Commission

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Rev. Dr. Carolyn Ransom-Scott is a native of San Francisco, CA. Dr. Scott has been proudly invested in her city and community. She is actively participating in different community activities and recreation.

Dr. Scott has served as Camp Counselor and Camp Director for 12 years with the American Baptist Churches of the West. She served as the Executive Director for the National World Impact, Inc., an inner city mission outreach planted in the West Oakland community. Dr. Scott also volunteered with the Prison Fellowship USA for twenty-three years and has served as the Nor-Cal Chair for six years. She recently served as a member of the Mayor’s Citizen Advisory Committee (HPSCAC), and currently serves on the Old Skool Café Advisory Board, and the SF Foundation Faith Council. She mentors InterVarsity students of the University of San Francisco, SF State, and Mills College. She was also instrumental in bringing in the “Breath Mobile” to the Bayview Hunters Point Shipyard Community which offers free medication and medical services caring for and monitoring patients with asthma in the neighborhood.

Tamsen Drew is the Chief of Staff in the Office of the General Counsel at Salesforce. In this role, Tamsen supports Salesforce's General Counsel as well as a global team of legal professionals. Prior to joining Salesforce, Tamsen worked for the City and County of San Francisco where she focused on public-private development projects. She served as Senior Project Manager for the Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point Redevelopment Project with the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII). She also served as the Deputy Director of Legislative and Government Affairs for Mayor Edwin M. Lee, where she advocated for the Mayor’s and the City and County of San Francisco’s state and federal legislative priorities. Tamsen is a San Francisco Board Member of the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), a nonprofit public policy organization. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture with a minor in the History of the Built Environment from the University of California, Berkeley.

Vanessa, is a native San Franciscan and bi-lingual. After graduating from California State University of Monterey Bay, she became an avid promoter of the arts. She worked over 16 years for Academy of Art in San Francisco as an Academic Advisor in Student Services Department, and later joined the land crew team for jetBlue Airways at SFO.

Vanessa’s work as a community organizer in the Dogpatch District, has made her an essential voice for small business, residents, and emerging development. Her endeavors to make the Dogpatch not only a livable district but a thriving one as well, has endeared her to all that encounter her persistence, vision and humanity. She was also a voice for the neighboring projects such as Pier 70, Power Plant, and the Chase Center, spending the critical hours needed to ensure the public-private partnership was successful and representative of all stakeholders. She currently is on the Board of Dogpatch Neighborhood Association and lives in the Dogpatch.

With over 50 years of experience in the construction industry, Kent M. Lim worked his way up through the apprenticeship to journeyman, foreman, and detailer as a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 104. In 1985, he started his own business, Kent M. Lim & Company, Inc. (KLCo) with a humble metal shop in the Bayview neighborhood in San Francisco. KLCo, known for fairness, ability to meet challenging schedules and integrity, is the Bay Area’s leading minority-owned HVAC and plumbing firm exceeded $25 million in sales annually.

Kent pioneered the creation of a diverse and local workforce. He was an early participant and advocate of the First Source Hiring Program and its successor, City Build. When the Local Hire Ordinance was passed, Mayor Newsom appointed Kent to the Work Force Investment San Francisco Board; Mayor Lee subsequently reappointed him. Recently he retired from the WISF Board. He also served on the Mayor’s Construction Workforce Advisory Committee. Kent formerly served as a member of the National SMACNA Financial Management Task Force, Bay Area SMACNA Board, Bay Area SMACNA Collective Bargaining committee, Bay Area SMACNA Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, Chinese for Affirmative Action board and Mission Hiring Hall board.

Kent discovered he had a real passion for mentorship; and in 2013, he retooled his business into a management consultancy located in Chinatown. As a graduate of the City and County of San Francisco Human Right’s Minority Business Enterprise program, he believes that the program is a vital mechanism for San Francisco’s small businesses. Kent serves as a consultant for the SFPUC’s Contractor’s Assistance Center, Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services for the Contractor Advanced Payment Program/SF Bond Program, HUD Section 3 with Mayor’s office of Housing and Rosales Business Partners for SFMTA as well as many emerging businesses. Also, Kent worked with Mission Hiring Hall/CCSF on CAPSA’s training program before the Pandemic.

Kent is a graduate of Lincoln High School and the Executive Education Program of Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He currently holds California State Contractor’s Licenses in A, B, C20, C36, and C43 classifications. Kent is a former member of the Chinese Hospital Golf Tournament Committee raising funds for a new hospital for the underserved Chinatown community. Kent also worked on raising fund for Kong Chow Benevolent Association Scholarship Fund and served on the Chinese Hospital Board. Now he resides in San Francisco.