Meet Our Leadership Team

Our team is led by a dynamic collective of diverse talents and expertise, united by a shared passion for innovation and excellence. With a commitment to fostering creativity and collaboration, we strive to deliver impactful solutions that transcend boundaries and exceed expectations. Our combined efforts aim to create positive change and contribute to a brighter future.

Each member of leadership uses their personal mission statements, shared below, to provide a clear and focused direction that guides our decisions, aligns our actions, and motivates our teams to work towards our shared vision.

  • Sophora Acheson (she/her)

    Executive Director/Co-Board President

    Sophora’s Mission: To be a fiercely passionate, humorous, and adventurous leader who lives with compassion and a quest for growth that shatters glass ceilings and propels others towards authentic joy and freedom.

  • Debi Himovitz (she/her)

    Associate Executive Director

    Debi’s Mission: To pursue an authentic and intentional life, with creativity and excellence, harnessing innovation to empower positive impact

  • Helen Ayala (she/her)

    Chief Program Officer

    Helen’s Mission: To be kind, smart, innovative, and strong as an authentic and ambitious leader that inspires positive life action.

  • Pouneh Azadi (she/her)

    Chief of Clinical Services

    Pouneh’s Mission: To be an authentic, vibrant, and visionary encourager of people who lives with focused and vigorous intentionality that offers wisdom, joy, and hope to others.

  • Justin Luke Riley "JLR" (he/him)

    Chief Financial Officer

    JLR's Mission: To be a tenacious and unwavering leader, applying sound principles and an adventurous spirit with a results-oriented approach that inspires others towards extraordinary achievements.

  • Milani Alexander (she/hers)

    Director of Outreach

    Milani’s Mission: Coming Soon!

  • Hisham Ali Bob (he/him)

    Director of Strategy

    Hisham’s Mission: Coming Soon!

  • Czarina Castro

    Controller

    Czarina's Mission: Coming Soon!

  • Erin Grenier (she/they)

    Senior Director of People & Culture

    Erin’s Mission: Coming Soon!

  • Megan Lantz (she/her)

    Director of Human Resources

    Megan’s Mission: To live a strong, thoughtful and joyful life, with a consistent adventurous and spicy approach that encourages and affirms others.

  • Tia Linnen (she/her)

    Associate Director of Housing

    Tia’s Mission: To be kind, resilient, and relatable with consistent transparency and understanding that fulfills my purpose to help others.

  • Cindy Ortega (she/her)

    Senior Director of Youth & Residential Services

    Cindy’s Mission: Coming Soon!

  • Sophia Preach (she/her)

    Associate Director of Data

    Sophia’s Mission: To be reliable, thoughtful, and expressive marked by a creative, considerate, and authentic approach that is dedicated to helping others.

  • Amy Rickard (she/her/ella)

    Associate Director Restorative Action for Family Transformation (R.A.F.T.)

    Amy’s Mission: To live a life with empathy and justice as my guiding principles. I seek to understand and support others. I want to contribute positively to my community and the world around me. I strive to live a life characterized by a thoughtful mind and a kind heart.