Best Buddies in California
Statewide staff
State Director – Katelyn Quintero
Directors, Development – Samantha Garrick & Mary Jo De Silva
Director, Jobs & Transitions Program – Chanel Brisbane
Director, Programs – Jazzmine Santos-Kendrix
Director, State Operations –Catherine Belous
Deputy Director, Communication & Stewardship – Jessie Glenn
Coordinator, State Operations & Programs – Richard Nakai
Los Angeles Office
State Headquarters
california@bestbuddies.org
11500 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 430
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 323.291.0118 | Fax: 323.291.0782
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Friendships
Program Supervisor, School Friendship – Melissa Peterson
Lead, Program Manager – Andrea Morgan
Program Manager, Mission Expansion – Grace Goldman
Jobs
Manager, Job Development – Vince Norcia
Program Supervisor, Jobs – Summer Robinson
Senior, Employment Consultant – Matthew Smith
Central California Office
california@bestbuddies.org
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Phone: 559.258.0088
Program Supervisor, Jobs – Rachael Lenz
Senior, Employment Consultant – Alex Mendoza
Employment Consultants – Deanna Allen & Amaris Clayton-Laguerre
Long Beach Office
california@bestbuddies.org
1 World Trade Center, 8th Floor (office 844)
Long Beach, CA 90831
Phone: 562.676.4348
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Program Supervisor, Jobs – Viviana Santillan
Employment Consultant – Julie Kristoff-Ruiz
Orange County
california@bestbuddies.org
15251 Barranca Parkway
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: 949.569.8100
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Employment Consultant – Erika Javier
Sacramento Office
california@bestbuddies.org
1900 Point West Way, Suite 146
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: 279-346-5100
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Manager, Job Development – Serena Durand
Coordinator, Development – Lorraine Lomolino
Intern – Caroline Van Zant
San Diego Office
california@bestbuddies.org
Phone: 619.790.7404 | Fax: 323.291.0782
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Coordinator, Development – Jovanna Cala Vella
Program Manager – Benjamin Bender
San Francisco Office
california@bestbuddies.org
901 Mission Street, Suite B13
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415.371.1169 | Fax: 415.371.1129
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Director, Development
Friendships
Program Supervisor – Melissa Cagney
Program Manager, Mission Expansion – Sohum Fotedar
Program Manager, Volunteers – Abigail Simpson
Jobs
Program Supervisor, Jobs – Delaney Sekinger
Employment Consultants – Jesse Bernardez & Rachel Finn
Managers, Job Development – Nicole Deis
