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 Tientcheu
Chief Executive Officer
Marilyn Sakai
Chief Financial Officer
Kari MacDonald
Director of Human Resources
Analee Villalpando
Director of Programs
Sumeet Pamma
Director of External Affairs
Board of Directors
Rommel Loria, Chair
Assistant Head of School, Sonoma Academy
Patrick Ettinger, Secretary
Professor, Department of History, Sacramento State University
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
Maria Felton
Regional Director, SVP, Umpqua Bank
Larry Friedman
Retired, California State Law Enforcement Association
Khoban Kochai
Business and Operations Manager, UC Davis School of Medicine
Rachel Robitz
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, UC Davis Health
Matt Thatcher
Chief Compliance Officer, Tri Counties Bank