Meet Our Team

  • Maria Ixchel Zamudio

    (she/her)

    Executive Director

    maria@hrcsf.org

  • Sarah "Fred" Sherburn-Zimmer

    (any)

    Organizing & Policy Director

    fred@hrcsf.org

  • Sara Shortt

    (she/her)

    Director of Counseling Programs

    Email: sara@hrcsf.org

  • Ileana Mar

    (she/they)

    Finance and Operations Director

    ileana@hrcsf.org

  • Neelam Kumar

    (she/her)

    People and Culture Director

    neelam@hrcsf.org

  • Laurie Stalter

    (she/her)

    HR Compliance Administrator 

    Email: laurie@hrcsf.org

  • Nidia Arauz

    (she/her)

    Finance Coordinator

    Email: nidia@hrcsf.org

  • Taylor Ovca

    (she/her)

    Development Coordinator

    Email: Taylor@hrcsf.org

  • Luna Vesper

    (she/her)

    Operations Coordinator

    Email: luna@hrcsf.org

  • Lizzy Kramer

    (any)

    Communications Coordinator

    Email: Lizzy@hrcsf.org

  • Tommi Avicolli Mecca

    (he/him)

    Counseling Program Co-Director

    tmecca@hrcsf.org

  • Stephanie Brandon

    (she/her)

    Lead Counselor

    stephanie@hrcsf.org

  • Connie Casey

    (she/her)

    HUD Coordinator

    connie@hrcsf.org

  • Aleida García Aguirre

    (she/her)

    Lead Spanish Language Counselor 

    Email: Aleida@hrcsf.org

  • Audrey Martinez

    (they/them)

    Bilingual Spanish/English Counselor

    Email: audrey@hrcsf.org

  • Carla Gonzalez

    (she/her)

    Spanish Language Counselor

    carla@hrcsf.org

  • Yelena Bolshakova

    (she/her)

    Russian/Ukrainian-speaking Lead Westside Counselor

    Email: yelena@hrcsf.org

  • Ophelia Lei

    she/her)

    CEOP and Bilingual English/Chinese Counselor

    Email: ophelia@hrcsf.org

  • Ping Yang

    (she/her)

    Cantonese/English Bilingual Tenant Educator

    Email: ping@hrcsf.org

  • Demetrius Johnson

    (he/him)

    Public Housing Advocate

    Email: demetrius@hrcsf.org

  • Allyn Mejia

    (she/her)

    Lead Organizer, Geographic Associations

    Email: allyn@hrcsf.org

  • Anahí Mendoza

    (she/her)

    Bilingual Spanish/English Tenant Organizer, Geographic Associations

    Email: anahi@hrcsf.org

  • Lenea Maibaum

    (she/her)

    Organizer, Tenants of Corporate Landlords

    Email: lenea@hrcsf.org

  • Katelynn Cao

    (she/her)

    Cantonese/Mandarin-Speaking Tenant Educator, Westside Office

    Email: katelynn@hrcsf.org

  • Isaac Santiago

    (he/him)

    Organizer, HUD/Black Displacement

    Email: isaac@hrcsf.org

  • James Daggs

    (he/him)

    HUD Organizer

    Email: james@hrcsf.org

  • William Zaldana

    (he/him)

    Section 8 Advocate

    Email: william@hrcsf.org