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.
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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