Eric Quezada, Executive Director
Eric is a longtime community and housing activist in San Francisco's Mission and Bernal neighborhoods. Prior to joining Dolores Street in the fall of 2005, Eric worked at the Mission Housing Development Corporation and the Mission Economic Development Agency. He serves on the Board of Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center and PODER (People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights). He enjoys soccer, the outdoors, following the Giants and playing his tenor sax.
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Mason Jeffrys, Director of Administration & Development
Mason Jeffrys has spent nearly a decade working in nonprofits across the country with an emphasis in volunteer and donor development for homeless services. After five years at Dolores Street, he has become a jack of all trades for the organization and has assumed additional responsibilities in administration and finance. He is all about random experiences and enjoys the wide variety of responsibilities his job entails.
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Wendy Phillips, Cohen Program Director
Wendy began working at Cohen on January 9, 2006. Wendy has a wealth of experiences working with homeless and formerly homeless individuals, from providing direct outreach and social services, to tenant advocacy and organizing. She also has experience overseeing programs and services for supportive housing sites, and in the areas of planning, budgeting, and city policy advocacy. She holds a Masters in Social Work from San Francisco State University and is fluent in Spanish and English.
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Marlon Mendieta, Dolores Housing Program Director
Marlon has worked with homeless adults in the Mission
District as well as the Tenderloin. His work includes managing employment
services in a supportive housing environment with multiple sites. He has also
managed job training for homeless and formerly homeless adults with an emphasis
on computer skills. Marlon is committed
to helping homeless and immigrant communities at our shelters with a
combination of administrative skills and an inclusive leadership style.
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Bill Cox, Cohen Registered Nurse/Case Manager
Bill
brings to Cohen over 11 years of nursing experience, including 7 years
of HIV/AIDS nursing. He has worked in a variety of facilities, from
public hospitals to a private medical practice. He is certified in
AIDS Nursing by the Association of American Nurses and is a trained HIV
Counselor. He received an Associate Degree in Registered Nursing from
Miami-Dade Community College.
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Cecilia Moreno, Case Manager
Cecilia joined Dolores
Street in 2002, and has worked in the community
for the past 14 years. One of her most successful programs, in which she develops
personal business card for clients, utilizes skills learned in a Photoshop
class. She enjoys helping her clients
reach their goals. The highlight of her
day is being able to place a client into stable housing. She’s gained valuable skills in assisting her clients both
through her personal and professional experience. Cecilia has a no-nonsense attitude with her
clients, often telling them to, “Fake it until you make it”, and, “Suit up and
show up.”
Her clients have inspired her to build her own home in Mexico, where
she’s recently purchased land.
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John Wiggins, Food Services Manager
John Wiggins has spent thirty years in food service working in both the non-profit and private sectors. After managing a Meals-on-Wheels site kitchen and organizing the food bank for the Travis County AIDS Project (both in Austin, TX), he owned a successful specialty food store in Oakland's Rockridge District for ten years. He enjoys applying the practical skills he learned in business to getting the most out of DSCS's always-scarce financial resources.
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