Board of Directors
Our board of directors ensures that every cent of every dollar donated goes to support our work on ending family homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Ruth Bernstein
Ruth is the CEO & President of EMC Research, a national public opinion research firm. Heading up the firm’s California office she is considered one of the leading pollsters in the state, directing research on electoral, policy, non-profit and corporate issues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Smith College. Ruth joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in October 2017.
Ruth Bernstein
Marissa Bloom, Board Treasurer
Marissa Bloom
Dale Boutiette
Dale Boutiette is a Realtor® that leads a top real estate team in San Francisco with over 750 million dollars in career sales and is consistently ranked in the Top 1% of SF real estate agents. Prior to selling residential real estate, Dale practiced law and was the co-founder of a thriving trusts & estates law practice. He is a member of the San Francisco, California, and National Association of Realtors® as well as a member of the California State Bar Association. Dale is a Bay Area native and has lived in San Francisco since 1990, where he met his wife, Alla, and raised his two daughters. He is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz with his BA in Economics and earned his Juris Doctorate at the University of San Francisco School of Law. Dale joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in December 2022.
Dale Boutiette
Paige Buck, Board Chair
Paige Buck is a partner at Kennedy Events LLC where she leads a team of ten in producing conferences, fundraisers, and celebrations for leading businesses and nonprofits. She received a Bachelor of Science in Theater from Skidmore College. Paige joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in October 2017.
Paige Buck
Vinny Eng
Vinny Eng (he/him) is a community organizer and currently the Director of Policy, Advocacy and Programs at Safer Together, which builds community capacity to improve health outcomes and to advance health equity through community-led initiatives. He also currently serves on the stakeholder advisory board to the California Department of Social Services implementing the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (CRISES) Act and has worked in partnership with the ACLU of Southern California, Check the Sheriff LA, and Californians for Safety and Justice to advance policies supporting victims of violence. Vinny is the child of Cambodian refugees. Vinny joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in September 2023.
Vinny Eng
Sarah Grist
Sarah Grist is a Partner and Portfolio Analyst at Albourne America. In her role, Sarah advises institutional investors on how to allocate capital across alternative asset classes. She holds a Masters in Mathematics from the University of Durham, England, and is a CFA and CAIA Charterholder. Sarah moved from London to San Francisco in 2019 and joined the Hamilton Families Board in June 2024.
Sarah Grist
David Goldin, Former Board Chair
David Goldin was Chief Facilities Officer (retired) for the San Francisco Unified School District, where he directed the District’s $1.5 billion school construction program, nine operational departments and a staff of over 500 people. He received his undergraduate and Master of Architecture degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and studied architecture and planning at Lund University in Sweden. David joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in March 2015.
David Goldin
Rebecca Jackson, Board Secretary
Rebecca Jackson is currently CJCJ's Director of Cameo House programming, operations, and services. Rebecca is a powerful advocate for formerly-incarcerated women and their children in San Francisco who are experiencing homelessness and looking for the opportunity to change their lives. Her personal experiences with domestic violence, racism, addiction, and incarceration inform her work and fuel her desire to be a positive example and role model of change for others.
Rebecca extends her advocacy and activism to women’s rights and issues in San Francisco and is a voice and member of several coalitions and work groups including being the co-chair of the Women’s Housing Coalition, the Women’s Working Group, a member of the Re-entry Council for Women’s first subcommittee, and a Hamilton Families board member. She is also the proud sole proprietor of her own small business - Rebecca J’s Decor & Event Mgmt serving the Bay Area for over six years now. Rebecca joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in February 2022.
Rebecca Jackson
DJ Kurtze
DJ Kurtze is a Senior Vice President at Five Star Bank, assuming his role with more than 15 years of commercial banking and lending experience, including the management of large, top performing banking teams. Prior to joining Five Star Bank in 2023, DJ was Senior Vice President at Signature Bank, National Director of Sales for Liberty SBF, and spent many years at Wells Fargo Bank. DJ’s experience includes almost a decade in management as a Senior Vice President, Business Banking Manager in San Francisco, overseeing a portfolio of over 350 commercial clients with $450 million on deposit and over $300 million in credit exposure.
DJ has an established Bay Area network of business professionals and is actively involved in the greater San Francisco community, including his service on the Board of Directors at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts for seven years. DJ currently serves on the Board of Directors at TMC Financing, one of the largest SBA Certified Development Companies in the country, and on the Board of Directors of Hamilton Families, helping to end family homelessness.
DJ lives in Walnut Creek with his wife and three young daughters. DJ graduated from Fresno Pacific University with a BA in Business Management. DJ joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in June 2020.
DJ Kurtze
Jessica Lane
Jessica Lane is a founding member of SoMa Equity Partners. As VP Operations & Director of Social Impact she manages the firm’s business operations with finance, compliance, and investor relations responsibilities in addition to setting up the firm’s social impact program and community involvement. Previously, Jessica worked in Investor Relations at Apex Capital and Silver Lake Credit. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration, concentration in Finance, from the University of California, Los Angeles. Jessica joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in June 2020.
Jessica Lane
Ted Maidenberg
Ted Maidenberg is a co-founder and General Partner at Tribe Capital. Previously he was a co-founder and General Partner at Social Capital and a partner at U.S. Venture Partners. At those firms he led or co-led investments in Saildrone, Propeller Health, Slack, Cozy, Bustle, mParticle, Trunkclub, Adify, Revolution Money and others. Before moving to San Francisco, Ted was at Warner Bros. where he headed up their wireless licensing division, based in Tokyo. He began his investing career at AOL Investments based in Dulles, VA. He is a native of Grand Forks, ND and lives in San Francisco with his wife and 2 daughters. Ted joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in February 2020.
Ted Maidenberg
Karina Moreno
Karina Moreno is the Executive Director of the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund. Karina spent eight years at Tipping Point Community, most recently as Chief of Staff. Previously, she was a Program Officer at the Y&H Soda Foundation where she helped low-income families achieve economic prosperity. Karina worked on children’s policy issues as Deputy Director at the Children’s Defense Fund California, and started her career managing outreach efforts to recruit mentors for young girls of color. She is currently a Commissioner for First 5 Alameda County and Board Secretary at Hamilton Families in San Francisco. She is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard’s Kennedy School. Karina joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in April 2018.
Karina Moreno
Annie Stoll
Annie Stoll is the co-founder of The Delfina Restaurant Group, which includes Delfina Restaurant, San Francisco's 25 year old beloved James Beard Award-winning trattoria, and Pizzeria Delfina, the Bay Area's favorite pizzeria. Annie joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in June 2024.
Annie Stoll
Susan Toland
Susan Toland is the Director of Communications at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. She has expertise in communications strategy, marketing, and public relations, with a focus on crisis communications, brand messaging and customer experience. Having been deeply involved as a volunteer with humanitarian assistance and disaster relief through San Francisco Fleet Week Association, Susan joined their board in 2017. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley. Susan joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in October 2017.
Susan Toland
Ryan Vance
Ryan Vance is a seasoned creative executive, helping to start successful television shows and tech companies. He most recently served as Chief Content Officer at Tonal, a leading home fitness company. Prior to that he was Head of Content at Fitbit/Fitstar and SVP of Programming for Discovery Digital Networks. During his time in television, he created and ran shows for Comcast, HGTV, DIY and TechTV. The last show he created is still going strong: "American Ninja Warrior." He is a native of the Bay Area, having grown up in the East Bay and has lived in San Francisco for over 20 years. Ryan joined the Hamilton Families Board of Directors in June 2024.
Ryan Vance
Executive Team
Working closely with our board and staff, our executive team helps galvanize support, strengthen our donor base, and provide strategic guidance for Hamilton Families and our partners.
Maritza Penagos, Chief Programs Officer
Maritza Penagos (she/her) brings over twenty years of experience in building and leading high quality, culturally responsive services, most recently as the Interim Executive Director of El/La for Transgender Latinas in the Mission District of San Francisco. She has expertise in place-based initiatives and collective impact models, having consulted for the Reinvent Stockton Coalition / Stockton Promise Zone, and as an Executive Director of Administrative Operations & Grants Management for the Hayward Promise Neighborhood. She specializes in advising collaborative models, emphasizing peer-to-peer learning / leadership development and ensuring that an individual’s and a community’s assets and strengths are amplified in the services /interventions being provided. Her affinity lies in partnering with emerging leaders and programmatic models that support peer / community-based leadership and workforce development.
Over the course of her career, she has worked alongside many of the diverse communities in the bay area including Immigrant Gay men, Incarcerated women, sex workers, transgender women, Urban Native Americans, and so many other communities whose experiences and / or poverty are pathologized.
Maritza has been a social worker, community planner, consultant and administrator with a focus on HIV, LGBTQ needs, trauma-informed care, and mental health/substance abuse issues. As a public health and public education administrator she has supervised and enhanced the infrastructure of small non-profits, large bureaucracies and multi-agency collaboratives. Her skills also include grant writing/compliance, fundraising, building data and operational infrastructure, and program planning, implementation and evaluation.
Mrs. Penagos is a certified professional coach and she holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley in Ethnic Studies and an MSPH and MSW from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Maritza is bilingual / Spanish speaking and she is the proud daughter of immigrant, working-class parents.
Maritza Penagos
Chief Programs Officer
Kyriell Noon, Chief Executive Officer
Kyriell Noon (he/him) is the CEO of Hamilton Families—the leading nonprofit service provider to families experiencing homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. Kyriell Noon joined Hamilton Families as the CEO in October 2020. Prior to Hamilton Families, Noon served for 20 years in the SF non-profit sector at Juma Ventures, Youth and Family Enrichment Services, STOP AIDS Project, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and GLIDE. As Chief Impact Officer at GLIDE, he oversaw the organization’s Programs, Church, Center for Social Justice, and Data, Strategy, and Evaluation teams. As part of their Senior Leadership, he provided critical strategic leadership on matters related to GLIDE’s community-facing programming. Originally from New York City, Noon attended Vassar College and Harvard University.
Kyriell Noon
Chief Executive Officer
Elizabeth Romanoff, Chief People and Culture Officer
Elizabeth Romanoff (she/her) is Chief People and Culture Officer at Hamilton Families, where she is responsible for leading the organization’s overall People Operations strategy including learning and development, labor relations, employee communication, compliance with employment, recruitment and retention, and creating a culture where people thrive.
Elizabeth has over 25 years in People Operations and launched her career while attending UC Berkeley when she accepted an internship in Human Resources. She has lead People Operations for small and medium sized businesses, as well as global organizations.
In her commitment to People Operations, she received the Executive Leadership certificate from Harvard and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion certificate from Cornell. In addition, she received recognition as both a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) and Senior Certified Professional from the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM-SCP).
Elizabeth is a former Board member for the Dress for Success San Francisco/San Jose and has volunteered for many non-profits. She has guest lectured for UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, Dominican University School of Business and Leadership, and was the keynote speaker for Marin Business Leaders.
Elizabeth Romanoff
Chief People & Culture Officer
Valrie Sanders, Chief Financial Officer
Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Valrie Nozipho Sanders has spent the majority of her non-dancing career working in the Bay Area nonprofit sector. Working for social justice and education organizations with strong missions to empower, equalize, and strengthen our communities. Valrie's work has been focused on the financial and administrative side of things working to create and improve systems and processes to ensure the health of the organizations where she has served.
Valrie holds a B.F.A. in Performing Arts from the LEAP program at St. Mary’s College and M.B.A. from Lorry I. Lokey School of Business and Public Policy Mills College. A former professional ballet dancer, Valrie continues to teach and perform in the Bay Area and beyond.
Valrie Sanders
Chief Financial Officer
Leadership Team
Christina Alton
Interim Chief Development Officer
Chris Constantine
Director of Data & Evaluation
Mayo Lunt
Director of Housing Services
Kathy Marsala
Director of Residential Services
Ann Mony
Director of Operations
Andrew White
Accounting Manager
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