Rana “Ray” Halpern is collaborative leader and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience working to strengthen the nonprofit and small business sectors through financial sustainability and strategic planning. Growing up in Berkeley, she began her activism work creating youth cultural arts and education programs and has since achieved decades of success leading and advising organizations on the frontlines of racial, gender and restorative justice across the Bay Area. Her work is dedicated to building transformative change through economic empowerment while constantly examining the impacts of capitalism and wealth inequity on our communities.
Rana is a graduate of UC Berkeley and holds accredited professional accounting and
instructor credentials. Through her consulting work, she has been instrumental in helping start up and sustain over 100 Bay Area non-profits, artist collectives and small businesses. She also co-founded Super Juiced, a social enterprise rooted in radical self-care that empowers Oakland youth with training and mentorship in the queer culinary space.
When she’s not working, Rana spends time with her daughter, family and beloved
community, cooking, listening to good music and exploring nature under the trees or at
the ocean.