Community credibility. Practical action. Long-term vision.
GOYA leadership is rooted in lived experience, relationship-building and a determination to create real work, safety and possibility for young people.
Timothy McNair
Founder, Golden Opportunity Youth Association • Creator of the GOYA Movement • Co-Founder, GOYA Fest
Timothy Luther McNair is a Portland-based community leader focused on creating practical pathways to employment, responsibility and community participation. Public reporting in 2022 connected McNair and a GOYA-affiliated trucking initiative with a direct goal of creating jobs and redirecting young people from violence toward paychecks and work experience. Within GOYA organizational records, he is recognized as Founder of GOYA and Co-Founder of GOYA Fest.
“Young people need more than advice. They need a real opportunity, someone willing to open the door, and a reason to believe their work can build a future.”
Dannue Lewis Mayo
Late Founder • Legacy Honoree
GOYA planning records honor the late Dannue Lewis Mayo as the founder whose vision contributed to youth empowerment and community development. Anaheim public records from 1989 and 1990 document Dannue Mayo representing and directing Golden Opportunity Youth Association. This memorial profile should be expanded with founder-family-approved biography, photographs, programs, awards and first-person memories.
“A legacy of opening opportunity for young people.”
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