OUR TEAM
Katrina Zavalney
Community Experience Manager
Katrina Zavalney is a mover and shaker where she has worked with grassroots to corporate and is passionate about community de…
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Katrina Zavalney
Community Experience Manager
Katrina Zavalney is a mover and shaker where she has worked with grassroots to corporate and is passionate about community development. She is a systems thinker with a Masters in Organization Development, with over 15 years of experience she is skilled in community organizing, sustainability, events, strategic planning and permaculture. Katrina likes to take on impactful projects such as greening Burning Man in 2007, leading a huge grassroots movement. She also greened Disney writing environmental policies companywide, namely the paper policy in 2012. In the community organizing realm Katrina was the revitalization coordinator for a whole town in the Mississippi Delta, Clarksdale, where she got the farmers market going again as a true community hub! Katrina earned her chops as a member of the community organization, City Repair, in Portland, OR since 1999! Katrina excels in creating programs based on the needs in the community and identifying resources and partnerships to support and build out the programs, events and activities. She is a natural networker and connector, finding ways to empower other people’s passions. Katrina spent this last year in Nepal, where she has been supporting village livelihood programs that focus on agriculture, leadership, economic stability and women’s empowerment. Katrina loves to dance – anywhere, anytime, any type of dance! She teaches Zumba and mindful movement. Katrina believes in the power of living healthy and loves to do theater & improv… and likes to have FUN a whole lotta FUN!
Jesus Varela
Events Manager
With a background in ethnomusicology, Jesus Varela has dedicated much of his career in the advancement of the arts to preserv…
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Jesus Varela
Events Manager
With a background in ethnomusicology, Jesus Varela has dedicated much of his career in the advancement of the arts to preserve cultural heritage while also spearheading positive social change. Varela has an extensive history in organizing arts/culture festivals and has served as a resource to local musicians in booking and tour management. In 2009, was instrumental in launching the Remezcla platform in San Francisco. (Remezcla was the first premium digital destination for young, bicultural Latinos. Today, it reaches an audience of 40 million. The brand has become the go-to, on-the-pulse source to discover fresh Latino culture.)
As of late, Varela has been working with projects whose focus is to highlight the unique character of the Latino Cultural District -- he is on the planning committees of Carnaval and the Cesar Chavez Day Parade, and is an active member of the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. As the former Performing Arts Manager for Accion Latina, Varela was instrumental in the organization and execution of Paseo Artistico -- a collaborative effort between Calle 24 arts organizations, that brings free arts programing to the 24th Street corridor every second Sunday.
Most recently Varela has been working with the Mission Arts and Performance Project to build partnerships with over a dozen public spaces, street corners, bart stations, cafes, bars, taquerias, and homes all over La Mission to transform our common spaces into an orchestrated night of high-quality multi-disciplinary cultural spaces provided for free to the community. M.A.P.P. is dedicated to cultivating, building and defending the culture, history, and character of the Mission District.
Brittany Henry
Operations Manager
Brittany is a Bay Area born and bred, foodie extradionaire. She graduated from the University of California Davis (GO AGGIES)…
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Brittany Henry
Operations Manager
Brittany is a Bay Area born and bred, foodie extradionaire. She graduated from the University of California Davis (GO AGGIES) with a Bachelors in Political Science and Minor in African/African American Studies. Her passions include issues at the crossroads of intersectionality, as well as the preservation and distribution of urban resources for minority communities. She will also be your initial contact to everything Impact Hub. Her primary roles include most of the in-space operations coordination, as well as, member engagement within the Hub and within the community at large.