
Mark Toney
Executive Director
mtoney@turn.org | (415) 929-8876 ext. 301
As executive director since 2008, Mark Toney aligns the TURN legal, organizing, legislative and communication staff to fight for affordable, clean and safe energy and phone service for all California residents, with a special focus on low-income households, communities of color, immigrants, and rural communities.
Mark currently serves on the boards of ACLU Northern California, Consumer Federation of California, National Whistleblower Center, and California Shakespeare Theatre.
In 2021, Mark was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California by Governor Gavin Newsom
Mark served as executive director of Center for Third World Organizing for four years, and for Direct Action for Rights & Equality for eight years. He holds a B.A. from Brown University, a Sociology Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, and has been a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, National Science Foundation Fellow, and Echoing Green Fellow.
Administration

Richard Perez
Chief Financial Officer
✉ rap@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 305

Charlayne Wright
Executive Assistant
✉ cwright@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 300

Reina Yanagiba
Legal Assistant
Organizing Department

Constance Slider Pierre
Organizing Director
✉ cpierre@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 368

Xochitl Montano
Northern California Organizer

Alejandra Vargo
Southern California Organizer
Race & Equity

Gabriela Sandoval
Director of Race and Equity Policy
✉ gsandoval@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 367

Adria Tinnin
Race Impact Policy Analyst

Nelly Nieblas
Digital Equity Project Manager
Legal Staff – Telecom Team

Brenda D. Villanueva
Managing Director and Lead Counsel, Telecom

Regina Costa
Telecom Policy Director
✉ rcosta@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 312

Ashley Salas
Telecom and Regulatory Attorney

Leo Fitzpatrick
Telecommunications Policy Analyst
Legal Staff – Energy Team

Hayley Goodson
Managing Attorney
✉ hayley@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 360

Marna Paintsil Anning
Energy and Climate Attorney

David Cheng
Staff Attorney

Jennifer Dowdell
Senior Policy Expert
✉ jdowdell@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 302

Bob Finkelstein
General Counsel

Matthew Freedman
Staff Attorney
✉ matthew@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 304

Marcel Hawiger
Staff Attorney
✉ marcel@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 311

Tom Long
Director of Legal Strategy
✉ tlong@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 303

Katy Morsony
Staff Attorney
✉ kmorsony@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 313

Elise Torres
Staff Attorney
✉ etorres@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 308