
Our People
Leadership Staff

LISA WOOD
Chief Executive Officer

DR. JIM PUGH
Executive Program Director

KIM SELF
Program Director, Emergency Maternity Shelter

PAM MEYER
Finance Director

KERRI McCUTCHAN, RN
Nurse
Board of Directors FY 2019-2020

TROY ABERCROMBIE
Director, Talley, LLP

HEATHER AKOUBIAN
Chief Communications Officer, Akoubian Enterprises

PAUL ALARCON
Attorney, Buchalter

HEATHER AYALA, MS, RD
Director of Nutrition Services,
Resurgence Behavioral Health

MICHAEL BELL, Chairperson
Community Leader

KRISTIN BENGFORT
Attorney/Partner, Nordhoff Bengfort

SHAUN BLACK, Secretary
Founder & Chief Analyst, PIVOTL

Chief Executive Officer, Verify, Inc.

ANDREW BRAMBLETT
Quantitative Research Analyst, PIMCO

SETH BRINDIS, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, CHOC Children’s Hospital

GAURICA CHACKO
Managing Dir-Health Solutions,
FTI Consulting

ALEX GOVER
Senior Analyst, Deloitte & Touche LLP

KEN HART
Chief Executive Officer, Aquatic Technologies

Sr. Vice President, Wells Fargo

JINNY LEE
Vice President of Exporation & Strategic Marketing, Edwards Lifesciences

JENNIFER MACMATH-BROWN
SVP, Senior Treasury Solutions Officer, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

KARI MOORE
Chief Accounting Officer, Envista Holdings Corporation

SAMANTHA MORIN
Community Leader

SHANNON POZZUOLI
Community Leader & Philanthropist

ANIL PURI, Audit Chair
Provost Emeritus, Cal State Fullerton

MARGARET SULLIVAN, Founding Family Member
Chief Executive Officer, Sullivan Strategy

NEILL SULLIVAN, JR., Founding Family Member
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
REO Homes and Sullivan Management

TIM SULLIVAN, Family Founding Member
Franchiser, Worldwide Express
Advisory Board
Kevin Buck
Steve Cameron
Joe and Jean Cornyn
Elana Donovan
Peggy and Ron Guziak
Regina Hunsaker
Rick Julian
Bill Leonard
Jim Lester
Carol McDermott
Sylvia Michler
Steve Muzzy
John Pace
Don Redfern
Barbara Roppolo
Michael Stewart
Susan Strader
Jean and Don Vivrette
Currently we have 30 dedicated full-time and part-time staff members, as well as 659 volunteers giving more than 9,088 hours of service teaching classes, babysitting, providing professional support and guidance, tutoring, and landscaping. In addition, we have three event committees for our Gala, Luncheon and Golf Classic, and two guilds, Central and Founders, all committed to fundraising for Casa Teresa. Together, this team is eager to continue expanding and deepening services that empower mothers to reclaim their lives and nurture healthy families.
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