BIO | Johanna Breyer

JOHANNA BREYER, MSW

PRINCIPAL

I'm a Social Worker with vast knowledge in how to create and manage community-based nonprofit organizations, facilitate viable collaborations and partnerships, coordinate successful fundraising activities, and engage in constructive policy initiatives at the City and State level.

Throughout the years, my work has concentrated on expanding access to integrative health and social services for the most vulnerable and underserved communities, while advocating for their civil and human rights. I have coalesced with senior staff at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, San Francisco Mayor's Office, University of California San Francisco, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Montefiore Medical Center, and Mt. Sinai on community health programming; and met with representatives from international organizations including Austrian Ministries of Health & Labor, Federal Office for Equality between Men and Women (Zurich), Jaiprakash Institute of Social Change (India), and Taipei Awakening Association to discuss worker’s rights.

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

Introduction to Corporate Social Responsibility, NYU School of Professional Studies

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