Executive Management Team
Chet P. Hewitt
Chief Executive Officer
he/his
Kaying Hang
President
she/hers
Edward Harris
Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer
he/his
Beth Williams
Administration Services Manager and Executive Assistant to the CEO
she/hers
Azia Cherry
Executive Assistant to the President
she/hers
Marsha Parham
Executive Assistant to the CFO/COO
she/hers
Programs and Partnerships Team
Community Economic Development
Our Community Economic Development team leads and advocates for emerging economic development projects in California by adding value to communities’ commitment to develop and implement inclusive economic growth strategies in underinvested neighborhoods.
Kendra Lewis
Managing Director
she/hers
Mone’t Greene
Program Associate
she/hers
Health Equity and Access
Our Health Equity and Access team works to create a California where every person has access to culturally responsive healthcare by ensuring health equity among populations disproportionately impacted by health disparities.
Matt Curtis
Managing Director
he/his
Myel Thelen
Senior Program Officer of Foster Youth Substance Use Disorder and Covid Mitigation Project
she/hers
Nilda Valmores
Senior Program Officer of Stop the Hate and Behavioral Health Recovery Services Program
she/hers
Sara DeLisa
Program Officer of California Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Initiative
she/hers
Sierra Caraveo
Program Associate
she/hers
Danielle Claybon
Senior Program Associate
she/hers
Lucia Navarro
Program Associate
she/hers
Sonia Valadez
Program Associate
she/hers
Healthy Youth Development
Our Healthy Youth Development team organizes resources to invest in change driven in partnership with California’s youth of color and their communities to shift power and align systems to center youth opportunity, health and well-being.
Matt Cervantes
Associate Vice President of Programs
he/his
Abraham Medina
Senior Program Officer of Transform Youth Justice
he/his
Travis Wells
Senior Program Associate
he/his
Joseph Fox-Sowell
Program Associate
he/his
Antonia
Program Associate
they/them
Tairiq Marshall
Program Associate
he/his
Gerald White
Program Associate
he/his
Evelyn Gonzalez
Program Assistant
she/hers
Local Initiatives
Our Local Initiatives team connects trusted community organizations, grassroots leaders and public sector institutions to provide holistic, culturally responsive services spanning mental health and wellness, violence prevention and wraparound care for impacted groups in the Sacramento area.
Shelley Jones
Managing Director
she/hers
Erica Allen
Senior Program Associate
she/hers
EdDrianna Marshall
Program Associate
she/hers
Bella Vang
Program Associate
she/hers
Persiasymone Simmons
Program Assistant
she/hers
Opioid Use Programs
Our Opioid Use Programs team works with programs and partners to address opioid use prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery by making available racially and culturally responsive population-based and place-based approaches for the state’s most underserved communities.
Nora Dunlap
Managing Director
she/hers
Marisa Vang
Senior Program Associate
she/hers
Hannah Finegold
Program Associate
she/hers
Tiare Summerhays
Program Associate
she/hers
Sadie Luke
Program Assistant
she/hers
Jenavie Rivera
Program Assistant
she/hers
Regional Programs
Our Regional Programs team adopts a place-based, policy and systems change approach to improving health and racial equity in the San Joaquin Valley by strengthening partnerships with nonprofit organizations, public sector institutions and funders across impacted regions in California.
Reyna Villalobos
Managing Director
she/hers
Lee Her
Program Associate
she/hers
Finance, Operations, Learning and Communications Teams
Communications
Samantha Garcia
Interim Associate Director
she/hers
Lisa Weir
Senior Communications Officer
she/hers
Daniel Sunkari
Communications Officer
he/his
Madyson Taylor
Communications Associate
she/hers
Conferencing and Facilities
Noah Penley
Operations Manager
he/his
Fernando Loyola
Facilities Manager
he/his
Amy Briesenick
Conference Manager
she/hers
Emebet Davies
IT Project Manager
she/hers
Daniel Haro Rico
Technical Support Specialist
he/his
Bob Carson
Events Assistant
he/his
Shamar Sabree
Events Assistant
he/his
Contracts, Risk and Compliance
Joan Kassis
Managing Director
she/hers
Lisa Hailey
Contracts Administrator II
she/hers
Karissa Rogers
Contracts Administrator II
she/hers
Evaluation and Learning
Maurice Samuels
Managing Director
he/his
Noemi Avalos
Senior Evaluation Officer
she/hers
Elaine Lander
Evaluation Officer
she/them
Antony Maikuri
Evaluation Officer
he/his
Erin Hassett
Evaluation Associate
she/hers
Breanna Mattis
Evaluation Associate
she/hers
Danae Lamarche
Senior Administrative Assistant
Evaluation and Learning & Communications
she/hers
Finance and Administration
Scott Sent
Controller
he/his
Lucas Cole
Associate Controller
he/his
Keith Wilson
Senior Grant Accountant
he/his
Kervonda Sampson
Fiscally Sponsored Programs Manager
she/hers
Darcy Young
Grant Accountant
she/hers
Janie Cha
Grant Accountant
she/hers
Cori Carlos
Accountant
she/hers
Sean Dewan
General Accountant
he/his
Dana Moore
Senior Payroll Specialist
she/hers
Clare Leary
Receptionist
she/hers
Human Resources
Ruth Jensen
Managing Director
she/hers
Sarah Hammades
Human Resources Generalist
she/hers
Territa Givens
Talent Acquisition Specialist
she/hers
Alexa Nunez
Human Resource Technician
she/hers
Fiscally Sponsored Programs
The Center serves as a fiscal sponsor for programs that work to improve health and racial equity in California. In this role, The Center provides fiduciary oversight, financial management, human resources support and other administrative services to help build the capacity of organizations and help them fulfill their missions.
