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Chuck Greene

Co-Executive Director

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world” — Gandhi

  • 50 years of nonprofit management experience as co-founder of World College West, Executive Director of the Volunteer Center of San Francisco, The Richard and Rhonda Goldman Fund and the Goldman Environmental Prize.

  • Has been an Interim Executive Director for 11 Bay Area nonprofits and Cedars Executive Director for the past 14 years.

  • Graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard Business School, and was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

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Cheryl White

Co-Executive Director

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” — Rumi

  • Over 25 years of professional experience in developmental services in both service provider and regional center settings

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

  • Happily “fell into” working with individuals with disabilities one summer 

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Stephanie Gravelle

Chief Financial Officer

"Tell the truth, do the right thing and try your best."

  • Spent 25 years in Advertising

  • Enjoy anything and everything to do with the ocean

  • I love my dog Charlie

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Natasha Annenkova

Program Manager, Community Connections

"Per aspera ad astra"

  • College Professor, University of Cherkasy, Ukraine

  • Far Eastern Shipping Company,Vladivostok, Russia

  • English as Second Language Instructor

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Stacy Anderson

Associate Director of Residential Services

"Let the world change you, and you can change the world"

  • BSW from Belmont University in Nashville TN

  • Started as a Direct Support Professional at Cedars in 2012

  • Loves camping and backpacking Big Sur, the Lost Coast, and the Yuba River

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Yasmin Boroumand

Program Manager, Fine Art Studios

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”  — Maya Angelou

  • Working for non-profits has turned Yasmin into a renaissance woman!

  • National Task Group trainer for workshops on Fundamentals of Intellectual Disability and Dementia

  • Most boring and yet interesting job was a graduate student, cataloging over 10,000 US government documents. 

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KC Coco

Director of Strategic Intiatives

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" — The Beatles

  • Over 15 years of experience in healthcare management and consulting. Business line strategy and analysis lead for major accounts, Medicare, government and subsidized programs at Health Net and Kaiser Permanente. 

  • MBA, Masters in Public Health, and Bachelors in Economics from UC Berkeley. 

  • Life long volunteer supporting individuals with disabilities.

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Denise Colwell

Asst. Program Director, Cedars Textile Arts Collaborative

Hands and Earth/Senior Program

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." — Booker T. Washington

  • Was hooked on Cedars in 1982, and has been with Cedars ever since

  • Volunteers regularly for several other non-profits

  • Avid swimmer and hiker

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Rafael Echenique

Director of Facilities and Safety

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people" - Victor Borge

  • Born in Chile, grew up in New York's Hudson Valley, raised a family in Marin

  • 30 years of construction, property management and private business experience

  • Enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and time with family and friends

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Nicole Frazer

Manager of Artist Within — A Cedars Gallery

"Creativity is intelligence having fun." — Albert Einstein

  • First museum job focused on ceramic art

  • Enjoys making art, crafts, and music

  • Before Cedars, was the Registrar & Exhibition Coordinator at the Bolinas Museum

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Frank Kemmeter

Walter House Manager

"My Mother always told me I would be President of the United States. Sorry Mom, I like working at Cedars more than being President."

  • Bachelor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 

  • Enjoy using All Trails App to hike the World !

  • Avid reader of everything non-fiction!

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Katie Ladouceur

Director of Development

"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." — Margaret J. Wheatley

  • Volunteering and working with people with developmental disabilities for more than a decade

  • Bachelors from UC Santa Cruz in Community Organizing (with an emphasis on disability studies)

  • Joined Cedars in 2017 as Development Coordinator

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Rodric (Rob) Robinson

Director of Residential Services

“Being of service to these incredible people for over twenty years has been such a remarkable blessing that I am reminded of each and every day.”

  • Previously Health Services Manager at The Cedars of Marin

  • Worked as day program instructor at ARC

  • Cedars Lifer/Deadpan Humorist/Father of three/Cycling Enthusiast/Lover of many music genres

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Lauren Sockler

Director of Cedars Textile Art Collaborative

“Coming to Cedars was like falling off a horse into a bed of four leaf clovers.” — Marie Tappendorf

  • Previously worked at UC Berkeley Extension Marketing Department

  • Taught High School English

  • BA in English from Rutgers University and Single Subject Teaching Credential from Dominican University of California

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Mary Sullivan

Marketing Manager

"To inspire people, don't show them your superpowers. Show them THEIRS."
— Alexander den Heijer

  • Over 15 years in Marketing, Product Development & Licensing in the corporate world

  • Former owner and marketer of a bath & body manufacturer

  • Graduate of Ohio State University

  • Non-profit newbie (but love it)

  • Family, friends, pilates & nature are my loves

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