Our Board

Mitch mcdowell

Co-Founder and President

Mitchell McDowell is the founding member of Unite the People. His vision for the organization is to advance social justice in the United States through organizing in the community service sector and promoting affordable legal services for all. Mitchell has 25 years of experience as the owner of a bail assistance organization, where he helped reunite hundreds of families and restore the presumption of innocence for the accused, and has also managed several community service organizations before founding UTP. Mitch also served in the United States military reserves.

tni jackson

CFO

Tni Jackson was born and raised in Los Angeles, but has called the Bay Area her home for over 25 years. 

After graduating from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, she moved to the Bay Area and started her long and diverse career in real estate. She started out as a Real Estate Appraiser for a bank, before opening her own Real Estate Appraisal Company. She also has a California Real Estate Sales License and participated on a team that specialized in assisting first-time buyers with their dream of purchasing and owning a home. Education is important to her. She volunteered for years in STEM educational programs for underrepresented K-12 students. 

Tni is a proud mom of two beautiful children. Her daughter graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Biological Engineering and her son is a Junior at San Jose State majoring in Materials Engineering. She is honored to serve as an Advisory Member and looks forward to bringing her work ethic and passion to Unite the People.