Meet the OCCUR Team
Dr. David B. Franklin - President & CEO
Dr. David B. Franklin, Ph.D., is an accomplished non-profit strategist and minister who has devoted his life to creating, developing, and fostering the growth of community-based organizations.
As a respected leader in community engagement and impact, Dr. Franklin specializes in nurturing health in organizations through strategic development. His extensive experience, combined with his inspirational leadership style, has been instrumental in establishing initiatives that empower communities and secure funds to enhance programmatic impact for those in need of support. His steadfast dedication to transformation has not only positively impacted lives worldwide but also successfully raised millions of dollars for grassroots safety-net organizations.
Dr. Franklin holds a B.A. in Business Administration, a Master of Divinity in Theological Studies, and a Ph.D. in Organization Development.
Denise Deluca - Consumer Education Specialist
Denise provides essential expertise in community outreach, organizing and program promotions. Denise utilizes her keen ability to identify community challenges as well as determine the applicable programs/services that meet the needs of the communities we serve.
Charla Montgomery - Program Consultant
Charla Montgomery brings over 20 years of corporate business operations and management experience. Her extensive and varied business background includes program administration, process improvement, operations infrastructure design, and implementation, employee training and development and event management.
She successfully applies her passion and experience to assist in the management and development of the organization’s administration, programming, personnel, and fiscal well being. While her primary business skills and endeavors have been in the “for-profit” industry, over the years she has continued to stay connected to community enrichment programs supporting adult education as well as cultural and artistic awareness projects.
Charla is an effective project thought partner who enjoys serving as a reliable ‘sounding board’ during idea discovery, a supporter of viewing situations from various perspectives and a promoter of innovative thinking. She also supports the Oakland-based nonprofit organization "Leaders Are Readers" as a member of the Board of Directors.
Ndidi Love - Program Consultant
Ndidi Love is a strategist, business consultant, and housing advocate. Ndidi is rooted in community organizing and is currently based in the Bay Area. Originally from Long Beach, CA (with close connections to Fresno, CA) Ndidi has provided program development, direction and incubation support for numerous businesses, coalitions, networks, and policy advocacy campaigns on both local and state levels. Ndidi is the inaugural Chairperson of the Alameda County Measure A1 Affordable Housing Oversight Committee, chartering member of the Afrikan Black Coalition, and the Program Consultant for the OCCUR Black Business Capacity Building Program.
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Olivia Cueva - Design Justice Fellow
Olivia Cueva is a radical dreamer, inventor, and creative technologist designing for our world where we center care for people and the planet.
She loves peoples’ stories and for many years was a radio journalist and traveled the U.S. interviewing, recording, and archiving the dynamic life stories of all kinds of people. She grew up in Berkeley, CA, and is an alumni of YR Media (fka Youth Radio)! She received her bachelors in Broadcast Journalism from Brooklyn College, her masters in Interactive Design and Computational Media from ITP @ NYU. Some of her inventions include fashion technology and assistive technology for elder care. She leads our innovative community tech center and designs free, cutting edge programing for youth, adults, and seniors.