our team

Jared Seide

Executive Director

Wendy Travers Chao

Operations Manager

Sydney Scanlon

Trainings and Collaboratives Manager

Lyndon Barber

POWER Lead

Mitch Highley

Program Manager

James DeBacco

Council Reentry Program Manager

Averyl Dietering

Grants Manager

Brie Thiele

Advancement Manager

Cecilia McLaren

Community Engagement Coordinator

David Garcia

Program Coordinator

Ivy Navarrete

Community Outreach Liaison

Darryl Stewart

​Community Outreach Liaison

Ann Seide, MD

​Chief Medical Advisor

Gonzalo Alvarado

Community Outreach Liaison

David France

Engagement Liaison

Jamie Ortega

Community Outreach Liaison

board of directors

Brian Biery

Board of Directors

Grant Couch

Board of Directors

Chris Johnson

Board of Directors

Dr. Kendi Guantai

Board of Directors

Patti Giggans

Board of Directors

Jared Seide

Executive Director
(non-voting)

Michele Kawamoto Perry

Board of Directors

Jen Tejada

Board of Directors

Kenneth E Hartman

Board of Directors

Arthur Hanket

Board of Directors

affiliated trainers

Affiliated council trainers lead programs and workshops in schools, businesses, faith-based and non-profits organizations, health care systems, and prisons. Trainers work in communities around the world, from Southern California to Canada, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Visit our affiliated trainer page to find out more.