Our Team
Our Unite Us team is dedicated to improving outcomes in your community. To get in touch, contact us. To learn more about our commitment to to diversity, equity, and inclusion, click here.
Moira Kenney
Regional Network Director, West Coast
Based in Berkeley, CA, Moira has a PhD in urban planning from UCLA and an A.B. in fine arts from Harvard University. She has deep experience in community network building, early childhood systems building, and public policy and advocacy, and spent the last decade leading the First 5 Association of California.
Kendra Devejian
Community Engagement Manager
Based in Central Valley, CA, Kendra has an MPA from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and a B.A. in law and society from UC Santa Barbara.She has experience over the last two decades working to develop comprehensive early childhood and family support networks, including fourteen years at First 5 Fresno County.
Sohna Bruce-Oliver
Community Engagement Manager
Based in Los Angeles, CA, Sohna has a MPA from University of San Francisco and a B.A. from CSU Bakersfield. She has experience in building educational equity in systemically under-resourced communities across Los Angeles and Miami.
Noa Oldak-Moradian
Community Engagement Manager
Based in Los Angeles, CA, Noa has an MSc in human rights from the London School of Economics and a B.A in anthropology from the University of Southern California. Noa has experience in community organizing, program management, and advocacy, and most recently led community engagement and social justice activism at a faith-based institution.
Supreet Bhambra
Community Engagement Manager
Based in San Francisco, CA, Supreet has a B.A. in psychology and a MSW from California State University, East Bay. Supreet has spent the last decade providing direct services to young people in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare system, working with the houseless community, and with those who are suffering from severe mental illness.
Ellen Dektar
Senior Community Engagement Manager
Based in Oakland, CA, Ellen has a B.A. in literature from UC Berkeley. She has experience in building and advocating for comprehensive, outcomes-based health, early education and human service programs and systems with community partners at the national, state and local level, including time at The Children’s Defense Fund, as a California Senate Health and Human Services Committee consultant, at the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Children, Youth and their Families, and two decades at Alameda County.
Karina Gomez
Community Engagement Manager
Based in San Francisco, CA, Karina has a B.A. in Raza Studies from San Francisco State University and a MSW from San Jose State University. She has experience in over a decade of providing services to the incarcerated population, DV community, and provided case management for La Familia Resource Center.
Mary Grant
Community Engagement Manager
Based in Orange County, CA, Mary has a B.A. in organizational leadership from Arizona State University. She has experience raising funds and awareness in the fight against cancer with the American Cancer Society and has an extensive background in using her skills to build sustainable, collaborative networks in the communities she serves.
Carla Reyna
Community Engagement Manager
Based in Orange County, CA, Carla has a MSW from CSU Long Beach and a B.A in communications from CSU Fullerton. She has experience working in non-profits, higher education, and healthcare settings.
Raymona Bell
Community Engagement Manager
Based in Sacramento, CA, Raymona received her M.A. in public health from the University of San Francisco. She previously worked for (the Unite Us-active) Mutual Assistance Network supporting the Black Infant Health program, where she served as the Outreach Liaison and Family Health Advocate.
Jill Shaffer
Community Engagement Manager
Based in Ventura, CA, Jill has a B.A. in kinesiology and has been working in the nonprofit sector for over 30 years. She has deep experience in building and connecting communities, leading teams within the YMCA and with the Ventura County Leadership Academy, an initiative of the United Way. For the past 5 years, Jill has been engaged in fund development and advocacy work for multiple affordable housing organizations, which has ignited her passion for this critical work in the area of social determinants of health.
Jasmine Martinez
Community Engagement Manager
Based in San Bernardino County, CA, Jasmine has a B.S. in kinesiology with an emphasis in health promotion from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Jasmine has experience working in community engagement, health education, and program management within the nonprofit sector.
Eric Hazzard
Strategic Sales Director
Born and raised in Orange County, CA, Eric Hazzard has a Ph.D. in nutritional biology from UC Davis. He has experience in ensuring the meaningful utilization of health technology in data-driven environments.
Stephanie Martinez
Senior Community Engagement Manager
Based in Orange County, CA, Stephanie has an MPA from California State University, Long Beach. She has experience as a Community Development Manager with Microsoft, assisting non-profits with their technology adoption, and has also worked in nonprofits in the past.
Amy Ferrell
Customer Success Manager
Based in Hercules, CA, Amy has a B.A. and M.A. in sport sciences from the University of the Pacific. Amy has experience working in both higher education and the nonprofit sector.
Liz Cowley
Network Growth Manager
Based in San Francisco, CA, Liz has a MSW from the University of Pennsylvania. She has experience working in the domestic violence/interpersonal violence world, from case management to advocacy to teaching teens about healthy relationships and peer-led education.
John Oliveira
Network Health Manager
Based in Sacramento, CA, John has a B.A. in psychology from Sacramento State. John has experience providing direct services and program management to underserved populations in both Sacramento and San Joaquin County through various nonprofit organizations.
Noah Winnick
Network Health Manager
Based in Los Angeles, CA, Noah has an M.A. in public policy from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in psychology from Occidental College. He has experience working within health systems, managing programs at Kaiser Permanente, and supporting patient care improvement initiatives across the country.
Casanya Ursery
Network Growth Manager
Based in Sacramento, CA, Casanya has a law degree from Trinity International and a B.A. in sociology from CSU Dominguez Hills. She has experience in public policy, working with nonprofit organizations and government agencies to encourage and support community engagement in civic participation.
Christine Boston
Senior Account Manager
Based in San Francisco, CA, Christine has a B.S. in biological sciences from University of California, Santa Barbara. Christine has experience fundraising at nonprofit organizations and consulting with healthcare organizations nationwide.
Melis Gunay
Growth Marketing Manager
Based in Los Angeles, CA, Melis has a B.B.A. in marketing from Southern Methodist University. Melis has several years of experience doing demand generation marketing for high tech and SaaS companies on the agency side.
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