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With diverse backgrounds, deep experience, and a wide range of expertise, Opening Doors’ leadership team is dedicated to our mission of enriching communities by walking alongside immigrants, refugees, and survivors of trafficking on their path to stability, self-sufficiency, and belonging.

Leadership Team

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Jessie Mabry
Chief Executive Officer

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Marilyn Sakai
Chief Financial Officer

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Ajmal Aria
Director of Operations

Board of Directors

Patrick Ettinger, Chair
Professor, Department of History, Sacramento State University

Allison Yee-Garcia, Secretary
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, SAFE Credit Union

Chris Lemmon, Treasurer
Executive Managing Director, Newmark

Eduardo Blanco
Supervising Assistant General Counsel, Retired & Annuitant, Agricultural Labor Relations Board

Greg Eddy
Retired, Union Representative, California Federation of Teachers

Kate Folmar
Founder, Kate Folmar Communications

Larry Friedman
Retired, California State Law Enforcement Association

Khoban Kochai
Director, Anchor Institution and Culture/Climate, UC Davis

Marko Mijic
Managing Director, Sellers Dorsey

 

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