Executive Director

Diane Dodge

Diane brings over ten years of non-profit management experience and a lifelong commitment to equity in education. She comes to us after serving as Executive Director for seven years at Seven Tepees in San Francisco, a program dedicated to impacting the lives of promising inner-city youth.  While there, Diane strategically led the growth of Seven Tepees from a small non-profit into a model youth development program.  Diane taught for seventeen years in urban middle and high schools in California and led projects to empower all youth with the belief that they could attend college.  During her career, Diane developed several unique college access programs for first-generation college students.
You can contact Diane at Diane@eastbaycollegefund.org

Student Relations Manager

Eric Guico

Eric was raised in San Diego and now considers the Bay Area home. After earning his B.A. in the Study of Religion from UC San Diego, his passion for education led him to pursue his Master’s of Education in Student Development Administration at Seattle University. Eric has experience with universities across the country including an exchange program at Morehouse College and work at Syracuse University and UC Berkeley. With Project SOAR II, he served the students and families of Oakland High School and Skyline High School. When Eric isn’t working towards student success, he loves training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts.
You can contact Eric at Eric@eastbaycollegefund.org.

Mentor Manager

Alan Frishman

Born and raised in Miami, has two Yale degrees and over forty years as a teacher, high school principal, seminar leader, mentor, author, leadership coach, and entrepreneur. Alan, who has two sons who are teachers, believes the world is a classroom, and that with the guidance of a caring mentor, that every student can make the Dean’s List.
Alan can be reached at Alan@eastbaycollegefund.org

High School College Advisor

Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones joins us as our high school college advisor in charge of East Bay College Fund’s brand new College Access Program. Quincy will provide access services to students at Oakland High School and academic preparedness services to 9th grade young men at Oakland Tech, Oakland High, and Skyline in collaboration with the African American Male Achievement Program. Quincy, a graduate of University of California at Berkeley with a major in American Studies and a minor in African American Studies, has worked both as a College Advisor and as a math teacher.
Quincy can be reached at jonesquincy31@gmail.com