Join us in welcoming our newest staff members: Deputy Director Jennifer Tapken, Fund Development & Membership Associate Oksana Amador, and (soon-to-be) Director of Campaigns & Community Engagement Bill Barnes! Jennifer (she/her) is responsible for the overall strategy and internal management of NPH in the areas of Operations/Admin, HR, Finance, Facilities, Technology, and Systems. Jennifer brings over 15 years of experience in human resources, DEI, organizational operations, IT, and financial management with nonprofit, healthcare, and academic institutions. Her most recent positions were COO at Save the Redwoods League and COO at the ACLU of Northern California. Oksana (she/her) is working to support membership engagement and fundraising activities. Before joining NPH, Oksana was the Development Associate at Global Fund for Women, where she managed a small portfolio of donors and served as her team’s database manager working to improve stewardship and cultivation efforts across the organization. Oksana was raised in San Jose and found a deep passion for community advocacy at a young age; she hopes to support marginalized communities through her work at NPH. Bill (he/him) will join NPH in late October 2023 as Director of Campaigns & Community Engagement, where he will lead NPH’s state and regional campaign initiatives and work to grow our member/resident voter engagement. For more than 20 years, Bill worked alongside local and state officials who support affordable housing. He's developed groundbreaking engagement programs for low-income residents and delivered voter registration and turnout programs throughout California. Learn more about the whole NPH board and staff here! |
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