Our People
Chuck Greene
Co-Executive Director
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world” — Gandhi
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50 years of nonprofit management experience as co-founder of World College West, Executive Director of the Volunteer Center of San Francisco, The Richard and Rhonda Goldman Fund and the Goldman Environmental Prize.
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Has been an Interim Executive Director for 11 Bay Area nonprofits and Cedars Executive Director for the past 14 years.
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Graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard Business School, and was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.
Cheryl White
Co-Executive Director
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” — Rumi
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Over 25 years of professional experience in developmental services in both service provider and regional center settings
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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
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Happily “fell into” working with individuals with disabilities one summer
Sue Sherer
Chief Financial Officer
“The problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them" — Albert Einstein
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Happily ditched mathematics for accounting at University of Iowa.
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Actively involved with the Human Awareness Institute and has an ability to connect with people and compassionately listen.
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Started at Cedars in August 2000 after leaving public accounting. Has been a CPA for almost 40 years — and passed the CPA exam in the first sitting!
Natasha Annenkova
Program Manager, Community Connections
"Per aspera ad astra"
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College Professor, University of Cherkasy, Ukraine
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Far Eastern Shipping Company,Vladivostok, Russia
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English as Second Language Instructor
Stacy Anderson
Associate Director of Residential Services
"Let the world change you, and you can change the world"
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BSW from Belmont University in Nashville TN
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Started as a Direct Support Professional at Cedars in 2012
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Loves camping and backpacking Big Sur, the Lost Coast, and the Yuba River
Yasmin Boroumand
Program Manager, Fine Art Studios
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Maya Angelou
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Working for non-profits has turned Yasmin into a renaissance woman!
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National Task Group trainer for workshops on Fundamentals of Intellectual Disability and Dementia
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Most boring and yet interesting job was a graduate student, cataloging over 10,000 US government documents.
KC Coco
Strategic Planning and Project Manager
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" — The Beatles
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Over 15 years of experience in healthcare management and consulting. Business line strategy and analysis lead for major accounts, Medicare, government and subsidized programs at Health Net and Kaiser Permanente.
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MBA, Masters in Public Health, and Bachelors in Economics from UC Berkeley.
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Life long volunteer supporting individuals with disabilities.
Denise Colwell
Asst. Program Director, Cedars Textile Arts Collaborative
Hands and Earth/Senior Program
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." — Booker T. Washington
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Was hooked on Cedars in 1982, and has been with Cedars ever since
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Volunteers regularly for several other non-profits
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Avid swimmer and hiker
Nicole Frazer
Manager of Artist Within — A Cedars Gallery
"Creativity is intelligence having fun." — Albert Einstein
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First museum job focused on ceramic art
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Enjoys making art, crafts, and music
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Before Cedars, was the Registrar & Exhibition Coordinator at the Bolinas Museum
Stephanie Gravelle
Controller
"Tell the truth, do the right thing and try your best."
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Spent 25 years in Advertising
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Enjoy anything and everything to do with the ocean
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I love my dog Charlie
Katie Ladouceur
Director of Development
"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." — Margaret J. Wheatley
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Volunteering and working with people with developmental disabilities for more than a decade
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Bachelors from UC Santa Cruz in Community Organizing (with an emphasis on disability studies)
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Joined Cedars in 2017 as Development Coordinator
John Pope
Facilities and Organizational Safety Manager
“Hope is a verb with sleeves rolled up” — David Orr
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Owner at John Pope Construction Inc.
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Marin Council BSA – Vice President of Properties
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Enjoys Mountaineering
Rodric (Rob) Robinson
Director of Residential Services
“Being of service to these incredible people for over twenty years has been such a remarkable blessing that I am reminded of each and every day.”
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Previously Health Services Manager at The Cedars of Marin
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Worked as day program instructor at ARC
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Cedars Lifer/Deadpan Humorist/Father of three/Cycling Enthusiast/Lover of many music genres
Dorreen Roth
Human Resources Director
"Make good choices and return to home with honor.”
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Certified Mediator, Fresno Superior Court
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Special Olympics Northern California, Law Enforcement Torch Run Director and Volunteer Coach
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Producer and Co-Founder, Stages Program Inc., Health Educational Film
Lauren Sockler
Director of Cedars Textile Art Collaborative
“Coming to Cedars was like falling off a horse into a bed of four leaf clovers.” — Marie Tappendorf
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Previously worked at UC Berkeley Extension Marketing Department
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Taught High School English
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BA in English from Rutgers University and Single Subject Teaching Credential from Dominican University of California
Mary Sullivan
Marketing Manager
"To inspire people, don't show them your superpowers. Show them THEIRS."
— Alexander den Heijer
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Over 15 years in Marketing, Product Development & Licensing in the corporate world
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Former owner and marketer of a bath & body manufacturer
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Graduate of Ohio State University
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Non-profit newbie (but love it)
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Family, friends, pilates & nature are my loves
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