Resilient and Effective Teams
Contra Costa Leadership Institute was a 2-year, team-based leadership development program that took place 2016-2018. The program focused on participants’ ability to lead from a place of passion, skill, and collaboration. Through trainings, retreats, team coaching, and peer learning, LeaderSpring offered teams of nonprofit leaders the opportunities to strengthen leadership and management competencies; apply new practices on-the-job; and develop lasting, meaningful relationships across the cohort so they may increase their organizational effectiveness and improve their impact for the communities they serve.
Community Violence Solutions
Cynthia Peterson, Executive Director
Lucia Ray, Program Manager
Selena Diaz, Crisis Intervention Program Manager
C.O.P.E Family Support Center
Cathy Botello, Executive Director
Misty Smith, Program Coordinator
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Contra Costa County (CASA)
Ann Wrixon, Executive Director
Bob Salgado, Program Director
Sue Casey, Training Coordinator
Dreamcatchers Empowerment Network
Regina Kaiser, Executive Director
Dyane Wilson, Employment Specialist
Maria E. Chavez, Records Clerk
Monument Impact
Debra Bernstein, Executive Director
Dave Thompson,
Program Director
Elba Velasquez,
Workforce Development Manager
Opportunity Junction
Alissa Friedman, Executive Director
Brianna Robinson, Director of Programs
Michelle Wade, Program Manager
Rainbow Community Center
Kevin McAllister,
Executive Director
Marcos Apolonio, Case Management Program Director
Jennifer O’Neal-Khaw, Mental Health Program Director
SparkPoint Contra Costa
Betty A. Geishirt Cantrell, Executive Director
Pam McGrath, Site Coordinator
Stacey Street, Chief Development Officer