SBCC Director

Vicki Gaubeca serves as the Director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition from Tucson, AZ and also serves as the Policy and Communications Strategist for Alliance San Diego.

SBCC Co-Chair 

Johana Bencomo is the Director of Organizing for NM Comunidades en Accion y de Fe (CAFé), a faith-based grassroots organization working to empower immigrant and other marginalized communities through organizing so that we can shape and redefine policies and narratives that promote opportunity for all.

Kevin Bixby, NM

Kevin Bixby is the executive director and founder of the Southwest Environmental Center in Las Cruces, NM. Kevin is also currently serving on the Dona Ana Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors. Kevin founded KTAL-LP, a community radio station. Kevin currently serves on the board of the radio station, and cohosts Earth Matters, a weekly show about conservation issues.

Jennifer Johnson is the Border Policy Advisor for Southern Border Communities Coalition and Church World Service.

Christina Patiño Houle, TX

Christina Patiño Houle is the Network Weaver for the Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network. The RGV EVN is a coalition of nine non-profits working to advance equity and immigrant rights in the region since 2009.

Randy Mayer, AZ

Randy Mayer was deeply influenced by his time studying and living in Latin America, he and his family moved to the Borderlands 18 years ago so he could serve as Senior Minister of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona—35 miles from the US/Mexico border.

Pedro Rios, CA

Pedro Rios serves as the director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program and has been on staff with AFSC for 13 years. 

Jorge Rodriguez, NM

Jorge Rodriguez serves as a Field Organizer for ACLU of New Mexico. He is particularly interested in liberating marginalized populations through community empowerment and grassroots organizing.

Rosa Sanluis, TX

Rosa San Luis serves as a community organizer with Fuerza Del Valle Workers' Center in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Michael Seifert, TX

Michael Seifert is the Border Advocacy Strategist with the ACLU of Texas. 

Lillian Serrano, CA

Lillian Serrano is the chair of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium. Lilian is dedicated to promoting social justice all around her and strongly believes that every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect."

 Hiram Soto, CA

Hiram Soto is the Communications Director for Alliance San Diego and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.

Joanna Williams, AZ

 Joanna Williams is the Director of Education and Advocacy at the Kino Border Initiative. 

Erin Grassi, CA

Erin serves as the Human Rights Policy Advisor for SBCC.