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Board of Directors
Our board of directors ensures that every cent of every dollar donated goes to support our work on ending family homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area.
OFFICERS
Paige Buck, Board Chair
Paige Buck is a partner at Kennedy Events LLC where she leads a team of ten in producing conferences, fundraisers, and celebrations for leading businesses and nonprofits. She received a Bachelor of Science in Theater from Skidmore College. Paige joined the board of directors in October 2017.
Paige Buck
Board Chair
Marissa Bloom, Board Treasurer
Marissa Bloom
Board Treasurer
Rebecca Jackson, Board Secretary
Rebecca Jackson is currently CJCJ's Director of Cameo House programming, operations, and services. Rebecca is a powerful advocate for formerly-incarcerated women and their children in San Francisco who are experiencing homelessness and looking for the opportunity to change their lives. Her personal experiences with domestic violence, racism, addiction, and incarceration inform her work and fuel her desire to be a positive example and role model of change for others.
Rebecca extends her advocacy and activism to women’s rights and issues in San Francisco and is a voice and member of several coalitions and work groups including being the co-chair of the Women’s Housing Coalition, the Women’s Working Group, a member of the Re-entry Council for Women’s first subcommittee, and a Hamilton Families board member. She is also the proud sole proprietor of her own small business - Rebecca J’s Decor & Event Mgmt serving the Bay Area for over six years now.
Rebecca Jackson
Board Secretary
DIRECTORS
Ruth Bernstein
Ruth is the CEO & President of EMC Research, a national public opinion research firm. Heading up the firm’s California office she is considered one of the leading pollsters in the state, directing research on electoral, policy, non-profit and corporate issues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Smith College. Ruth joined the board of directors in October 2017.
Ruth Bernstein
Dale Boutiette
Dale Boutiette is a Realtor® that leads a top real estate team in San Francisco with over 750 million dollars in career sales and is consistently ranked in the Top 1% of SF real estate agents. Prior to selling residential real estate, Dale practiced law and was the co-founder of a thriving trusts & estates law practice. He is a member of the San Francisco, California, and National Association of Realtors® as well as a member of the California State Bar Association. Dale is a Bay Area native and has lived in San Francisco since 1990, where he met his wife, Alla, and raised his two daughters. He is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz with his BA in Economics and earned his Juris Doctorate at the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Dale Boutiette
David Goldin
David Goldin was Chief Facilities Officer (retired) for the San Francisco Unified School District, where he directed the District’s $1.5 billion school construction program, nine operational departments and a staff of over 500 people. He received his undergraduate and Master of Architecture degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and studied architecture and planning at Lund University in Sweden. David joined the board of directors in March 2015 and serves on the Finance and Governance Committees.
David Goldin
DJ Kurtze
DJ Kurtze is a Senior Vice President at Five Star Bank, assuming his role with more than 15 years of commercial banking and lending experience, including the management of large, top performing banking teams. Prior to joining Five Star Bank in 2023, DJ was Senior Vice President at Signature Bank, National Director of Sales for Liberty SBF, and spent many years at Wells Fargo Bank. DJ’s experience includes almost a decade in management as a Senior Vice President, Business Banking Manager in San Francisco, overseeing a portfolio of over 350 commercial clients with $450 million on deposit and over $300 million in credit exposure.
DJ has an established Bay Area network of business professionals and is actively involved in the greater San Francisco community, including his service on the Board of Directors at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts for seven years. DJ currently serves on the Board of Directors at TMC Financing, one of the largest SBA Certified Development Companies in the country, and on the Board of Directors of Hamilton Families, helping to end family homelessness.
DJ lives in Walnut Creek with his wife and three young daughters. DJ graduated from Fresno Pacific University with a BA in Business Management.
DJ Kurtze
Jessica Lane
Jessica Lane is a founding member of SoMa Equity Partners. As VP Operations & Director of Social Impact she manages the firm’s business operations with finance, compliance, and investor relations responsibilities in addition to setting up the firm’s social impact program and community involvement. Previously, Jessica worked in Investor Relations at Apex Capital and Silver Lake Credit. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration, concentration in Finance, from the University of California, Los Angeles. Jessica joined the board of directors in June 2020.
Jessica Lane
Ted Maidenberg
Ted Maidenberg is a co-founder and General Partner at Tribe Capital. Previously he was a co-founder and General Partner at Social Capital and a partner at U.S. Venture Partners. At those firms he led or co-led investments in Saildrone, Propeller Health, Slack, Cozy, Bustle, mParticle, Trunkclub, Adify, Revolution Money and others. Before moving to San Francisco, Ted was at Warner Bros. where he headed up their wireless licensing division, based in Tokyo. He began his investing career at AOL Investments based in Dulles, VA. He is a native of Grand Forks, ND and lives in San Francisco with his wife and 2 daughters.
Ted Maidenberg
Karina Moreno
Karina Moreno is the Executive Director of the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund. Karina spent eight years at Tipping Point Community, most recently as Chief of Staff. Previously, she was a Program Officer at the Y&H Soda Foundation where she helped low-income families achieve economic prosperity. Karina worked on children’s policy issues as Deputy Director at the Children’s Defense Fund California, and started her career managing outreach efforts to recruit mentors for young girls of color. She is currently a Commissioner for First 5 Alameda County and Board Secretary at Hamilton Families in San Francisco. She is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard’s Kennedy School.
Karina Moreno
Susan Toland
Susan Toland is the Director of Communications at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. She has expertise in communications strategy, marketing, and public relations, with a focus on crisis communications, brand messaging and customer experience. Having been deeply involved as a volunteer with humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through San Francisco Fleet Week Association, Susan joined their board in 2017. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley. Susan joined the board of directors in October 2017.
Susan Toland
Vinny Eng
Vinny Eng (he/him) is a community organizer and currently the Director of Policy, Advocacy and Programs at Safer Together, which builds community capacity to improve health outcomes and to advance health equity through community-led initiatives. He also currently serves on the stakeholder advisory board to the California Department of Social Services implementing the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (CRISES) Act and has worked in partnership with the ACLU of Southern California, Check the Sheriff LA, and Californians for Safety and Justice to advance policies supporting victims of violence. Vinny is the child of Cambodian refugees.
Vinny Eng
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Executive Team
Working closely with our board and staff, our executive team helps galvanize support, strengthen our donor base, and provide strategic guidance for Hamilton Families and our partners.
Rachel Kenemore, Chief Development Officer
Rachel Kenemore (she/her) joined Hamilton Families in April of 2016. Previously, Rachel was the Development and Communications Manager at Hamilton, and successfully managed relationships and cultivated strategic partnerships. As part of the $30 million Heading Home Campaign and other initiatives she furthered the organization’s fundraising goals, mission and vision. Rachel then became Hamilton Families’ Director of Strategic Partnerships, designing and implementing a regional partnership model that engages key stakeholders across the Bay Area to support the stability of families and create opportunities at scale. Now, as Hamilton Families’ Chief Development Officer, Rachel is responsible for cultivating revenue streams and avenues for fundraising while furthering the overall mission of Hamilton Families.Prior to her roles at Hamilton Families, she managed strategic partnership programs for Alameda Health Systems, focusing on the social determinants of health. Rachel’s work at Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts and the Institute for Community Health in Massachusetts, involved health coaching and intervention, program design, facilitation and evaluation. She holds a B.A. in international development and social change from Clark University and a Masters’ Degree in Public Health from the University of San Francisco.
Rachel Kenemore
Chief Development Officer
Kenneth Kim, Chief Operations Officer
Dr. Kenneth Kim (he/him) is Chief Operating Officer at Hamilton Families, where he is responsible for implementing the organization’s strategic plan, overseeing day-to-day operations, and partnering with the Executive Team to find solutions to organization-wide challenges. He is the former Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at GLIDE Foundation has represented the community as a member of the Community Advisory Committee for the Tenderloin Health Improvement Partnership (TLHIP), the SF Board of Supervisor’s Street-Level Drug Dealing Task Force, Mayor Breed’s Alternative to Police Funding Steering Committee, as well as other collaborations with Bay Area community-based organizations and city agencies. He has advised on city initiatives including overdose prevention sites, Mental Health SF, and the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion pilot. Kenneth is board member at Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation and Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and an advisor for the Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco. Kenneth is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in community mental health, foster care system, and treatment of trauma and has worked in human services for over 25 years. His volunteer, training, and work experience include programs and initiatives addressing violence prevention, severe mental illness, substance use, psychological evaluation, and crisis intervention.
Kenneth Kim
Chief Operations Officer
Maritza Penagos, Chief Programs Officer
Maritza Penagos (she/her) brings over twenty years of experience in building and leading high quality, culturally responsive services, most recently as the Interim Executive Director of El/La for Transgender Latinas in the Mission District of San Francisco. She has expertise in place-based initiatives and collective impact models, having consulted for the Reinvent Stockton Coalition / Stockton Promise Zone, and as an Executive Director of Administrative Operations & Grants Management for the Hayward Promise Neighborhood. She specializes in advising collaborative models, emphasizing peer-to-peer learning / leadership development and ensuring that an individual’s and a community’s assets and strengths are amplified in the services /interventions being provided. Her affinity lies in partnering with emerging leaders and programmatic models that support peer / community-based leadership and workforce development.
Over the course of her career, she has worked alongside many of the diverse communities in the bay area including Immigrant Gay men, Incarcerated women, sex workers, transgender women, Urban Native Americans, and so many other communities whose experiences and / or poverty are pathologized.
Maritza has been a social worker, community planner, consultant and administrator with a focus on HIV, LGBTQ needs, trauma-informed care, and mental health/substance abuse issues. As a public health and public education administrator she has supervised and enhanced the infrastructure of small non-profits, large bureaucracies and multi-agency collaboratives. Her skills also include grant writing/compliance, fundraising, building data and operational infrastructure, and program planning, implementation and evaluation.
Mrs. Penagos is a certified professional coach and she holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley in Ethnic Studies and an MSPH and MSW from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Maritza is bilingual / Spanish speaking and she is the proud daughter of immigrant, working-class parents.
Maritza Penagos
Chief Programs Officer
Elizabeth Romanoff, Chief People and Culture Officer
Elizabeth Romanoff (she/her) is Chief People and Culture Officer at Hamilton Families, where she is responsible for leading the organization’s overall People Operations strategy including learning and development, labor relations, employee communication, compliance with employment, recruitment and retention, and creating a culture where people thrive.
Elizabeth has over 25 years in People Operations and launched her career while attending UC Berkeley when she accepted an internship in Human Resources. She has lead People Operations for small and medium sized businesses, as well as global organizations.
In her commitment to People Operations, she received the Executive Leadership certificate from Harvard and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion certificate from Cornell. In addition, she received recognition as both a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) and Senior Certified Professional from the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM-SCP).
Elizabeth is a former Board member for the Dress for Success San Francisco/San Jose and has volunteered for many non-profits. She has guest lectured for UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, Dominican University School of Business and Leadership, and was the keynote speaker for Marin Business Leaders.
Elizabeth Romanoff
Chief People and Culture Officer
Valrie Sanders, Chief Financial Officer
Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Valrie Nozipho Sanders has spent the majority of her non-dancing career working in the Bay Area nonprofit sector. Working for social justice and education organizations with strong missions to empower, equalize, and strengthen our communities. Valrie's work has been focused on the financial and administrative side of things working to create and improve systems and processes to ensure the health of the organizations where she has served.
Valrie holds a B.F.A. in Performing Arts from the LEAP program at St. Mary’s College and M.B.A. from Lorry I. Lokey School of Business and Public Policy Mills College. A former professional ballet dancer, Valrie continues to teach and perform in the Bay Area and beyond.
Valrie Sanders
Chief Financial Officer
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Leadership Team
Christina Alton
Director of Development
Jeff Briz
Director of Communications
Chris Constantine
Director of Data & Evaluation
Mayo Lunt
Director of Housing Services
Kathy Marsala
Director of Shelter
Joscelyn Meador
Director of Transitional Housing
Ann Mony
Director of Operations
Tracy Visser-Boesch
Director of People & Culture
Andrew White
Accounting Manager
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