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Lateefah Simon
American activist (born 1977)
Lateefah A. Simon (born January 29, 1977) is an American politician. She serves on the Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors and the president of MeadowFund, a donor-advised fund created by Patricia Quillin, the wife of Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings.[1] Simon was previously the president of Akonadi Foundation, an organization focused on racial justice in Oakland, California.[2] In 2003, she received a MacArthur Fellowship for her leadership of the Center for Young Women's Development (now the Young Women's Freedom Center) from age 19.[3][4]