About Us
The Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities (Bay Area Alliance) is a multi-stakeholder coalition established in 1997 to improve the prosperity of the economy, the health of the environment and the level of social equity in the nine-county Bay Area. The coalition brings representatives from all sectors - business, government, environmental and community development - together to address major regional challenges to inhabitants' quality of life. The Bay Area Alliance facilities dialogue to identify shared goals and develop collaborative action strategies. Additional activities include developing and publishing educational materials, policy advocacy, and coalition-building actions.Steering Committee
The work of the Bay Area Alliance is directed by a Steering Committee whose nine members represent economic, environmental, social equity and government interests.Staff
Allison Quaid is the Executive Director. She can be reached at allison@bayareaalliance.org or (415) 352-3648.
"Working with the Bay Area Alliance is a real joy, because I get to work closely with regional leaders who are as passionate as I am about creating a prosperous, socially vibrant and environmentally sustainable Bay Area."
In-kind support is provided by the Bay Area Council, the Association of Bay Area Governments, Sierra Club and Urban Habitat.
Members
The members of the Bay Area Alliance are constituency-based public and private sector organizations that represent economic, social equity, environmental and government perspectives as well as the civic, philanthropic and faith communities.Support
The financial contributions and support of the following are gratefully acknowledged:- Association of Bay Area Governments
- Bank of America
- Bay Area Council
- California 2000 Project
- California Policy Reform Network
- Columbia Foundation
- East Bay Community Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- GAP Inc.
- Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- The James Irvine Foundation
- Marin Community Foundation
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- San Francisco Foundation
- Sierra Club
- Urban Habitat
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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