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      Leadership Team

      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.

      Krysta Morgenthaler

      Chief Development Officer

      In her time with Habitat EBSV, Krysta has worn many hats, including fundraising, volunteer management, and marketing. She 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, she can still swing a hammer with the best.

      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.

      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

      • Jonas Moe, Chair
        Senior Vice President, Market Strategy, Ellie Mae, Inc.
      • Vince Salinas, Vice Chair
        Vice President, Home Loans, Patelco Credit Union
      • David Barron, Treasurer
        Attorney, Kawakami Barron & Lam LLP
      • Shannon Adkins, Secretary
        President & CEO Future State Inc.
      • Laura McCarthy, Member at Large
        Realtor, Compass 
      • Les Poltrack, Member at Large
        Owner, Intineo LL

      Directors

      • Larry Briggs
        Executive Vice President, Bank of America (Retired) 
      • Pamela Brotherton-Sedano
        Area Quality Leader, Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center 
      • John Byrd
        Examining Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
      • Carolyn Carpenter 
        Account Relationship Director, KPMG (retired)
      • Gary Fitschen
        Consultant, Fitschen Design Consulting
      • Sam Hensen
        Vice President & General Manager, Connector & Lateral Systems, Simpson Strong-Tie
      • Scott Jones
        Vice President & Financial Consultant, Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.
      • Gary Kershner
        Attorney, Law Offices of Gary R. Kershner
      • Rodger Miller
        Manager, Land Development Purchasing, Northern CA Division, Pulte Group, Inc. 

      • Brian O’Shea
        Head, Global Pricing and Market Access - Lung and Skin Franchises, Genentech

      • Greg Pedone
        Realtor, Sereno Group 

      • Roland Trevino
        President, NACC Construction, LLC. 
      Foundation Board

      Foundation Board

      • Robert Frick, Chair, Foundation Board
        Vice Chairman of the board and CFO, Bank of America (Retired)
      • Joseph Ansanelli
        CEO, Gladly
      • Michael E. Fox
        President, M.E. Fox & Company, Inc.
      • Garry Goodall
        Principal, Financial Services, Ernst & Young LLP
      • Steve Martino
        Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Cisco Systems' InfoSec
      • Paul V. Woolway
        President and Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Bank
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