EEOAC Board Members

Abraham Mendoza II is the Director of the San Joaquin County Department of Child Support Services.  For over 14 years, he has gained a comprehensive understanding of the child support program through a variety of experiences at California Department of Child Support Services, Sutter County, and San Mateo County.

While obtaining his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice at California State University, Sacramento, he was introduced to working in the public sector through an internship with the City of Sacramento. This inspired him to continue his education and obtain his Master of Business Administration. Throughout his career, he has been mentored by leaders who celebrated diversity, inclusion, and fairness, which helped shape his values and support of the EEOAC mission.

In his spare time, he enjoys traveling to small towns, listening to music, and spending time with friends and family.

Jasharinderpal Singh, popularly known as Sony, is the President of Destination Anywhere Inc, a distinguished dump truck company headquartered in Tracy, California. Having established the company in 1998, Sony has expanded it to become a highly dependable and efficient company in the valley. He acquired his academic proficiency by earning a Bachelor's degree in Business from Chandigarh University, India, although his entrepreneurial gift was evident since his early years, when he lucratively sold candy to his fellow students for a profit and managed a chicken farm. Sony's business acumen is grounded in his profound commitment to the core values that govern his professional and personal endeavors, such as respect, accountability, customer satisfaction and teamwork. By fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and integrity, it has laid the foundation to serve the community to the best of his ability. Aside from professional work, Sony is a big fan of basketball and plays recreationally and occasionally has a community league event. Apart from Basketball Sony has participated in various Spartan races over the years.

Johanna Shick is the Chief Executive Officer of the San Joaquin County Employees' Retirement Association (SJCERA), where she oversees the investment of $4 billion of pension assets and the administration of benefits for more than 15,000 current and former employees of San Joaquin County and nine other participating employers. The themes of diversity and inclusion have run throughout her career, which has included work advocating for adults with disabilities, providing diversity trainings for public agencies, and helping to bring a high school’s rate of graduating seniors going to college up to the national average. Johanna has a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College, and a master’s degree with an emphasis in Organizational Development from City University. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking and exploring California’s many regional, state, and national parks.

Linda Patrick was appointed to the San Joaquin County Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Committee in 2020. She currently serves as Vice Chairperson.

Linda is a longtime public servant, having served at the federal, state and now, local levels.

She retired with over 25 years of civilian service to the United States Navy in Naval Accounting and Procurement as a Contracting Officer. During that time, she also held collateral duties as an Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor and a Federal Women's Program Coordinator.

After her retirement as a Naval Contracting Officer, she served as a regional Counselor for the California State Teacher’s Retirement System for 13 years.

Her commitment to inclusion and equity in education and employment has also fueled her volunteer community work such as: (1) Past Board Member- San Joaquin County 1ST Five (Children and Families Commission; (2) Commissioner - SJC Commission on the Status of Women; and, (3) Coordinator or member of youth mentoring programs at the junior high, high school and college levels. That commitment is what motivated her to join the Employment Opportunity Advisory Committee.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

Personally, she enjoys precious time spent with her husband and two adult children and grandchildren. One of her favorite pastimes is reading or listening to books of historical fiction.

Nadeja Steager is dedicated to improving the health and lives of those in the San Joaquin County Valley region whom we serve and has worked in justice, healthcare and public service since 2016. She is very connected in the community from County to City government, as well as at the community level and strives to bring together all parts of the county and region to accomplish our shared goals.

In 2019 Nadeja served as Administrative Secretary to Agency Director of San Joaquin County Health Care Services (HCS) where she was introduced to the county homeless efforts. She was also introduced to working with the Community Health Leadership Council San Joaquin.

While at HCS Nadeja served as key advisor on homelessness to Kevin Lincoln during his 2020 Mayoral campaign; helping to write the action plan platform to resolve homelessness in the city of Stockton. In 2021, Nadeja was appointed Chief Aide and a Senior Advisor to newly elected City of Stockton Mayor, Kevin J. Lincoln II where she lead the response to homelessness from his Administration.

Nadeja currently serves as Executive Director for the Community Health Leadership Council San Joaquin where we work to identify the current most pressing health issues impacting the people we mutually serve, convene partners across healthcare, education and business to strategically plan and work together and provide leadership, resources and tools to realize significant improvements in those areas.

She serves on many community and county boards, committees and groups, San Joaquin County Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (Chair), Continuum of Care San Joaquin Board of Directors, Stockton Shelter for the Homeless Board of Directors (Secretary), California Interagency Council on Homelessness Racial Equity Work Group, San Joaquin County, Public Health Services Black Maternal Health Awareness Community Action Board, San Joaquin Sheriff Office Historical Preservation Committee (Secretary) among others.

Sharon Solero is a member at large with the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Advisory Committee (EEOAC), committed to promoting fairness, diversity, and inclusion within San Joaquin County. With a strong background in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO),one of Sharon’s primary focuses is on promoting diversity and inclusion within her community, San Joaquin County. She believes that a diverse workforce fosters innovation and contributes to a more vibrant workplace culture. Her work experience included working to develop and implement initiatives that aimed to increase the representation of underrepresented groups, ultimately creating a more equitable and inclusive environment for all employees. Sharon brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the committee's mission.

Through a commitment to fairness, equity, and inclusion, Sharon Solero seeks to ensure that her efforts, expertise, and passion for creating a more equitable workplace have a profound impact on the County’s EEOAC's mission to provide equal employment opportunities to all.

Sharon retired from full-time employment in 2014 and currently does volunteer work within San Joaquin County.