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 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 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.
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Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Jean Bridges
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Jean has a lengthy background in Finance and Operations management within the affordable housing, real estate development and construction sectors, both nonprofit and for profit, as well as government entities. She oversees the Finance, Operations and Administrative functions at Habitat EBSV, as well as the Home Preservation, Client Services and Retail (ReStore) areas.
Board of Directors
Officers
- Vince Salinas, Chair
Vice President, Home Loans, Patelco Credit Union - Shannon Adkins, Vice Chair
Managing Director, Accenture - Brian O’Shea, Secretary
Senior Access Strategy Leader, Genentech - Carolyn Carpenter, Treasurer
Account Relationship Director, KPMG (retired) - Nina Lualdi, Member at Large
Vice President, Product Readiness and Business Evolution, Cisco - Les Poltrack, Member at Large
Owner, Intineo LLC
Directors
- Bradley Brownlow
Esq., Partner, Holland & Knight -
Estelle Clemons
Interim HSD Director at City of Oakland (ret.) - Gary Fitschen
Consultant at Fitschen Design Consulting - Katy Fitzsimmons
Vice President, Senior Social Impact & Sustainability Specialist, Wells Fargo - Joseph Forline
Senior Vice President, Gas Operations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company - Rosana Han
Senior Vice President, Head of Community Reinvestment, First Republic Bank - David E. Harris
Attorney, Doyle & Harris, PC -
Reshea T. Holman,
RN, MSN, Chief Nurse Executive, Kaiser Permanente - Annie Kao
Vice President, Engineering, Simpson Strong-Tie - Gary Kershner
Attorney, Law Offices of Gary R. Kershner - Laura McCarthy
Realtor, Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty - Jonas Moe
Senior Vice President, Market Strategy, ICE Mortgage Technology - Lena Nicolaides
Senior Vice President and General Manager LS-SWIFT, KLA
Meet our full staff

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Events
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Cycle of Hope
10/22/2023 All day
Cycle of Hope brings hundreds of cyclists, volunteers, and fundraisers together to raise awareness and funds to benefit and celebrate Habitat for Humanity's work right here in the Bay Area. Learn more!
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Housing & Equity Townhall
Nov. 28, 2023 12:00pm – 1:00pm PST
Join us for a conversation about housing and equity with guest speakers and co-authors Richard and Leah Rothstein.
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