Build the bridge to our bright future.
When people ask me why I’m passionate about unity, I say it’s simple, “I believe many Americans want to overcome division and come together. But we need more bridges that unifies us.”
Coming together and overcoming division isn’t new to me. Raised in Canada in a multi-cultural home, I quickly had to learn both French and English at a young age. Then came the day our family of five packed into our station wagon and immigrated to America “the land of opportunity” as my father, Hassan Ahmed, proudly called it.
My father wanted to provide a better life for his three children. Born in India and living through the violent 1947 Partition of India, he understood the power of fear to create intense division and discrimination in communities. My mother, Francette Ahmed, was raised in an orphanage in Switzerland during WWII. Watching them overcome financial hardships and discrimination taught me my most valuable lesson in life: anything is possible and we are happier united than divided.
HERE’S MY TRACK RECORD. I hope I earn your endorsement.
Local Coach.
Yasmine believes in the power of sport to bring communities together and teach life lessons to kids. She’s passionate about working with local sports leaders to build back 94965 into a sports powerhouse.
Former baseball head coach and Sausalito Marin City Little League board member
Softball head coach and Marin Girls Softball board member
10u All Star Softball Head Coach last season (selected by fellow coaches)
Helped create HOME PLATE at Knudsen field - a healthy concession stand for all players and families of 94965
Student Advocate.
Yasmine has a CAN DO attitude when it comes to elevating student experiences.
As a WCA parent, she followed her passion and led a successful 9 month effort engaging parents, community members, teachers, school leaders and board members to bring a revolutionary healthy meals program - The Conscious Kitchen - to over 350 WCA students even when everyone thought it was an impossible feat
Yasmine did this by leveraging her trusted relationships at Bayside MLK to learn from their leadership and best practices
To this day, this healthy meals program is seen as one of the best examples of cross school unity
Numbers Girl.
Yasmine will champion fiscal sustainability - where every penny matters and budgets are balanced and transparent.
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and Accounting from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Asst VP, Internal Audit, Bank of America
CEO, Adventure Collection (reported balanced budgets and fiscal transparency to 8 person board of leading active travel CEOs)
Founder, Maison Rêve (10 years balancing her company’s operating budget without debt)
Communication Leader.
Our unified school will need a story that inspires and includes the cultures of both schools. Yasmine has the Communications experience that will be required.
VP, Olympic Games Brand Marketing at Bank of America for Lillehammer and Atlanta Games
VP, Steering Comm Member, Internal Culture Integration for NationsBank + BofA Merger
Communication Account Manager, for the internet company Quokka Sports, managing all brand/PR/comms for International Olympic Committee in Switzerland
Desegregation Advisory Group member
SMCSD Communication Committee member
Environmental Steward
Empowering student activism around our environment is integral to our unified vision. Yasmine has always had a passion for the planet.
Former board member of World Wildlife Fund - SF Young Partners in Conservation (Communication Director)
Founder of Maison Rêve, offers sustainable vintage home decor for a greener world
Helped bring a revolutionary, sustainable meals/garden/nutrition program to WCA
Leading a GREEN school board campaign - one hand-painted wood yard sign at at time!
Bridge Builder.
We need leaders that bring our community together. Yasmine builds bridges.
Nothing will stop Yasmine shining the light on the goodness at both Bayside MLK + WCA
She is the candidate that over a decade has built trusted relationships with school leaders, teachers, and administrators at BOTH schools
Created first Bayside MLK + WCA Parent Tours to help us all experience one another’s worlds and nurture collaboration
Brought Conscious Kitchen to WCA
During COVID quarantine, she created zoom classes for both schools: Creative Story Time and Online Learning Like a Champion!, sparking many more parent-led zoom electives
Local Partners
Strong schools build strong community partnerships.
As a local business owner of Maison Rêve for 10 years and former VP of Partnership Marketing for Bank of America’s Olympic Games sponsorship, Yasmine loves building win-win partnerships.
Yasmine created a strategic partnership with Tera Ancona, founder CIBO, instrumental to the success of bringing Conscious Kitchen to all WCA students. Through this partnership they raised $10K to outfit a new school kitchen and recruited the beloved Head Chef Guillaume Pfahl.
Community Minded.
Community spirit runs in the family.
David: husband, baseball/softball/soccer coach for 94965 kids. Dedicated tutor at Bridge the Gap College Prep.
Finnegan: son, one of the youngest Marin softball umpires and field preper at age 11, he believes in girl-powered athletes.
Delphine: daughter, developing a ‘Day A Day’ program inspiring BMLK + WCA students to trade classrooms for a day as a way to experience one another’s worlds.
Yasmine: created Sausalito Marin City’s annual Holiday Caroling because singing as one community brings joy to the world.
Thank you to my parents, Hassan and Francette Ahmed, for bringing your two cultures together. For inspiring my older siblings, Parvez and Ambreen, and me to have the courage to dream big when we all came to America. And to never forget that our differences are our strengths.
Well, that’s my story. I’d love to hear yours.
How do you want to bring our community together?
What UnityMakers in 94965 do you know?
Message Me. Time to shine some light.