PRCSF.COM - Key Persons
Beth supports PRC's social service programs as the Chief Programs Officer. Previously, Beth served as the Senior Supervising Attorney for PRC's Legal Advocacy Program, then as the Programs Managing Legal Director, and later as the Vice President of Programs. Beth holds a bachelor's degree from Ithaca College and a Juris Doctor Degree from George Washington University's National Law Center. She is a licensed attorney with the State Bar of California.
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- Head of Investor Relationships and Marketing
- PRC President
Brian Schneider, Head of Investor Relationships and Marketing, leads Prime Finance's fundraising and investor relationships. Before joining Prime, Mr. Schneider built and ran large real estate and real asset investment portfolios for Morgan Stanley AIP, Medley Partners, the University of Pennsylvania, as well as DuPont and TRW pension plans. Earlier in his career, Mr. Schneider worked at Prudential, MetLife, and First Texas Savings in lending and asset management. Mr. Schneider holds a B. A. in Economics from Connecticut College and an MBA in Real Estate/Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
Camellia immigrated from Vietnam, making San Francisco her first home after the fall of Saigon in 1975. She attended SF's elementary schools and Visitation Valley Middle School, experiencing firsthand the struggles of communities with substance use, poor health, and untreated mental health issues. After graduating from Lowell High School, Camellia helped her family's restaurant in the Tenderloin, witnessing its transformation into "Little Saigon."
Camellia studied at UC Berkeley and earned her law degree from UC Law SF. Over 25 years, she built a successful career in Silicon Valley, focusing on international law, investment advisory in ASEAN, and leading HR teams from startup to IPO. Deeply connected to PRC's mission and the SF Bay Area, she is dedicated to making a difference.
Camellia and her husband, John, founded Peabody Health Philanthropies (PHP) to realize their vision of universal access to high-quality healthcare. PHP collaborates with local partners-clinicians, hospitals, NGOs, foundations, educational institutions, and health ministries-to drive sustainable healthcare improvements in low- and middle-income countries.
PHP's mission aligns with PRC's values of inclusivity and generosity. "I am honored and excited to serve on PRC's Board, continuing my work mentoring women in leadership roles in Silicon Valley. Throughout my career, I have championed and mentored many exceptional women and feel blessed to guide them in their growth journeys."
Camellia and John's PHP Foundation, and PRC's mission are cut from the same cloth - their personal commitments are shaped by a belief that everyone deserves access to essential services and support (in their case Healthcare).
Coming from a family of educators, with her father serving as Vice Minister of Education in Vietnam, Camellia believes in the power of knowledge. Her oldest daughter is a public high school teacher, and Camellia mentors the speech and debate team, emphasizing the importance of supporting public schools.
Chuan Teng supports PRC's array of client services and human sources in her role as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Chuan served as the Managing Legal Director of PRC's Legal Advocacy Program, where she helped launch its healthcare legal services practice, then as the Chief of Programs and Confidentiality Officer, then as Chief of Client Services and Talent, then as Chief Operating Officer. Chuan holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a juris doctor degree from Santa Clara University. She is a licensed attorney with the State Bar of California.
I am deeply inspired by the vital role that PRC plays in supporting our community. From its residential treatment programs to legal advocacy, PRC's services are essential in positively transforming lives. It's an honor for me to contribute to PRC's mission as a board member. PRC's holistic approach deeply resonates with me. I firmly believe in the organization's commitment to helping our fellow community members recover and take positive steps in their lives. In my volunteer work with Mission Graduates, I tutor high school students and mentor college students as they transition to the professional world. Additionally, I volunteer with Toxic Free Future, advocating for reducing exposure to toxic chemicals. Outside of my community involvement, I enjoy outdoor activities like tennis and hiking in the region's parks. I'm also an avid reader, always with a stack of books on my nightstand waiting to be explored. Bringing my experience in marketing, strategy, and public health, I aim to support PRC's services. I'm particularly excited to help deepen PRC's connections throughout the community and amplify the stories of transformation at its core. I strive to advocate for maintaining the culture of collaboration and caring that make PRC special, while continually strengthening its services. Fun fact: As a firm believer in the power of handwritten notes, I send 2-3 cards each week, from thank-you notes to birthday cards, always ready with stamps and cards in hand.
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- Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder
Danny Hicks specializes in working with individuals and families that are experiencing difficulties related to anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, processing disorders, sexuality, gender identity, personality disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and family conflict. Danny believes that developing self-awareness by understanding how your thoughts are related to your behaviors can empower and help you to actively account for your reality. You can use this insight to make the changes that will be necessary to live life more healthily.
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- Managing Director, Leads the Western U.S. for JPMAM 's North America Institutional Business
- PRC Treasurer
An employee since 2001, Darren manages a team of investment professionals that serve the investment needs of U.S. institutional investors, including corporations, public funds, endowments, and foundations.
He also serves on the North America Institutional business management team. Prior to joining the Firm, Darren worked for Lincoln Financial, Liberty Funds, and INVESCO Funds as a wholesaler.
Darren received a B.S. in Business and Public Administration from the University of the Pacific. He holds FINRA Series 7, 63 and 24 licenses and his NFA Series 3 and 30 licenses
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- Field Service Manager, at & T
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- Vice President and District Manager, Wells Fargo Bank
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- Entertainer and Community Leader
- Gary Virginia / Community Leader
Dr. John Peabody is a renowned international health care figure in clinical care quality and a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Professor Peabody has contributed more than 200 articles, books, and abstracts to the peer-review literature on a variety of subjects notably quality improvement and the economic benefits of standardizing clinical practice.
In 2012, Dr Peabody started QURE Healthcare, a company with over 15 million in revenue and used in health systems across the United States and around the world. The QURE platform uses simulated patient to engage clinical providers measure clinical practice and lowering the cost of health care. In 2021, John sold QURE and, with his wife, Camellia, founded Peabody Health Philanthropies (PHP).
The vision of Peabody Health Philanthropies is a world where access to consistent, high-quality, healthcare is equally available to everyone. Within a year of being founded, PHP launched its own software tool, EQIS to continue the work of QURE in low- and middle-income countries. PHP is a hands on philanthropy and in just 10 months has initiated healthcare projects in Malawi, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. Work there is in the care of pregnant women, newborns and heart disease.
While the need in the poorest countries of the world is heart wrenching, San Francisco (SF) is John and Camellia's home with its own great challenges. "Camellia and I investigated several San Francisco non-profit organizations looking for one that best aligned with their mission and the communities need. PRC stood out because of its broad-based reach in health, including HIV, addressing homelessness and behavioral health issue, legal issues and focus, like other PHP work, on vulnerable populations. Among other deserving SF organizations, PRC's leadership team stood out. This final piece compelled us to go from supporters to PRC Board members. As Board members we hope to lend our expertise in health care, policy and local politics, advocacy and development."
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- Director of Property Management
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- Community Leader
- Gary Virginia / Community Leader
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- Managing Director of PX & Office Services
Since May 2019, Gregory Perez has held the role of Managing Director of People Experience and Office Services at PRC Baker Places Inc. His career in human resources spans 25 years, with experience in environmental, government, and non-profit sectors. Gregory possesses two bachelor's degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in Sociology and Chicano Studies, along with a Juris Doctor from New College of California School of Law. He first worked for PRC (previously AIDS Benefits Counselors) as a Benefits Advocate from 1996 to 2000, focusing on Administrative Law Hearings for the Social Security Disability Administration. His return to PRC in a human resources capacity is a source of honor and privilege for him, and he is dedicated to fostering a positive impact within the agency through supportive and value-driven leadership.
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- San Francisco Community Leader
Jacques Michaels is a San Francisco community leader, entertainer, and member of the Imperial Council, a non-profit that hosts and participates in a variety of entertainment and educational events and activities in support of a variety of diverse community-based charitable organizations that do not discriminate based upon race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or ethnic background. Jacques sits on PRC's Fund Development and Board Development Committees.
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- Retired, Kaiser Permanente Chemical Dependency Recovery Program
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- Managing Director of Legal Advocacy
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- Director of Quality Management
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- Director of Quality Contract Compliance
Jim has been managing data and technology in the not-for-profit sector for over twenty-five years. He joined PRC in 2003 after relocating to San Francisco from Rochester, New York. Prior to his move west, Jim spent over five years in the role of MIS Director for AIDS Rochester (now known as Trillium Health). His career in non-profit human services began at the United Way of Greater Rochester where he fulfilled a variety of data management and administrative roles over his three-year tenure.
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- Managing Director for PRC Workforce Development
- Managing Director of Workforce Development
Joseph Ramirez-Forcier supports PRC as the Managing Director for PRC Workforce Development. Joseph is responsible for providing leadership in setting the direction of the PRC Workforce Development Program. He most recently launched the Getting to Zero HIV Workforce Development Services, Peer to Peer certificate Occupational Skills Training (Lift Up SF), SF Dreamkeeper Workforce Development services for the Black/African American Community for the Black Trans Community, Black Peer community services with the OEWD Health Care Academy program expansion. Prior to joining PRC, he was a Case Manager at ECS of San Francisco in the Tenderloin providing direct case management services, then as a Substance Use Counselor at Stepping Stone of San Diego. Prior to Joseph's non-profit career, he worked for 20 years in technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in Product and Technical Marketing in the Telecommunications and Computer Technologies sectors for ROLM/IBM and the MCI Corporation. During this time he volunteered for 20 years at various organizations for people with HIV/AIDS.
Josh Frieman is a Principal at Prime Group where he leads the accounting, investor relations and business technology teams for both Prime Residential and Prime Finance. He also serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for both Prime Finance and Prime Residential. Mr. Frieman joined Prime Group in 2005 and has been involved in all facets of real estate investment, finance and administration including leadership roles in over $5 billion of real estate transactions. Prior to that, he was an advisor to distressed businesses, overseeing numerous restructurings and liquidations. Earlier in his career, Mr. Frieman practiced corporate law with Latham & Watkins and served as the General Counsel for a start-up technology company. Mr. Frieman graduated with honors from University of California at Berkeley and Harvard Law School.
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- Vice President and Senior Counsel, Wells Fargo Bank
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- Consulting Chief Financial Officer
Leo Levenson, Consulting CFO, oversees PRC Baker Places' financial operations and planning. Leo joined us after a long career in financial leadership positions with the City of San Francisco. Leo has a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the US Peace Corps as a fisheries volunteer in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Marc Gannon serves as PRC's Chief Operating Officer. His background includes nonprofit health and human services, cross-sector community partnerships and philanthropy.
Marc previously held the roles of Chief Operating Officer at Bay Area Community Health, Vice President of Community Impact at Aloha United Way and Chief of Community Health Services at Waikiki Health. He earned a Master of Social Work at Monmouth University and an Executive Master of Business Administration at University of Hawaii. He was honored to receive Monmouth University's Social Work Alumni Award in 2015 and named a Pacific Business News 40 Under 40 Honoree in 2016.
Marc enjoys his volunteer dog walker job at San Francisco SPCA, supports the San Francisco Department of Elections as a Field Election Deputy, and participates in the East Cut Community Garden.
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- Director of Client Services Emergency Financial Assistance
- Program Director of Emergency Fund Assistance
Martin Muneton supports PRC as the Program Director of Emergency Fund Assistance. Martin holds a baccalaureate degree in Political Science from the University College London (UCL) and has been working in the HIV field for 25 years since 1997.
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- Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder
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- Co - Founder, President, and CEO of InPartnership Consulting, Inc
Michael Niczyporuk is a former physicist turned FinTech and payments executive who has built and grown technology-driven businesses across Visa, USAA, Citi and Capital One. Michael received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both in Physics. Originally from Kraków, Poland, Michael immigrated to the United States in 1983 and is proud to call San Francisco his adopted home.
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- Special Counsel, Sedwick LLP
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- Director of Asset Management in the Office
- PRC Vice President
Nichole Wiley is a Director of Asset Management in the Office/Life Science Sector at Nuveen. Nichole has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate; prior to joining the firm, Nichole worked for Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., Flynn Holdings, Genzon and CBRE. Nichole and her family are actively involved with the Fr. Sauer Academy, Nichole also serves on the Saint Ignatius Pacific Asian Club. A 1 st generation San Francisco Native, Nichole attended the San Francisco public school system and is passionate about philanthropy and supporting the movement for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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- Chief Development Officer
Randi Paul oversees the overall fundraising strategy for PRC, including annual, major, and planned giving, foundation/corporate giving, operations, and stewardship. She has more than 15 years of experience in the nonprofit arts, higher education, and human services sectors guiding donors to make financially significant investments in mission-driven work through meaningful and effective relationships. Prior to PRC, Randi was the Associate Director of Individual Giving at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she was a part of the capital campaign for the Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts, and prior to that was at the San Francisco Opera. Randi earned her Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University.
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- Senior Director of Public Affairs at Gilead Sciences
- Senior Director, Public Affairs, Gilead
Ryan McKeel is Senior Director of Public Affairs at Gilead Sciences, overseeing international communications related to the company's work in HIV as well as its efforts in the developing world. Prior to joining Gilead, Ryan worked at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and KPIX-TV in San Francisco, where he produced an Emmy-award winning documentary on the 30 th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS. He has a BA in Communication and Spanish from Trinity University. Ryan sits on the Development Committee.
Tamarah is a partner at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, practicing in a wide range of civil litigation areas including employment law, consumer rights, and personal injury cases. Tamarah was named a 2023 Daily Journal's Top 100 Women Lawyers in California and has been selected as a Northern California "Rising Star" in Employment Litigation by SuperLawyers in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. She is a regular panelist speaker on employment litigation topics at the Consumer Attorneys of California conventions and seminars in San Francisco, Sonoma, and Hawaii, and is a regularly published contributor to the Daily Journal legal newspaper, and has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle on topics related to employment law. She is also on the Board of Governors as a delegate of California for the national plaintiffs' legal organization American Association for Justice.
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- Chief of Policy and Government Affairs
Tasha Henneman oversees PRC's public policy and government affairs, as well as all communications functions. She also serves as director of the Black Leadership Council, a new policy initiative addressing broken systems of care for African-Americans and other minority populations. Tasha's professional experience encompasses more than two decades in the nonprofit and government sectors. Prior to PRC, Tasha was chief of staff at SF Goodwill Industries and served as district director for State Senator Nancy Skinner (D9-East Bay) and as education and health policy advisor in the Office of the Mayor of Berkeley. Tasha earned her EdD and MA in early childhood education and leadership at Mills College. She also holds an MA in public administration from California State University Hayward and a BA in liberal studies from California State University Chico. Among her many current board and advisory roles are Lifelong Medical, the Center for Equity in Early Childhood Education, Berkeley Public Schools Fund, The Preventive Ounce, and K*STAR*Productions.
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- President of Performance Realty, Inc
Tim Schroeder is President of Performance Realty, Inc, a real estate investment firm that owns, develops and manages multi-family properties and manufactured housing communities. Tim's career has focused on real estate including development, corporate services, investment management and strategy consulting. Prior to joining Performance Realty, Tim worked at CBRE, Quadrangle, Deloitte Consulting and Balcor-American Express. Tim holds a B.S. in Urban Planning from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.