Rev. Can. Jaime Edwards Acton
Executive Director
Jaime Edwards-Acton has served as the Executive Director of Jubilee since 2006 and oversees all project activities, supervises project staff, oversees all administrative and fiscal matters, and serves as liaison to the community and Jubilee’s Board of Directors.
Jaime has been Rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church for 20 years, a vibrant, bilingual, multi-cultural congregation in the heart of Hollywood and home to Delaney Wright Fine Arts Preschool. Jaime is co-chair of the Task Force on Sanctuary for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and a founding member of L.A. Voice, a Faith in Action-affiliated organization that works to improve lives and communities through congregation-based community organizing and leadership development. He is also founder of Episcopal Enterprises, an organization that teaches social enterprise strategies for sustainability to non-profits and churches
Jaime’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a Masters in Divinity from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.
Leilani Banday
Jubilee Year Los Angeles Social Justice Mentor and Learning Day Liaison
Leilani harnesses a Masters Degree in Community Psychology and utilizes her skillsets to uplift, inform and connect her work with JYLA to her work within communities in Los Angeles. Passionate about creative collaboration, truth seeking and justice, Leilani seeks to bring visions of an equitable and regenerative possibilities into fruition.
Junmey is Program Director of Jubilee Year, and is a 2018-2019 JYLA alumnus. She supports JYLA corps members in curating a year of intentional community and service. She has a Master of Divinity (M.Div) and loves the sunshine, long walks, and intercultural learning and relationship-building. You can most likely find her salsa dancing.
JUNMEY Wang
Jubilee Year Program Director
Queen
Jubilee Consortium Communications Manager
Queen serves as communications manager for Jubilee Consortium. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Management and has over 10 years of experience in justice work and community relations. She thrives as a creative and organizer within the Jubilee team.