David has more than 30 years of experience serving charitable ventures, entrepreneurial and mature businesses, and the public sector. He is deeply committed to community service as both a professional and volunteer. David has consulted with social service and health care organizations, foundations, public-private task forces, religious institutions and organizational leaders. Past projects have encompassed operations; human resources and finances; board, staff and volunteer management; executive coaching; peer-to-peer exchanges; organizational restructuring; charitable mergers; national conferences; and fund development. David also served in professional roles for the Jewish Home for the Aging, the Southern California Association of Governments and elected officials in Sacramento and Los Angeles.

David is Vice Chair of the Board of the Directors of ESC-US, the national governing Board of the 17-member ESC affiliate network. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee for Valley Nonprofit Resources, an organization founded to support and assist capacity building for nonprofits located in the San Fernando Valley, housed at California State University Northridge. Additionally, he serves on the Advisory Board of Educate California, whose mission is to ensure that all California foster and kinship care youth graduate and are prepared for life after high school.

He currently serves as a Trustee of the Max Factor Family Foundation, and as a member of the Board and Endowment Committee for Adat Shalom congregation, where he is a past President. He previously served as a Director of Youth Alive, a statewide violence prevention and youth leadership organization.

David earned a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from UC Davis specializing in Public Service and Energy Policy. David’s wife, Holly is a nurse supervisor at a pediatric practice. Their son, Perry works as a recruiter in the tech industry and daughter, Reina is working toward a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.

Raised in rural Minnesota, Marissa recently completed her M.S. in Applied Psychology at the University of Southern California, where she focused on Organizational Development in the nonprofit sector. While at USC, she served as a graduate student consultant for The Coaching Fellowship of San Francisco. Marissa has her BA in Psychology and Sociology from Simpson College in Iowa. There, she managed the day-to-day operations of a volunteer-based scholarship program, served two terms as an AmeriCorps volunteer and worked as a Team Lead, Membership Specialist, and Train Driver for Blank Park Zoo.

Marissa is thrilled to now be a part of the L.A. community. She enjoys taking time to explore everything the city has to offer. She also loves reading, baking, and spending time with Granger, her cat and Max, her bearded dragon.

Before joining the ESC team, she was a Senior Manager of Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness in Talent Management at USC. In 2001, at the University of Maryland (UMD), she founded and directed the Center for Leadership and Organizational Change, an internal consulting department in the Office of the Provost. Vicky was also a Program Director in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at UMD for seven years where she focused on organizational change around issues of inclusion and equity. Her awards at UMD include Woman of Influence, Champion of Our Community (the LGBT organization that promoted social justice) and the President’s Service Award.

Her nonprofit experience includes working at the National Headquarters of the American Red Cross as a Training Coordinator and at the Foreign Student Service Council as a Program Coordinator. She was the Fund-Raising Board Chair of Free State Justice. She volunteered with Boat People SOS and is now on the Religious Education Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Santa Monica.

She has master’s degrees from The George Washington University (Human Learning and Development) and the University of Maryland at Baltimore (Social Work).

Relatively new to the west coast, Vicky loves exploring southern California with her husband and daughter, hiking, reading and making mosaics.

Although this is Sandy’s first experience working at a nonprofit organization, she has previously worked in the education community. During college she worked as an Administrative Assistant and Testing Administrator. She has experience in administering state and certification tests such as the SATs, EPT/ELM, GMAT, GWAR and more. Sandy has also volunteered at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Long Beach in departments such as admitting, pediatrics, and labor and delivery. She has also participated in several health care fairs and events. She received her B. from California State University Dominguez Hills in Public Administration with a concentration in Administrative Management.

In her leisure time she enjoys spending time with her children Sariya and Princeston. She also enjoys cooking, reading, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Michael holds a B.A. in Economics from California State University at Los Angeles with an emphasis on economic impact in the developing world.

On weekend days, you will probably find Michael with his wife and young son enjoying various outdoor activities or traveling. On weekend nights, Michael can be found on stage somewhere in the L.A. area playing bass with his Latin band.

Janet earned her Executive Master of Leadership with an emphasis in nonprofit management from USC’s Price School of Public Policy. Her work builds on a deep history with nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles for 20 years, in roles such as executive director of the Hollywood Arts Council and development director of Classical KUSC Public Radio. Her Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy with honors is from Occidental College where she served as a member of the Board of Trustees. She earned her coaching certification from the Coaches Training Institute. She currently serves on the Board of Jericho Road Pasadena and the South Pasadena Community Garden.

When she’s not working with or volunteering for nonprofit organizations, this native Angeleno bleeds blue for the Dodgers and enjoys gardening, traveling and reading non-fiction