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
Jessie Mabry
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Dawson
Chief Operating Officer
Karen Dickson
Senior Finance Director
Alyssa Eckels
Supervising Staff Attorney
Lien Lam
Senior Director of Economic Prosperity Programs
Jims Porter
External Affairs Manager
Mao Vang
Health & Survivors of Trafficking Programs Director
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
Kevin McCumber
Retired, Nonprofit Chief Financial Officer
Marko Mijic
Managing Director, Sellers Dorsey