Board Members

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Susan oversees the asset management, property management, resident programs and evaluation, and community development activities of BRIDGE Housing corporation, including a portfolio of 11,700 units of rental housing. She joined BRIDGE in 1983, when both the organization and the field of affordable housing were in their formative stages. Over the years, she has served BRIDGE in multiple capacities with increasing responsibility, including Corporate Secretary, Vice President of Administration, and Executive Vice President, with functional roles as diverse as human resources, fundraising, accounting, compliance, leasing, and insurance risk management. In 2017, she was also named the company’s first Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Susan connects strategy and operations across the organization, with a focus on measuring progress toward and achieving the goals of BRIDGE’s five-year Strategic Plan. Susan is an expert in marketing and lease-up strategies for affordable, mixed-income, and mixed-population communities, and a sought-after expert in compliance and fair housing. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from UC Santa Cruz.

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Fernando was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to parents from Cuba and Puerto Rico. He is a senior director for the Tenderloin Community Benefit District (TLCBD) where he oversees communications and sidewalk cleaning operations. Before being recognized as an emerging leader in the place management field in 2019, he worked as a house painter, waiter, bartender, editor, and consultant. In 2015, he developed a passion for the Tenderloin while working there as a storyteller and writer. Since then, he has dedicated his professional life to serving people in the neighborhood through advocacy, partnership, and connection. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University from 2012. He believes we're the stories we tell.

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Tracey is an attorney and retired Deloitte Principal. During her 30+ year career at Deloitte, Tracey led various international business units which included creating new products and services, delivering operating results, developing and deploying new business strategies, and managing business turnarounds. She was assigned to San Jose, Dallas, New York City, Hong Kong, and Hyderabad India over her Deloitte career. Tracey has served on the Deloitte US Board of Directors and, in addition to being board Treasurer for TNDC, Tracey serves as Chair of HealthRight Intl., Treasury of Golden Gate University, and at-large Director for the League of Women Voters of California.

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Dave has been TNDC’s Chief Legal Officer since 2006 and served two stints on the TNDC Board of Directors (2006-2012 and 2014-2019). In his role as Chief Legal Officer, Dave provides guidance to the Board and the Corporation regarding legal and programmatic questions, as well as coordinating with other TNDC counsel on issues as needed. Dave is a partner in Goldfarb & Lipman LLP, a California-based law firm with a practice that emphasizes affordable housing, community development, land use, and finance issues. He also admits to being a former attorney in the San Francisco office of HUD. A Hoosier, born and bred, Dave has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School.

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Jim rejoined the TNDC Board in 2019 following six years of service on the board in the late 1990s. Jim retired in late 2020 as a Managing Director with Stifel Nicholas in the firm’s Public Finance Department, completing a 34 year career in the municipal finance field. He was an associate and partner with Stone & Youngberg for 25 years and served on that company’s board of directors until the firm’s sale to Stifel Nicholas. Prior to his work in investment banking, he earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before attending Stanford, he worked with the Mission Housing Development Corporation as Property Manager and Finance Director.

In addition to Jim’s prior board service with TNDC, through appointment by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2021, Jim serves as board chair with the California Housing Finance Agency. He also serves on the City of Lafayette’s General Plan Advisory Committee, with tenure as chair in 2022 and was appointed by Supervisor Candace Anderson to serve on Contra Costa County’s Measure X Community Advisory Board. Formerly, he served on the boards of the California Public Securities Association as board chair, the Coro Center for Civic Leadership-Northern California, and the College Preparatory School in Oakland as board chair. Jim is the 2007 recipient of the Jerry I. Porras Latino Leadership Award from the Stanford Business School Hispanic Students Association. He received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard College and was a Coro Fellow in San Francisco after his graduation.

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Mark currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Caminar, a regional behavioral health care organization that operates in five counties in California. Previous to that, he was a Regional CEO for the American Red Cross and CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation as well as other health care organizations. He also has worked in philanthropy at the Kaiser Family Foundation and the San Francisco Foundation.  Mark's passion is improving the health of people who're marginalized through prevention, structural change, and access to high-quality care. Mark has a Master's degree in Public Health and a Master's degree in Public Policy from UC Berkeley. When he isn't working, he can be found hiking in Point Reyes or swimming open water competitions.

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Dr. Kenneth Kim is Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at GLIDE Foundation, where he is responsible for driving the implementation of our 5-year strategic plan, GLIDE Forward, and serves as the in-house consultant to lead strategic projects across the organization. This includes ensuring alignment and direction of innovation and expansion projects with organizational strategy as well as infuse design thinking into planning activities and implementation of related activities, services, and systems. He joined GLIDE as Clinical Director in 2015. Kenneth has represented GLIDE as a member of the Community Advisory Committee for Tenderloin Health Improvement Project (TLHIP), Street-Level Drug Dealing Task Force, Alternative to Police Funding Steering Committee, as well as other collaborations with Bay Area community-based organizations and city agencies. He has advised on city initiatives including overdose prevention sites and Mental Health SF and currently serves on the Board of Supervisor’s Drug Dealing Task Force. Kenneth is board member at TNDC and Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and an advisor for the Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco. 

Kenneth is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in community mental health, foster care system, and treatment of trauma and has worked in human services for over 20 years. His volunteer, training, and work experience include but not limited to programs addressing violence prevention, severe mental illness, substance use, psychological evaluation, and crisis intervention. Kenneth earned his Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from The Wright Institute in Berkeley and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from UC Davis.

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As the Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement, Wylie facilitates community-academic-health and healthcare partnerships at UC San Francisco. Her work focuses on community-engaged research, healthcare, education, and economic inclusion.

Prior to joining UCSF, she managed the California Pacific Medical Center Community Health Programs where she focused on partnerships between the Medical Center and community-based organizations and clinics to address health disparities and inequities. She also developed numerous City-wide plans and innovative programs to address the needs of the underserved in diverse communities at the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Wylie grew up in Thailand and Singapore. In a former life, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Papua New Guinea and worked for Save the Children Fund United Kingdom and Oxfam Hong Kong in Asia. She earned her Bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley, Master’s degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, and Master’s degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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Freddy has served on the Asset and Property Management committee since 2016. He’s a tenant of TNDC and is a community representative for the Board of Directors. He feels that it’s an honor and a blessing to be involved in the behind the scenes planning, decision-making, mechanics, and logistics of a nonprofit organization that does great work for a deserving community in need of truly affordable housing.

Freddy is a full-time housing organizer at Senior and Disability Action, where he campaigns and advocates for increased funding and housing. Prior to that, he worked at the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco for three-and-a-half years as a community organizer for the VISTA Affordable Housing Preservation Project.

He has been a volunteer, activist, organizer, and performing artist in the community. He has an AS Degree in Psychology from CCSF, a Certificate in Ministry Studies from the Pacific School of Religion at Berkeley, and has attended Community and Tenant Organizing trainings with the National Alliance of HUD Tenants, Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco, and TNDC. Freddy enjoys being part of the decision-making that healthily and positively impacts many lives in San Francisco.

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Kathy recently retired from the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) after 30+ years in finance and community development. She has extensive experience in finance and risk management in the financial services industry, both domestic and international, including public, private, and nonprofit entities.

Most recently, Kathy was the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for LIIF, responsible for all financial activities, including capital raising, human resources, and information technology. Prior to joining LIIF as a member of the executive team, she served as a Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee. She has also served as Chief Financial and Risk Officer for the Calvert Impact Investments, and was head of Counterparty Risk Management for Freddie Mac, a position that she also held at Fannie Mae. While based in London with Genworth Financial Services, she served as Chief Financial Officer for Europe and Canada and Senior Vice President for Loss Mitigation for the European Mortgage Insurance portfolio. She also served as Controller for the Federal Housing Administration, where she led a multi-billion dollar troubled asset sales program. She started her career with GE Capital in the financial management program and held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in financial management.

Kathy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Maryland.

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Birute has worked as an Asset Manager for Merritt Community Capital since 2002. Merritt is a nonprofit Low Income Housing Tax Credit syndicator investing in California. Birute has been involved in all aspects of affordable housing management, staff development, and training since 1986. She started her affordable housing career managing senior housing in the Tenderloin. She has designed and delivered asset and property manager training for the California Housing Partnership Corporation and has consulted with a wide range of nonprofit housing development and management organizations. Working with Affordable Housing Management Association of Northern California and NeighborWorks Training Institutes, she provides training on all aspects of managing the Low Income Housing Tax Program with an emphasis on understanding the partnership between developers and equity investors. She is happy to be re-involved in the Tenderloin as a Board member and Chair of the Property and Asset Management Committee of TNDC.

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During his over 20-year tenure in the Boys & Girls Clubs of America movement, Michael has served several roles at multiple Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (BGCSF) sites. Within these roles and his current role, Michael has served as a mentor to support others in building their programs, while establishing strong basics around programming as important factors in the work at BGCSF. He believes that by creating a culture of strong fundamentals and community building, it becomes easier to do the great things that our amazing youth can achieve.  He has also supported several neighborhood efforts to ensure that youth and families are supported no matter where they are and feel safe accessing that support and resources.

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Ms. Sanborn began her career in community organizing with the Tenderloin Senior Outreach Project. Later, she joined the John Stewart Company in 1981 and held her first position with the company in Senior Services. From there she rose through the organization holding property management positions, rising to Senior Vice President of the Bay Area region from 1994 through 2015. She has provided marketing, management and consulting services to both non-profit sponsors and private sector investors in a variety of housing programs, including HUD, FNMA, HCD, RHCP, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Public Housing, market rate, cooperative, CID and Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD). Ms. Sanborn was instrumental in the portfolio growth in her region (13,000 plus units) and for the development of strong and long-term Property Management and Compliance teams. She led the residential marketing, leasing and management program development for the Company at Villages at Treasure Island, 578 units in 1999, and Presidio Residences, 1150 units in 1998.

She has been a member of the California Association of Homes for the Aging and the American Society on Aging. She served as a board member and officer of the Affordable Housing Management Association of Northern California, Nevada and Hawaii, Planning for Elders in the Central City, Bethany Center, and currently serves the Board of Pilgrim Park Apartments. 

Ms. Sanborn received a bachelor's degree in public health from San Jose State University.