Staff

Executive Leadership

Carrie Blanding - Interim Executive Director

Erin Farris - Program Director

Alexandra Ortiz - Facilities and Food Program Manager 

Heather Saulnier - Director of Administration

Education Program Faculty and Staff

Valeria Gutierrez - Family Support Services Coordinator  

Bianca Carmelino - Head Teacher/Interim Assistant Program Supervisor

Beatriz Lopez - Head Teacher

Debra Murray - Head Teacher

Yvette Guardado - Head Teacher

Elizabeth Moncada - Head Teacher

Yudith Larez - Interim Head Teacher

Kianna Williams -  Interim Head Teacher

Phuong Ngo - Teacher

Cyra Sin - Teacher

Jamie Bungay - Teacher

Karessa Chen - Teacher

Eugene Wong - Teacher

Yulan Ye - Teacher

Melanie Newman - Teacher

Karina Olvera - Associate Teacher

Brenda Tachiquin - Assistant Teacher

Alicia Barrera - Assistant Teacher

Andrea Rosales Melendez - Assistant Teacher

Sara Gutierrez - Assistant Teacher

Veronica Trejo Hernandez - Assistant Teacher

Mario Duque - Teacher Support Staff

Ada Xian - Teacher Support Staff

Franchesca Vidal - Teacher Support Staff

Karla Lopez - Teacher Support Staff

Administration

Maria Morales - Billing and Contracts Manager

Francisco Luna - Admissions Manager

Emilie Struthers - Community Outreach Manager

Brennan Jung - Development Associate

Emma Denend - Social Media Editor

Diana Parada - Program Assistant

Maria Elizarraras - Front Desk Receptionist

Family Support Staff

Jake Sanchez - Behavioral Specialist

Leanne Espinosa - Behavioral Specialist

Kimberly Guimaraes - Community Health and Safety Manager

Kitchen and Facilities 

Yan-Mei Ruan – Culinary Staff

Jonathan Osorio – Culinary Staff 

Manuel Velasquez Paz - Custodial Staff 

Jose Oscar Hernandez - Security Guard

 

Our Board

Clare Matschullat, President Cancer Sherpa Inc., CEO

Samuel Wan, Ph.D., Vice President San Francisco VA Medical Center; Alumnus, HFDH

Thayer Sylvester, Secretary Co-Founder and CEO, Carve Designs

Zack Zweber, Treasurer Baker McKenzie, Finance Project Manager

Sister Gladys Guenther, Sisters of the Holy Family Representative

Genevieve Hoover, Capital Group Private Client Services

Susan Mohun, Self-Employed, Writer

John Ring, JD, Olympic Club Foundation, Executive Director

Jim Sangiacomo, Trinity Management, Principal

Jeannee Parker Martin, LeadingAge California, President & CEO


Friends of the Board

Linda Angin, D.D.S. • Michelle Barnes • Jeff Cerf • Sayed Darwish • Brian Doherty • Kathleen Hayden • Elsie Kelly • Ron Limoges • George Medina • Jennifer Siebel Newsom • Robert Portman • John Stiehler

Emeritus Membership

Lisa Lau Aquino • Patrick Buscovich • Thomas Bonomi • Jennifer Coulson • Christine H. Dohrmann • Isabelle Dokouzian • Catherine Malone Habas • Marie Louise Hurabiell, Esq. • Melanie Johnson • Philip A. Marineau • Courtney McBean • Jay Morrissey • Martin D. Murphy, Esq. • Hilary Newsom Callan • Thomas P. Oertli • Joseph O. Tobin, II • Joseph Toboni