Best Buddies in California
Statewide staff
State Director – Katelyn Quintero
Director, Jobs & Transitions Program – Chanel Brisbane
Director, Programs – Jazzmine Santos-Kendrix
Director, State Operations – Catherine Krukowski
Deputy Director, Communication & Stewardship – Jessie Glenn
Los Angeles Office
State Headquarters
california@bestbuddies.org
11500 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 430
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 323.291.0118 | Fax: 323.291.0782
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Friendships
Director, Development – Samantha Garrick
Deputy Director or Programs – Melissa Peterson
Senior, Program Manager – Andrea Morgan
Program Manager, Mission Expansion – Sam Hersch
Jobs
Manager, Job Development – Matthew Smith
Employment Consultant – Athena Alderman
Living
Residential Manager – Ben Bender
Fresno Office
california@bestbuddies.org
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
2600 E Cesar Chavez Boulevard
Suite 109
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone: 559.258.0088
Program Supervisor, Jobs – Alex Mendoza
Employment Consultants – Deanna Allen, Rebecca Chadbourne, Jaylen Ochoa, & Nicole Rodriguez
Program Manager – Christopher Kawaguchi
Long Beach Office
california@bestbuddies.org
1 World Trade Center, 8th Floor (office 844)
Long Beach, CA 90831
Phone: 562.676.4348
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Deputy Director, Jobs – Viviana Santillan
Coordinator, Operations – Lor Mayne-Leduc
Manager, Job Development – Aracely Pelayo
Lead, Employment Consultant – Julie Kristoff-Ruiz
Employment Consultant – Katherine Mayo
Orange County
california@bestbuddies.org
15251 Barranca Parkway
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: 949.569.8100
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Program Supervisor, Jobs – Erika Javier
Employment Consultant – Sabrina Cable
Sacramento Office
california@bestbuddies.org
1900 Point West Way, Suite 146
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: 279-346-5100
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Manager, Job Development – Serena Durand
Managers, Work-Based Learning – Brittney Cunningham & Indra Ramirez
Coordinator, Development – Lorraine Lomolino
Program Supervisor – Shalon Warner
Program Supervisor – Michelle Gentry
San Diego Office
california@bestbuddies.org
3517 Camino del Rio South, Suite 203
San Diego, CA 92108
Phone: 619.790.7404 | Fax: 323.291.0782
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Deputy Director, Development – Kristinann Janishefski
Lead, Program Manager – Ana Cardenas
San Francisco Office
california@bestbuddies.org
901 Mission Street, Suite B13
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415.371.1169 | Fax: 415.371.1129
BESTBUDDIES.ORG/CALIFORNIA
Employment Consultants – Jesse Bernardez & Hannah Kase
Manager, Job Development – Re’Anita Burns
Program Manager – Jessaca Matheny
