"Lateefah Simon (born January 29, 1977 in San Francisco) currently serves as President of Meadow Fund. Previously President of Akonadi Foundation and an advocate for civil rights, racial justice, and juvenile justice. In 2003, she became the youngest woman to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, for her leadership of the Center for Young Women's Development (now the Young Women's Freedom Center) from age 19. In 2016, Simon was appointed to the California State University Board of Trustees by Governor Jerry Brown."@en . "1977"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Lateefah Simon"@en . . . "7030"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "26991686"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Lateefah Simon"@en . . . "1977-01-29"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Lateefah Simon (born January 29, 1977 in San Francisco) currently serves as President of Meadow Fund. Previously President of Akonadi Foundation and an advocate for civil rights, racial justice, and juvenile justice. In 2003, she became the youngest woman to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, for her leadership of the Center for Young Women's Development (now the Young Women's Freedom Center) from age 19. Under the then San Francisco district attorney and Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, Simon led the creation of San Francisco's Re-Entry Division with Back on Track, an advocacy program for young adults charged with low-level felony drug sales.Simon has been the executive director of the Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area and the program director of the Rosenberg Foundation. In 2016, Simon was appointed to the California State University Board of Trustees by Governor Jerry Brown. Simon was elected to represent the seventh district on the Bay Area Rapid Transit District board of directors in 2016. Her motivations for running included her reliance on BART, as someone who is legally blind and unable to drive. For the year 2020, she was elected President of BART's board of directors. Simon earned an MPA from USF, a BA in public policy at Mills College and was a 2014 Social Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Fellow at Stanford University, where she was the 2017 Commencement speaker.She is the mother of two children and has written about the difference in how she was treated as an unwed mother and as a widowed mother. Simon's late husband, Kevin Weston, was a recognized journalist and activist who died from leukemia in 2014."@en . . "Lateefah Simon"@en . . . . . . . . . "1977-01-29"^^ . . . . . . "San Francisco, California, U.S."@en . . . . . . . . . . "1109212377"^^ . . "University of San Francisco"@en . . . . . .