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WHO WE ARE

Meet our team of changemakers

Our diverse team is made up of experienced advocates, motivated veterans, and generous innovators. We all have the same goal - to improve the lives of Bay Area veterans.

Our Management Team

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Tramecia Garner
Executive Director
Elena Kim
Chief Operating Officer
Colleen Murakami
Chief Development Officer
Dr. Ma'at Xi
Deputy Director of Clinical Programs
Stephen Chen
Chief Financial Officer
Monique Crossley
Director of Property Management
Steven Culbertson
Deputy Director of Residential Programs and Housing Development
Amy Fairweather
Director of Policy
Matthew Gregg
Director of Supportive Services for Veteran Families
Mink Lincoln
Director of People & Culture
Maureen “Mo” Siedor
Director of Legal Services
Janae Thomas
Director of Employment and Training
Mark Walker
Deputy Director for East Bay Programs
Michael Blecker
Executive Director Emeritus

Our Board of Directors

Michael Thiel
Board Chair; Managing Member, Thiel, Vu & Associates LLC
Julie Cane
Board Vice Chair; CEO, Democracy Investments
Barbara Saavedra
Board Secretary; Chambers Attorney, California Supreme Court
Christopher Adame
Vice President of Community Relations, Wells Fargo
Paul Cox
Civil Engineer, retired
Michael Dekshenieks
Managing Principal, EPAM Systems
Erik Edwards
Partner, Cooley LLP
Michael Fassler
Sr. Vice President, Corporate Development, Syufy Enterprises
Dottie Guy
People Operations & Growth, Bloom Works
John McQuaid
Chief of Psychology, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Joe Ordona
Former Senior Director of Physical Security, Pinterest
Kate Richardson
Co-Executive Director, Legal Link
Del Seymour
Founder, The Tenderloin Walking Tours
Micah Solit
Project Director, Project Management Advisors, Inc.
Seth Steward
Executive Director, The Crucible
Diane Williamson
Producer, VTV-NOW!
Maile Yeats-Rowe
Senior Litigation Counsel, OpenAI

Our Advisory Board

Roberta Achtenberg
Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hon. Michael Isaku Begert
Judge, Superior Court of San Francisco County
Mark Buell
Chair, Presidio Trust Board of Directors
Mike Cerre
Executive Producer, Globe TV
Ron Conway
Founder and Managing Partner, SV Angel
Hon. Charles Crompton
Judge, Superior Court of San Francisco County
Jason Elliott
President, Versus Solutions
Andrea Evans
Independent Consultant
John Keker
Founding Partner, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
Craig Newmark
Founder, Craigslist.org & Craig Newmark Philantropies
Dianne Paulson
Veteran supporter, widow of Jon W. Paulson, namesake of Presidio housing for veterans
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Congresswoman, 11th District of California
Jamie Slaughter
Partner, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
Arnold Sowell Jr.
Executive Director, NextGen Policy
Carol Wilder
Professor, The New School
Roger Walther
CEO, Tusker Corporation