The Action Team comprises five West Hollywood community members who help lead the community-centered and community-led approach to the strategic plan. The Action Team’s main responsibility is to grow the project’s visibility within the community and be the first line of feedback. They are the eyes and ears on the street and will be gathering input as well as providing updates and information to the community through focus groups and grassroots organizing at our various community events and pop-ups throughout the project period.

This group represents the diverse perspectives across the city and is involved in this project through its completion. Members of the Action Team include the following:

Stephen Post

Pronouns: he/him/his

Favorite place/space in West Hollywood: Plummer Park

Bio: Stephen Post is a communications manager and campaign strategist with the Last Prisoner Project where he focuses on implementing policy through coordinated government and public relations efforts. Stephen hopes to empower others to challenge the obstacles to equal justice in cannabis, as well as help redesign the justice system by breaking down the stigma around drug use. Stephen is a two-time graduate of The Ohio State University, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science and Economics, and his Master’s of Public Administration with a focus on drug policy reform, policing, and community governance. During his time at Ohio State, Stephen worked with OSU's Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, where he supported interdisciplinary, evidence-based research, education, and community outreach. Additionally, he served as President of the Council of Graduate Students where he advocated for affordable housing policies, LGBTQ+ rights, and increased mental health services. As a City of Columbus Area Commissioner, Stephen has worked on various community planning projects. In his free time, he enjoys yoga, hiking, and playing beach volleyball.

Chiedu Egbuniwe

Pronouns: he/him/his

Favorite place/space in West Hollywood: Observation Deck in front of the West Hollywood Aquatics Center

Bio: Chiedu Egbuniwe (CHEE-ed-oo ee-BOO-nee-way) has worked with government institutions, corporations, and nonprofits for years. He serves as Chair of the LGBTQ+ Commission for the City of West Hollywood, and as Board Chair for One Institute, one of the oldest LGBTQ+ nonprofits in the nation. He consults as a DEIA&B advisor and his prior experience is in IT management and administration. Chiedu is committed to collaboration, active listening, and active learning. At One Institute, he helped launch Circa, the first Queer History festival in the U.S.: over 3,000 diverse participants in 70 programs reflecting our identities. On the LGBTQ+ Commission for West Hollywood, he advocates for attainable housing to help our vulnerable trans and aging LGBTQ+ citizens and champion digital surveillance to promote equity and accountability in policing. As an IT manager, he added BIPOC LGBTQ+ staff to a cis-White male department and helped introduce DEIA&B programming. He is the proud child of Nigerian and Jamaican immigrants, born in Massachusetts, and raised in West Virginia and Georgia. Chiedu has written and directed award-winning LGBTQ+ short films that have screened around the world and written on queerness and opera for The Advocate. Chiedu has lived in and has loved WeHo for 20+ years.

Kaitlin McCafferty

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Favorite place/space in West Hollywood: The New West Hollywood Library and Park

Bio: Kaitlin moved to West Hollywood in 2022; She is an urban planner for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) where she focuses on $115 million in one-time grants to accelerate housing production across the region. Kaitlin has an MS in Environmental Studies with a focus on Sustainable Food and Farming from the University of Montana and a BS in Marketing from Fordham University. Kaitlin is dedicated to listening to and learning from neighbors to help work towards a shared vision of West Hollywood.

Lennin Kuri

Pronouns: he/him/his

Favorite place/space in West Hollywood: Bohemia Tea & Coffee

Bio: Lennin prides himself on challenging the established practices of California's housing crisis and limited resource access as a Latinx queer advocate, to socially innovate solutions that call for universal equitable housing. As a Los Angeles native, he returned to the city after graduating from the University of California - Riverside with a BA in Political Science. For two years, Lennin worked on various community engagement projects under state-county and nonprofit entities throughout both Riverside and Los Angeles. Notably, Lennin worked under the Riverside County Community Action partnership in allocating over 50k in state-managed utility and rental assistance funds towards disadvantaged low-income communities. Lennin currently works with the Coalition Responsible for Community Development (CRCD) as a Housing Case Specialist, actively engaged in housing South and West LA displaced populations through placement and stabilization to holistically approach the clients through homelessness and eviction prevention, move-in assistance, short to medium term rental assistance and permanent supportive housing. In his downtime, Lennin finds himself hiking, art viewing, festival attending or even immersed in travel-based cultural learning.

Sharon Carz

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Favorite place/space in West Hollywood: WeHo Bistro

Bio: Sharon is a commercial real estate agent and ice-skating instructor. She moved to West Hollywood in 1999 and can’t imagine living elsewhere in Los Angeles. Sharon began her career at CBRE, learning the office product world and advanced in working with institutional multifamily developers from land acquisition through build-out, leasing the retail component, and disposition of the asset. Sharon has represented major financial institutions and private high-net-worth clients in multifamily, REO, and market transactions, as well as nationwide 1031 NNN exchange transactions and asset valuations. Figure skating has been a part of her life since she was six, so living in “The Creative City” and West Hollywood, where she can safely walk her dog and chat with her neighbors, makes it the perfect fit.