder and President of the Pleasanton Student Inter-schools Action Council (SIAC), an action-oriented student council in the PUSD. Nicole was a Student Host at Camp Snowball in 2016 and supports the use of Systems Thinking in her school district. As the President of the Amador Student SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) organization, she strives to build the capacity for a more equitable campus that embraces diversity. Additionally, Nicole is the Chairperson of the Amador School Site Council and a Student Board Member on the Pleasanton School Board. She is a competitive soccer player for the Pleasanton RAGE Girls Soccer Club.

Peter Gassner

Founder, CEO of Veeva Systems

Peter Gassner is responsible for the overall direction and management of Veeva. In 2010, Peter was named to the PharmaVOICE 100, which recognizes the 100 most influential people in the life sciences industry. Peter is a twenty-year veteran of the software industry. Prior to founding Veeva, Peter was senior vice president of technology at Salesforce, where he had responsibility for building the Salesforce platform including product, marketing, and developer relations. During Peter’s tenure, Salesforce completed its public offering and grew the technology into the most successful SaaS platform in the industry. Peter serves on the board of directors of Veeva, Guidewire Software, and Zoom Video Communications. Peter holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from Oregon State University.

Rory Wheeler

Rory Wheeler Magic

Rory Wheeler Magic provides high-end Marketing programs, Communications Trainings, and entertainment for businesses worldwide. Whether it’s Training Employees for Montblanc, helping Microsoft Launch their “Surface” tablet, or a private performance for President Obama, Rory transforms every event into and unforgettable experience.