Jonathan Ronald Tran is a political and narrative strategist with a background in grassroots organizing, electoral campaigns, and narrative power building. His work has supported California's marginalized communities by reshaping narratives, uplifting voices, and growing the infrastructure for long-term power building.
Currently, Jonathan is the Senior Program Manager on The California Endowment’s Power Infrastructure team. His grantmaking portfolio includes support for the state’s leading alliances and coalitions supporting integrated voter engagement and investments in community and electoral organizing. Additionally, he co-leads the Endowment's narrative power portfolio–resourcing the statewide narrative infrastructure so that communities have the capacity to compete for dominant narratives that shape the fight for social and racial justice. In addition to grantmaking, Jonathan is a proud member of the AAPI workgroup and previously managed TCE’s social media presence, and led strategic communications on voting rights, health care for the undocumented, justice reform, Census, and youth engagement.
Before joining the Endowment, Jonathan served as the California Policy and Programs Manager for the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), advocating for refugee and other immigrant communities. His policy experience includes roles in the California State Legislature under State Senator Sheila Kuehl and Assemblymember Mike Eng.
Jonathan graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with degrees in Asian American Studies and Political Science. Born to Teo Chew refugees from Vietnam and raised in Los Angeles, he now lives in Sacramento, California.