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Leadership Team

Abode’s family of agencies are led by experienced and dedicated community-minded executives and directors who are committed to our mission of ending homelessness.

Our diverse and devoted teams of seasoned leaders have decades of experience and a deep well of expertise in the fields of housing, social services, real estate, government, property management, human resources, communications, and many others.

The rosters of our leadership teams reflecting Abode’s family of agencies can be found below.

Abode

vivian wan is Chief executive officer of abode and its family of agencies -
Abode Services, Abode Housing Development, and Abode property management

Vivian Wan

Chief Executive Officer

Abode Services

Abode Services - EXECUTIVES

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Kara Carnahan

vice president of programs - Alameda, Napa, San Francisco & solano counties

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Katie Fantin

Vice President of Programs - Santa Clara, Santa cruz & San mateo Counties

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Will Gaines

Vice president of talent and culture

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Camille Llaguna

Controller

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Kevin Neuner

chief Operating officer

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John Reiber

chief Financial
officer

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Alyssa Wieting

Vice president of Fundraising and Communications

Abode services - DIRECTORS

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Margaret Alfaro

Director of Compliance & Evaluation

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Jane Choe

Director of
Behavioral Health, Santa Clara County

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Chris
De Benedetti

Director of
Communications & Marketing

Kate Dettmer

Director of Housing, Alameda County

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Janine Evans

Director of Services, Pre-Development & Compliance

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Susanna Freiberger

Director of
Human resources

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Juliana Juarez

Director of Contracts administration

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Denah Nunes

Senior Director of Health & Wellness, Alameda County

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Omar Reed

Director of
Housing & Services,
san francisco

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Hector Romero

Director of housing programs, Santa Clara county

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Cindy Sutter-Tkel

Director of Housing & Services, Santa Cruz

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Susan Villalobos

Director of Billing & Budgeting

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Scott Wagner

Director of Housing & Services, Northern Region

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Christopher Wemp

Director of
Training & Quality Improvement

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Jeremiah Williams

Director of Housing Programs, San Mateo County

About Christopher

Abode Services - Associate Directors

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Crystal
Adams

Associate Director of Billing and
Budgeting

Ike
Grozier

Associate Director of Client Services,
Santa Clara county

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John
Harris

Associate Director of Resident Services, Santa Clara county

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Lauren
Koenigshofer

Associate Director of Housing & Services,
Solano county

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Gissel
Madrid

Associate Director of Housing & Services,
San Francisco

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Marisa
Ornelas

Associate Director of IHOT & HOPE Outreach Programs

Vince
Russo

Associate Director of Resident Services,
Alameda county

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Anthony
Simon-Welch

Associate Director of Health & Wellness, Santa Clara County

ABODE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

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Jon White

Chief Real
estate officer

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Bilal Shah

COntroller

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Michael
Santero

senior Director
of asset
management

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Jared
Wright

Associate Director
of Real estate development

ABODE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

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Juana
Nunley

Chief property management officer

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Georgette Brown

Director of property
management,
Region 2

About Georgette

Jasmine
Carter

Director of property management,
Region 1

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Kathleen Cheatham

Director of affordable housing compliance

Mike Malekzadeh

Director of Facilities

Strategic Founder and Advisor

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Louis Chicoine

Strategic founder and Advisor