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Corporate Board of
Directors
The Task Force is
served by a seven-member Steering Committee and a Board of Directors
representing public agencies, private groups, and homeless advocates who
share the vision of an end to homelessness in San Diego County.
The Steering Committee
meets periodically to review the Task Force's work program and to promote
countywide collaborative efforts to address homelessness. Members include the
primary sponsoring entities of the Task Force and the Chair and Vice-Chair of
the Task Force Board.
The Task Force Board
usually meets the third Friday of the month to perform a wide variety of
functions and responsibilities in carrying out the leadership of the Task
Force.
Corporate Board Members
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Susan Baer, Ph.D. San Diego State University
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Jack Blevins,
Community Christian Service Agency
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Mary Case, MSW St. Vincent de Paul Village, Inc.
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Sue Christopher, Crisis House & Family Shelter
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Hannah Cohen, North County Solutions for Change
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Marilyn Cornell, Homeless Advocates of San Diego-
RTFH Treasurer/ Secretary
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Tony de los Santos,
Family Health Centers of San Diego
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Scott Dreher, Dreher Law Firm
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Sister RayMonda DuVall,
Catholic Charities
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Mary Herron, San
Diego Grant Makers-
RTFH Vice President
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Kathi Houck, San Diego Housing Commission
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Shari Houser, San Diego Rescue Mission
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Rosemary Johnston,
Ecumenical Council of San Diego County
– RTFH President
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James Justus, James Automotive Service-
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Victor Kops, Ph.D., San Diego Center for
Psychotherapy
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David Siegler, Vietnam Veterans of San Diego
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Jan Stankus, San Diego Youth and Community Services-The
Storefront
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Bruce Willbrant, Community Interface Services,
Ex-officio Members
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Carol Williams , United Way of San Diego County
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Steve Binder, San
Diego County Public Defender's Office
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Matthew Doherty, Corporation for Supportive Housing
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Piedad Garcia, San Diego County Mental Health Services
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Leilani Hines, Senior Community Development- City of Chula
Vista
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Louise Lecklitner, San Diego County HHSA ADS
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Margery Pierce/ Steve Jackson, City of Oceanside
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Rene Santiago/ Yolanda Vargas, San Diego County HHSA Central
Region
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Jerry Van Leeuwen, City of Escondido
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Sharon Johnson, City of San Diego Community Services
Regional Task Force on the Homeless-Staff
Corporate
Board Members
Rosemary Johnston–
PRESIDENT
Program
Director, Ecumenical Council of San Diego County
Representing:
Ecumenical Council of San Diego County
Rosemary Johnston was
named Program Director of the Interfaith Shelter Network in April 1997. She
was a founding member of the Network in 1987 and has been active in homeless
advocacy for many years.
Rosemary Johnston was
also a Board member of the Professional Consultation Committee of the Center
for Urban Ministry, the Downtown Partnership Social Action Collaborative, and
the statewide Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights.
Her responsibilities
include resource development for the Network's two programs: the seasonal
Rotational Shelter Program during the winter months at 60 congregational
sites around the county; and the El Nido Transitional Living Program for
homeless battered women and their children; community relations, recruiting
additional congregations; and publishing of the Ecumenical Council of San
Diego County's monthly newsletter.
Prior to her current
position, Ms. Johnston served as Volunteer Services Program Manager at St
Vincent de Paul Village for four years.
Mary Herron- VICE
PRESIDENT
Representing: San
Diego Grant Makers
Marilyn Cornell- SECRETARY/ TRESURER
Director, Homeless
Advocates of San Diego
Representing: Homeless
Advocates
Marilyn Cornell is
currently a licensed Marriage, and Family Therapist in private practice. From
1969 to 1991 Ms. Cornell served as a Probation Officer for the San Diego
County Probation Department.
She has served on the
Mayor Homeless Advisory Committee, the homeless sub-committee, the NTC Re-Use
committee and has been on the Board of Directors of Homeless Advocates of San
Diego Inc. since 1993. She also serves as adjunct faculty at SDSU and
oversees the San Diego County Court Certified Domestic Violence Treatment
Program.
Susan Baer,
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, San
Diego State University
Representing: Academia
JackBlevins
Service Center Manager,
Community Christian Service Agency
Representing:
Metropolitan Area Providers of Social Services-MAPSS
Mary Case, MSW
Vice President –
Programs, St. Vincent de Paul Village, Inc.
Representing: San
Diego Service Provider
Mary Case oversees the
Homeless Service Program in San Diego and Nevada for St. Vincent de Paul
Village, which shelters a total of 1,100 nightly in 10 facilities that have
approximately 250 paid staff. Another 800 beds are provided in 3 facilities
for the annual seasonal shelter project.
Ms. Case has developed a
comprehensive continuum of short term and long-term transitional housing,
permanent housing and an array of rehabilitative social services for homeless
families, singles adults, teens, and victims of aids.
A licensed child care,
family literacy and on-site school, counseling and chemical dependency
programs, complete health services that include a licensed primary care
medical clinic, dental and psychiatric services, case management, adult
education and employment preparation, are some of the major services offered.
Ms. Case also directs a large volunteer program in San Diego and Chaplaincy
services.
In addition to her board
role on the Regional Task Force, Ms. Case is the past Chair of the MAPPS
Coalition (Metropolitan Agency Provider of Social Services), and a past Chair
of the Emergency Resources Group.
Sue Christopher
Executive Director,
Crisis House
Representing: East
County Region
Hannah Cohen
Development Director,
North County Solutions for Change
Representing: North
County Coastal Service Provider
Tony de los Santos
San Diego Healthcare for
the Homeless - Family Health Centers of San Diego
Representing: Homeless
Healthcare
Scott Dreher
President, Dreher Law
Firm
Representing: County
Bar Association
Sister RayMonda DuVall
Executive Director,
Catholic Charities
Representing: Regional
Service Provider
Kathi Houck
Program Analyst, San
Diego Housing Commission
Representing: San
Diego Housing Commission
Shari Houser
Clinical Director, San
Diego Rescue Mission
Representing: Faith
Community Service Provider
James Justus –
President, James
Automotive Service
Representing: Business
Victor Kops, Ph.D.
Psychologist/Co-Director,
San Diego Center for Psychotherapy
Representing: Downtown
San Diego Partnership
Victor Kops, Ph.D. is a
licensed psychologist and has offices in Hillcrest and Solana Beach; Dr. Kops
is Chair of the Social Services Committee of the San Diego Downtown
Partnership and is on their Board of Directors.
Dr. Kops serves on the
Regional Task Force as the representative for the Partnership. Dr. Kops also
writes a bi-monthly advice column for The Carmel Valley News and Op-ed pieces
for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Dr. Kops specializes in the treatment of
families, adolescents, and substance abuse.
David Siegler
Finance Director, Vietnam
Veterans of San Diego
Representing: Homeless
Veterans
Mr. Siegler first became
involved with homeless issues in 1987 when he became Chairman of the House
Committee of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. After moving to San
Diego in 1990, Mr. Siegler performed volunteer work for the San Diego
Coalition for the Homeless.
Mr. Siegler has worked at
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego for many years. He initially ran VVSD 's
program and subsequently became their primary grant winter. During this time
VVSD's annual grant budget for helping homeless citizens has grown from less
than $1million to approximately $ 4.2 million. With the pending Veteran's
Family Program the number of beds that VVSD operates next year will have more
than tripled since 1990.
Jan Stankus
Center Director, San
Diego Youth and Community Services
Representing: Homeless
Youth
Bruce Willbrant
Representing:
Community Interface Services
Ex-officio
Members
\Carol Williams
Director of Community
Building, United Way of San Diego County
Representing: United
Way of San Diego County
Steve Binder
Deputy Public Defender, San
Diego County Public Defender’s Office
Representing: San
Diego Homeless Court
Matthew Doherty
Program Officer,
Corporation for Supportive Housing
Representing:
Supportive Housing
Piedad Garcia
Clinical Director, San
Diego County HHSA – Mental Health Services
Representing: San
Diego County Mental Health Department
Leilani Hines
Senior Community
Development Specialist, City of Chula Vista
Representing: South
County Region
Sharon Johnson
Homeless Services
Administrator, City of San Diego
Representing: City of
San Diego Community Services
Louise Lecklitner
Coordinator San Diego
County HHSA ADS
Representing: San
Diego County HHSA Alcohol & Drug Servcies
Margery Pierce/Steve
Jackson
Housing Director, City of
Oceanside
Representing: North County
Coastal Region
Rene Santiago/ Yolanda Valdez
County of San Diego HHSA
Central Region
Representing: Central
Region
Jerry Van Leeuwen
Director-CDBG Public
Works Administration, City of Escondido
Representing: North
County Inland Region
Regional Task Force Staff
(click on a name to email them)
Executive Director
Project Director
This position has recently been filled.
Program Manager
Homeless Information System
Deborah Lester was
previously Program Manager for the San Diego Inner-City Net, a non-profit
project sponsored in part by the Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee (MAAC
Project), Pacific Bell and the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA). As Program Manager she was responsible for many tasks
including staff development/ technology training, project reporting and
budgeting, proposal writing and collaborating with national and local
partners. A major portion of the project involved establishing Community
Internet Access Centers in non-profit agencies throughout San Diego. They
established 15 Centers and trained over 200 agency staff in the effective use
of information technology to meet their client and agency needs. Also,
through a partnership with UCSD, the Inner-City Net supported several after
school computer learning labs in local community centers and trained
Coordinators in appropriate use of the Internet and educational software.
Deborah completed her
undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York. Since returning to California, she has done graduate work at San Diego
State University and University of California San Diego. She has taught
Technology/Multimedia courses with the San Diego Unified School District and
has been an Information Systems consultant for Technology Integration Group.
Program Administrator/Trainer: Homless Information System
Sara holds a BBA in Computer Information Systems and Accounting from James Madison University. She is preparing to enter a Mastrer's programme in Social Work.
Program Manager
Kiefer recently finished his Masters of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) at San Diego State University and is awaiting his intern number. He is currently working on his 100 hour clinical hypnosis certification (one week to go!). He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University.His masters project was on street homeless women of reproductive age in San Diego.
William has a B.S. In Computer Engineering Technology from DeVry University. His work experience includes working at the Post Office and as a Peace Corps Volunteer on a remote island, giving him the perfect resume for a crazy person.
Tiffany Moore
Tiffany recently graduated from CSU San Marcos and majored in Psychology. Additionally, she completed a School Counseling internship at Paloma Elementary.
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