Carla Collins is the Interim Director for the County of Santa Clara Office of Women’s Policy. She has trained and facilitated dialogue with communities throughout the County of Santa Clara on tolerance and prejudice reduction, civil liberties, and women's human rights. Collins has worked to raise awareness of the unique needs of women from marginalized communities (including women of color, incarcerated women, and immigrants). A San Jose native, her long-standing commitment to the community and work to advance women fuels her passion to continuously engage individuals and groups in the political process. ​She served as past chair of the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women, is a former board member of the Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN), has been the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Association Good Neighbor Award (2005), and was the 2003 Outstanding Activist Baer Awardee.