OUR TEAM

SEQUOIA LIVING EXECUTIVES

Sara McVey, Sequoia Living CEO and President

SARA MCVEY

President and CEO

Marc Shores, Chief Financial Officer

MARC SHORES

Chief Financial Officer

Martha Atword, Chief People Officer

MARTHA ATWOOD

Chief People Officer

David Latina, Chief Business Development Officer

DAVID LATINA

Chief Business Development Officer

David Madson, Chief Philanthropy Officer

DAVID MADSON

Chief Philanthropy Officer

Michael Skaff, Chief Information Officer

MICHAEL SKAFF

Chief Information Officer

Paula Rathgaber Gomez, Chief Experience Officer

PAULA RATHGABER-GOMEZ

Chief Experience Officer

Linda Coleman, VP of Community Services

LINDA COLEMAN

VP of Community Services

Paul Friesen, VP of Operations and Finance

PAUL FRIESEN

VP of Operations and Finance

Kaz Takahashi, VP of Facilities

KAZ TAKAHASHI

VP of Facilities

Elaine Liao, VP Controller

ELAINE LIAO

VP Controller

LIFE PLAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Sue Fairly, The Sequoias Portola Valley, executive director

SUE FAIRLEY

Executive Director, The Sequoias Portola Valley

Tomas Mendez, Executive Director, The Sequoias San Francisco

TOMAS MENDEZ

Executive Director, The Sequoias San Francisco

Melody Mitchell, Executive Director, Viamonte at Walnut Creek

MELODY ALLAN

Executive Director, Viamonte at Walnut Creek

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Melissa Parker, Director of Social and Supportive Services

MELISSA PARKER

Director, Social and Supportive Services

Paul Chilvers, Empowering Children Bay Area | New Director

PAUL CHILVERS

Director, Empowering Children Bay Area

Saundra Haggerty, Director, San Francisco Senior Center

SAUNDRA HAGGERTY

Director, San Francisco Senior Center

Peterson Bronwyn, Intergenerational Program Manager

BRONWYN PETERSON

Intergenerational Program Manager

SEQUOIA LIVING BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES

They come from the public and private sectors, with backgrounds in finance and technology, healthcare and government senior services. All were drawn to Sequoia Living by the same belief: that the path we walk in life was built by those who came before us. And that the next generation will be measured by its treatment of the last one.

SEQUOIA LIVING BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Steve Herman

Steve Herman

Chair

Bay Area Native, Berkley grad, and law firm owner since 1982.

Val Agostino

Val Agostino

Vice Chair

UMass graduate with 40+ years of community development experience in senior and affordable housing.

Holly Ito

Holly Ito

Retired CPA with a focus on tax consulting and is now a Sequoia resident doing volunteer work for other seniors.

Marilyn Suey

Marilyn Suey

A graduate of UC Berkeley and the Wharton School and a skilled financial planning professional with 30 years of service.

Marianne Lim

Marianne Lim

UC Berkeley graduate with 25+ years of development experience in the nonprofit, public housing, and private sectors by transforming communities through housing.

Patricia Lynn

Patricia Lynn

Global Speaker, Corporate Real Estate Consultant, and award-winning instructor for the CCIM Institute.

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Richard Corriea

Former police executive and current member of the California State Bar who is professor at the University of San Francisco’s Fromm Institute and a volunteer Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

Cory Sanderson

Cory Sanderson

Long time Bay Area resident and startup veteran, expert in supply chain, operations, and logistics, and instructor for Syracuse University’s online MBA program.

Anthony Witte

Anthony Witte

Founder of Witte’s End Consulting, Anthony is an experienced educator and practitioner in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, helping organizations move from awareness to meaningful action.

Barbara Gualco

Barbara Gualco

A Bay Area affordable housing expert with a BA in Economics, graduate degree in City and Regional Planning, and 35+ years of housing experience who helped transform San Francisco’s affordable housing landscape.

Kim Hoppe

Kim Hoppe

A yoga instructor, CFO, and CPA with 27+ years of experience in the senior care industry.

SSNC BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Val Agostino

Val Agostino

Chair

UMass graduate with 40+ years of community development experience in senior and affordable housing.

Barbara Gualco

Barbara Gualco

A Bay Area affordable housing expert with a BA in Economics, graduate degree in City and Regional Planning, and 35+ years of housing experience who helped transform San Francisco’s affordable housing landscape.

Marianne Lim

Marianne Lim

UC Berkeley graduate with 25+ years of development experience in the nonprofit, public housing, and private sectors by transforming communities through housing.

Marilyn Suey

Marilyn Suey

A graduate of UC Berkeley and the Wharton School and a skilled financial planning professional with 30 years of service.

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