Leadership Team

President & Chief Executive Officer

In her years at the helm of Habitat EBSV, Janice has overseen a dramatic increase in home production and families served, led two successful mergers, expanded our programs and services, and become a prominent voice for affordable housing at the state and national levels.
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Mike joined the Habitat EBSV in 2023, after nearly 40 years in financial leadership – over a decade of which has been spent in the building industry. In his role with Habitat, Mike looks to bring his depth of professional and managerial experience to bear on one of our society’s most critical issues: the affordable housing crisis. Mike is proud to lead a team of financial and retail professionals committed to making homeownership affordable and equitable, while keeping the organization robust and ready to serve more.
Chief Development Officer

In their time with Habitat EBSV, they have worn many hats, including fundraising, volunteer management, and marketing. They now oversees a passionate team that works to grow and engage our broad community of support, but as a veteran of dozens of Habitat builds, they can still swing a hammer with the best.
Chief Program Officer

Jen Gray is a mission-driven leader with over two decades of experience turning ideals into results. She came to Habitat in 2016 from a career spanning the nonprofit, residential remodel, technology, and corporate sectors – across which she has honed skills from strategic planning to program management to grantmaking, and beyond. In her eight years leading Habitat's Home Preservation team, Jen grew the program twenty-fold, expanding access to our vital services. In assuming the role of Chief Programs Officer, Jen has a breadth of professional skills, a technical savvy for how service programs operate, and the leadership experience to help Habitat serve more, and with more intention, to transformative effect. Jen is proud to advocate for our clients and partners at the leadership level, and to lead a talented team with community, always, at its heart.
Director of Real Estate

Rob brings to Habitat a broad base of experience in real estate development and management of commercial and residential projects, with vast expertise in construction finance and green building. His professional depth and personal commitment to community have helped grow Habitat's building pipeline to continue serving through challenging times.

Officers

Shannon Adkins, Chair
Managing Director, Accenture
Brian O’Shea, Vice Chair
Senior Executive Advisor, SageTree Collective
Nina Lualdi, Secretary
Advisor, Interim CEO, Portfolio of Social Enterprises
Les Poltrack, Treasurer
Owner, Intineo LLC
Bradley Brownlow, Esq., Member at Large, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLC
Estelle Clemons, Member at Large
Interim HSD Director at City of Oakland (retired)

Directors

Faye Beverett
Principal, Bard Consulting LLC (retired)
Carolyn Carpenter, Account Relationship Director, KPMG (retired)
Gary Fitschen
Consultant, Fitschen Design Consulting
Katy Fitzsimmons
Vice President and Senior Social Impact and Sustainability Specialist, Wells Fargo
Rosana Han
Senior Vice President, Head of Community Reinvestment, First Republic Bank (retired)
Reshea T. Holman, RN, MSN
Chief Nurse Executive, Kaiser Permanente
Annie Kao
Former Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Engagement, Simpson Strong-Tie
Lena Nicolaides
Senior Vice President and General Manager, KLA
David Ridlehuber
Construction Project Manager, AvalonBay Communities
Nick Stoughton
Principal Firmware Engineer, Eargo
Richard Wada
Chief Lending Officer, Patelco Credit Union

40 Playhouses Celebrating 40 Years
ALL YEAR LONG! 9:00am PST

Celebrate Habitat's 40th Anniversary by helping us build 40 playhouses for 40 Bay Area families!
Sequoia Grove Home Celebration
Saturday, July 11 10 a.m.

Celebrate the completion of Habitat's Sequoia Grove development in Hayward.
Build-A-Thon
September 17-19 7:00am PDT

Spend 3 days building homes, community, and hope at our 40th Anniversary Buil-A-Thon

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