Leadership
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East Bay/Silicon Valley
We are a team of change makers and dream builders. It's nice to meet you!
Leadership Team
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President & Chief Executive Officer
Janice Jensen
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.
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Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Mike Costello
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.
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Chief Development Officer
Krys Morgenthaler
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.
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Chief Program Officer
Jen Gray
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.
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Chief Real Estate Officer
Kevin Elliott
Chief Real Estate Officer
Kevin brings to Habitat EBSV a broad base of experience in construction management, across a wide variety of endeavors from single family homes, to multifamily developments, to commercial construction. He leads a dedicated staff through an exciting time of growth and development in home construction and general contracting.
Board of Directors
Officers
- Shannon Adkins, Chair
Managing Director, Accenture - Brian O’Shea, Vice Chair
Senior Access Strategy Leader, Genentech, Inc. - Nina Lualdi, Secretary
Advisor, Interim CEO, Portfolio of Social Enterprises - Les Poltrack, Treasurer
Owner, Intineo LLC (retired) - Bradley Brownlow, Member at Large
Esq., 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), Commercial Real Estate - 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, now part of JPMorgan Chase - Reshea T. Holman,
RN, MSN, Chief Nurse Executive, Kaiser Permanente - Annie Kao
Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Engagement, Simpson Strong-Tie - Lena Nicolaides
Senior Vice President and General Manager LS-SWIFT, KLA - David Ridlehuber
Construction Project Manager, AvalonBay Communities - Nick Stoughton
Principal Firmware Engineer, Eargo - Richard Wada
Chief Lending Officer, Patelco Credit Union
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