Assistant District Attorney, Office of the Contra Costa District Attorney

Assistant District Attorney Annie Esposito previously served as the Chief Assistant DA and was the Assistant DA in charge of the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office at the East County Hall of Justice. She has also supervised felony trial and preliminary hearing teams in East County. Before her various leadership roles, she served within the general felony trial team including homicide trial team, and the DNA/Cold Case Unit. Through these various assignments, ADA Esposito has tried many serious and violent felonies including murder, sexual assault, and robbery cases.

Director of Crime Strategies, San Francisco Police Department

Director Ryan Kao is responsible for developing crime reduction strategies and leading a dedicated team of crime analysts in support of the Department’s sworn members.

Prior to joining the Department in 2022, he served as an Assistant District Attorney for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted a wide range of cases, including robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, assault on peace officers, firearm trafficking, and homicide. He is recognized as an expert on firearms and was embedded in the Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC), where he worked with a team of SFPD officers and ATF agents to remove armed and dangerous criminals from the community. He has also specialized in DUI enforcement, particularly drug-impaired DUI and vehicular manslaughter, including cross-training as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) and receiving the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Outstanding Prosecutor Award for his work.

Director Kao is a native of Piedmont, CA, and holds a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought from Amherst College and a Juris Doctor with a specialization in Public Interest Law and Policy from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.

Deputy District Attorney, Office of the San Mateo District Attorney

Christopher Chin currently serves as a Deputy District Attorney in San Mateo County. He previously served as a Deputy District Attorney in Alameda County for the past 12 years since 2011 where he served on several teams including general felonies and elder abuse. Additionally, during the past several years, he actively led the high school mentorship program through AAPA and participated in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office high school DAJA mentorship program.

Before becoming a DA, he previously taught 5th and 6th grade in the Bronx, New York. Chris obtained his undergraduate degree from UCLA and his law degree from McGeorge School of Law.

He loves spending time with his wife and five kids.

Deputy District Attorney, Office of the Alameda District Attorney

Sharon is a Deputy District Attorney in the Alameda County DA’s Office. She received her B.A. in History and Political Science from UCLA and her J.D. from UC Hastings. She began her career as a Deputy District Attorney in Sacramento County before coming to Alameda County. She has worked on the Felony Trial Team prosecuting serious felonies including sexual assaults, robbery and homicides. She has worked on the Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit where she prosecuted cases involving the sexual exploitation of minors, and taught courses for other law enforcement agencies regarding the prosecution of human trafficking cases. She has also served as a mentor on the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) Sexual Assault Mentor DA Program and taught courses for CDAA regarding Human Trafficking.

Deputy District Attorney, Office of the Contra Costa District Attorney

Stephanie Kang joined the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office in February of 2013. She is currently assigned to the Community Violence Reduction Unit. Stephanie has rotated through a variety of units in the DA's office, including supervising the Central/East Misdemeanor Team as well as working on the Domestic Violence Unit, Law & Motion, Felony Trial Team, East County Preliminary Hearings, and Central/East Misdemeanors.

Outside of work, Stephanie is an adjunct instructor at UC Law SF, as well as a moot court coach. In her spare time, she enjoys watching movies and traveling.

Assistant District Attorney, Office of the San Francisco District Attorney

Alice Wong is an Assistant District Attorney in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, prosecuting High Lethality Domestic Violence cases. Her extensive prior legal experience includes serving as deputy attorney general for the California Attorney General’s Office, running a civil and criminal defense practice, and serving fourteen years as a deputy district attorney in units from Misdemeanor, Career Criminal, Major Narcotics, Community Prosecution, and Homicide for the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office. She is a tireless advocate for vulnerable victims and the AAPI community having served as president of both CAPITAL Foundation and My Sister’s House, organizations that support and empower AAPI survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Alice is native San Franciscan, earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her J.D. from the University of California College of Law, San Francisco.

Deputy District Attorney, Office of the Alameda District Attorney

Michiye Vella is currently a Deputy District Attorney with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, which she joined in 2022 after returning home to California. Michiye previously worked as an Assistant District Attorney for the Kings County District Attorney's Office in Brooklyn, New York from 2016-2020. At the Kings County D.A.'s Office, Michiye was assigned to a general trial division where she managed a significant caseload of serious violent felonies from charging, through Grand Jury indictment, and trial. In addition to her work as a prosecutor, Michiye has taken an active role in mentoring law clerks and younger misdemeanor deputies.