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Barbra Silver

Executive Director

Barbra Silver is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has been with the agency since 1998 when she began as a clinician working in the community with children and families. Since then, Barbra has had multiple management roles including Clinical Director and grew the clinical training program to have a strong focus on the Strengthening Families Framework™ and Diversity-Informed and Trauma-Informed best practices. Barbra became Executive Director in 2016. She is the past President of the Behavioral Health Collaborative of Alameda County and is a strong proponent of community partnerships. She proudly lives in Oakland with her wife.

Rene DValery

Clinical Director

Rene DValery is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who was born in Nicaragua and grew up in San Francisco. Rene has been at Family Paths since 2006, when fresh out of grad school he joined the Early Childhood Mental Health and later on the Families in Transition branches of the organization to start and eventually complete his required hours of internship toward licensure. After completing his licensure, Rene began working at Kaiser Permanente in the Early Start Program and as a private practice clinician. In 2013, Rene returned to Family Paths as one of the managers of the Families in Transition Program and in from 2018 to 2020 he managed Family Paths’ Parenting Stress Helpline. In both positions, Rene focused much of his energy into expanding the awareness of the Latino Culture in the agency and growing the number of Spanish Speaking providers.  After a few years away, Rene has returned to Family Paths in the role of Clinical Director.  In this role, Rene will be supporting the Families in Transition teams, Clinical Operations, and the Training Program.  His two main goals are to foster an environment of support and mutuality while also developing systems to streamline the work that we do.

Erica Hilton

Family Services Director

Erica Hilton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been a part of Family Paths since 2020. Erica is the Family Services Program Director, where she provides managerial and clinical support for the Family Services management team. Prior to her employment at Family Paths, Erica’s previous experience included over twenty years of Family Preservation work in Alameda County; primarily overseeing home visiting programs for at- risk and court involved families. Erica loves to travel and is a proud dual citizen with Canada.

Christopher Palmer

Management Information Services Director

Christopher Palmer has worked in technology services for more than 20 years. Formerly he was the Director of Technology for the Global Business Network, The Idea Factory, and the East Bay Conservation Corps. He is also a practicing artist and arts educator in the San Francisco Bay Area, runs a consultancy for tech arts, and is a member of the faculty at San Francisco Art Institute, where he teaches students how to combine technology with their art.

Armin Avesta

Finance Director

Armin Avesta joined the leadership team at Family Paths as Finance Director in July 2024. He has been in the non-profit space since 2021 where he worked at SF Jazz. Prior to that he worked for a software development company in Richmond, VA. He has found his passion in serving the community and pursuing the mission statement of Family Paths. He is eager to bring his energy and passion for accounting and finance to the organization. In his off time he enjoys surfing, boxing, lifting weights, international travel, and playing recreational sports such as kickball and softball.

Heather Mundell

Human Resources Director

Heather Mundell has been in Human Resources for over a decade, starting as an Office Manager and working her way up to HR Director. In 2020, Heather became a Certified Professional through the Society for Human Resource Management. She believes that HR is about supporting employees with the empathy, resources, counsel, training, and development they need to fulfill the organization’s mission with integrity and efficiency. Heather lives in Solano County with her partner of 36 years, Mike, and enjoys spending time with her adult children, reading a good book, finding new recipes, and traveling.

Lorraine Allen

CalWORKs Program Manager

Shay Black

Administration/Facilities Manager

Shay Black comes from Dublin, Ireland and has been with the agency since 1995. His first career was as a Psychiatric Nurse, which developed into Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and lectured in Child Health and Development in Liverpool, England, before migrating to California in 1994. His first connection with the agency was as a hotline volunteer, progressing to after-hours staff, then worked temporarily as CMS (Case Management Specialist), Hotline Recruitment Specialist, and eventually moved into Admin. He is currently Family Path’s Administrative Support Manager and also has responsibility for the Facilities team. He has lived in Dublin, London, Canterbury and Liverpool, and currently resides in Berkeley. Shay’s passion is music, and performs regularly with his brothers and sisters in Europe and the United States.

Maya Hart

Quality Assurance Manager

Maya Hart is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who volunteered at Family Paths as a graduate trainee from August 2000 to June 2001.  She returned as an employee from 2004 to 2010.  During those 6 years, she served as an administrative assistant on the Parenting Stress Helpline, the clinical training coordinator, a CalWORKs clinician and a treatment specialist on the FIT team.  She joined the Family Paths board of directors in 2012 and served as the Vice President until 2015. She joined the Family Paths Clinical Operations department as a coordinator in June of 2020 and became the Quality Assurance Manager in September 2022.  She loves the mission of Family Paths and the supportive work environment and feels honored to be part of the management team.

Nancy Morosohk

Treatment, Intervention and Prevention Services (TIPS) Manager

Nancy Morosohk is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has lived in the Bay area since 1978. She is the TIPS (Treatment, Intervention & Prevention Services) Program Manager and has been with the organization since 2001 when she began working for Family Paths as a Treatment Specialist in the TIPS Program. Prior to her work at Family Paths, Nancy worked as a child and family therapist at Jewish Family & Children’s Services on the Peninsula as well as at the Edgewood Children’s Center Day Treatment Program in San Francisco. When she isn’t working, Nancy is an avid hiker and amateur photographer.

Angela Powell-Bulutoglu

Families in Transition (FIT) Program Manager

Angela Powell-Bulutoglu (she/her) is an EMDR-trained LMFT and LPCC specializing in PTSD and LGBTQQIA-2 populations. Angela’s primary focuses are fostering cultural humility and trauma-informed work environments, believing that positive change happens when we challenge cultural scripts and lean into the discomfort that inevitably follows. In her free time, she can be found hiking on one of the many Alameda County trails that allow dogs to go off-leash with her boisterous maltipoo, Astro.

Julianne Rositas

Family Support Manager-Parent Education

Julianne Rositas is the Program Manager for Parent Education and Foster Parent Community Advocate Programs. She has a Masters of Public Administration and a Master of Science in Education. Julianne is a certified Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) Practitioner and a certified Nurturing Parent Facilitator. She also has training as a Fatherhood Group facilitator as well. Prior to her work with Family Paths, Julianne worked for the Kinship Support Services Program in East Contra Costa County, where she was the Program Coordinator for 5 years and the Program Manager for 7 years. Julianne also has experience as a Community College Educator/Trainer, Program consultant, and Grant writer. When she is not working, Julianne enjoys learning new things and exploring new places with her grandchildren, listening to Latin Jazz, playing her congas, and writing.

Kim San Gabriel

Helpline Program Manager

Kim San Gabriel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has been a part of Family Paths since 2001. Kim is the Program Manager of the Parenting Stress Helpline, where she provides managerial and clinical support to the Helpline team. Kim held a number of positions in the Family Support Program leading up to her recent promotion to Program Manager. In addition, Kim obtained her clinical hours interning in the TIPS program gaining valuable clinical experience. Kim’s previous experience was at a domestic violence agency where she provided direct services to women and children fleeing abuse and managing one of the residential programs. Kim loves to cook, bake and dance.

Valentina Torres

Families in Transition (FIT) Program Manager

Valentina Torres MA is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. Valentina is bilingual and speaks Spanish fluently. Valentina has 10 years of clinical experience providing family & child psychotherapy, individual psychotherapy, developmental playgroups and parenting groups. Additionally, she provides reflective supervision to early childhood clinicians. She has worked with various populations providing Early Childhood Mental Health consultation in preschools throughout the Bay Area. She is a trainer in trauma responsive care for educators and administrators. She is certified as a Circle of Security Educator, a Fussy Baby Specialist with Fussy Baby Network from the Erikson Institute and an authorized trainer and coach of the CA CSEFEL Teaching Pyramid. Valentina received her BA in Theater Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 2005. She received her master’s in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2009. Valentina is deeply passionate about providing high quality services to our most marginalized communities to heal trauma and create change by uplifting the voices of our children, their families and the people and systems that support them.

Otis Ward

Outreach Program Manager

Otis D. Ward Jr., CPDPE brings over 30 years of experience in Community Base Management, Case Management, and Program Development supporting families through his work with organizations in Alameda and San Francisco counties. As a Certified Facilitator and strong motivational speaker, Otis has directed individuals to seek personal goals and achievements, while building their self confidence. A few of the many organizations Otis has either managed or supported over the years include Operation HOPE, Inc., Alameda County Associated Community Action Program, Alameda County Social Services Agency One Stop Career Centers, Employment Workforce, CalWORKs programs, San Francisco County of The Treasurer Office, and Alameda Alliance for Health.