EEOAC Board Members

Allwyn Brown is native to the Bay Area. He has a long held, deep interest in the public good and the well being of others. He is retired from a long public service career, currently serving as Advisory Board Chair for the Opioid Readiness & Awareness Program at University of California, Santa Barbara PACE Program/ZSchool, LLC. Allwyn is a San Joaquin County resident since 2021. He has a Master's in Human Resource Management and served previous on the Board of Supervisors EEO Advisory Committee in Contra Costa County.

Allwyn is an honorably retired Bay Area Chief of Police. With 36 years of experience in law enforcement, he enjoyed the privilege of working on critical initiatives addressing public safety, community engagement, and crime reduction. As a law enforcement leader, he took on numerous roles on combined efforts to help shape the future of policing in California and across the United States. Among them, he served on a police chief advisory committee for Attorney General Kamala Harris, tasked with developing what is now required training for all California peace officers that blends procedural justice and implicit bias concepts. He was also among a delegation of US police chiefs to Scotland, to study their “National Decision Model,” an ethics-based approach to using force, which informed “de-escalation” techniques subsequently adopted by US police forces. Crime reduced, and community engagement increased over his tenure as police chief.

Allwyn's bottom-to-top law enforcement career encompasses all entry level to top cop ranks, whose breadth touches every major specialized function of policing services delivery. In conjunction with his active law enforcement duties, he served on the California Police Chiefs Association Board of Directors. His memberships with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) remain in force, and he is active with the SF Bay Area NOBLE Chapter. After retiring in 2020, Allwyn was employed by ByteDance/TikTok as a trust and safety manager overseeing six work streams dedicated to Canada and South America during the period of hyper growth for the Internet platform whose popularity surged in conjunction with COVID 19 lock downs.

Christina Jones is a transplant to San Joaquin County from the Bay Area, moving to Stockton in 2018. Christina holds a Master of Social Work degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Development from CSU East Bay in Hayward, CA. Upon relocation, Christina joined San Joaquin County Human Services Agency, Aging & Community Services Division as a Community Services Program Manager, where she managed several community programs serving older adults, low-income individuals, and their families. In 2021, Christina promoted to Adult Services Division Chief where she manages the County’s Adult Protective Services program and Area Agency on Aging.

Christina has nearly 20 years of experience as a county employee, starting as a Social Worker for Child Welfare in Contra Costa County in 2006, and as a Social Worker, Supervisor and Trainer in Alameda County Adult Protective Services from 2009 to 2017. She became a Management Analyst before her relocation to San Joaquin County in 2018. Christina has served as an EEO Coordinator since 2019, assisting employees with their informal complaint resolution process. Christina is passionate about empowering individuals to achieve their career goals and has provided coaching and mentorship in her various roles as colleague, trainer, supervisor, and manager.

Christina also serves on the SJCOG Social Services Transportation Advisory Committee and is a volunteer for a local hospice agency.

Fritz Buchman joined the San Joaquin County Public Works Department in October 2011, serving as the Deputy Director responsible for overseeing the Water Resources, Community Infrastructure Engineering, Surveyor, and Public Services Divisions. He was appointed as the Director of Public Works in June 2022 and in this role oversees 17 diverse operating divisions consisting of 470 staff with an operating budget of over $280 million.

Mr. Buchman has 34 years of public and private sector civil engineering experience, including extensive experience with both publicly and privately delivered municipal infrastructure. His experience includes serving as Capital Improvements Manager for the City of Elk Grove, where he was responsible for developing and overseeing implementation of a $254 million 5-year Capital Improvement Program, and subsequently served as Elk Grove's City Engineer, Assistant Public Works Director, and Public Works Director.

Mr. Buchman's experience also includes managing the entitlements, transportation planning, plan/map check, and permits functions for the cities of Sacramento and Elk Grove, whose responsibilities include reviewing and conditioning private development applications and overseeing implementation of the associated infrastructure.

Mr. Buchman holds a Bachelor of Science degree with High Honors in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis. He is registered as a Civil Engineer and a Traffic Engineer with the State of California and is a Certified Floodplain Manager with the Association of State Floodplain Managers.

Michael Sorensen, MPA is a recent transplant to San Joaquin County, moving to Stockton with his partner in 2023. Michael moved to Stockton from Portland OR to serve as the Executive Director at Friends Outside, a statewide nonprofit, supporting justice involved individuals and families headquartered in Stockton CA.

Michael has more than 30 years of experience as a community serving leader having held posts within government and nonprofits in California, Colorado, Hawaii, and Oregon. He has led work to alleviate the pain caused by HIV and breast cancer. He has served as an advocate for healthcare services and healthcare access. He has served the Native American community as a consultant to the National Native American HIV/AIDS Prevention Center and as an employee of the Native American Rehabilitation Association, among others. Michael has a deep commitment to equity and has chosen work that allows him to embrace this commitment daily.

Finally, Michael is a proud member of Stockton Rotary, a former missionary, a past Americorps VISTA volunteer, a graduate of Portland State and Marylhurst Universities, and a father to one son.