Leadership
Cameron Safarloo
Chief Executive Officer
Cameron Safarloo became the Chief Executive Officer for Hanna in April, 2021. He is an experienced business executive with over 30 years of operation management and leadership experience, both within the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.
Prior to starting at Hanna, Cameron served as a Chief Executive Officer at Youth Homes, a Northern California nonprofit organization providing residential and community mental health services to the foster youth population, where he led and successfully implemented various operational and strategic initiatives on high-impact transformation, agile change, and organizational repositioning for growth.
Throughout his career he has held various executive leadership positions within multi-national corporations, start-up, and social services organizations. He has also served on several boards of nonprofit and private organizations over the past 15 years.
Marisa Binder
Vice President of Development
In this role, Marisa oversees all fund development—annual fund, major giving, planned giving, foundation grants, events, campaigns, etc.
Marisa has a diverse background in nonprofit philanthropy with experience in all aspects of fundraising, including communications, major gifts and community relations. She has more than a decade of experience working with organizations focused on social justice work including as Director of Development for the Bay Area office of Facing History and Ourselves, an educational organization, and as Development Officer for CORA (Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse), a domestic violence agency. Other roles include Marketing and Communications for Aquarium of the Bay and Peninsula Family Service
Marisa started at Hanna in 2020 as the Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations. In her free time, Marisa serves as the Secretary for Vallejo Symphony.
Catherine Donahue
Vice President of Finance and Facilities
Catherine brings a wealth of experience to Hanna as a CPA with over 30 years of experience in finance and accounting. A Big Four alum, Catherine’s career includes over a decade of public accounting. Her private sector experience is broad, spanning turnaround situations, from high-growth companies to large multinationals. Prior to joining Hanna, Catherine served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of a North Bay entity leading them through an IPO followed by a highly acquisitive strategy.
Catherine’s hands-on experience in finance is deep with proven leadership skills to leverage strengths and build solid platforms for growth. Throughout her career, she has held senior leadership roles with McKesson Corporation, Esterline Defense Technologies, DIRECTV, and EY. Catherine is an avid animal lover and enjoys volunteering with animal-related activities when possible. She also serves as a member of the finance committee of a local nonprofit. She is a Sonoma resident and is passionate about Hanna’s mission.
Malcolm Huneidi
Director of People Operations
Malcolm stepped into his new role at Hanna in 2024, with experience in both for-profit and nonprofit sectors. He has worked as a Human Resources Leader at nonprofit Community Health Centers that provide integrative health care services to underserved communities as well as Community Living Homes that provide active treatment for adults with developmental disabilities.
Dedicated to fostering a positive and productive workplace culture, Malcolm is excited for the future of Hanna as an organization.
Malcolm enjoys spending his free time outdoors with his daughter.
Leslie Petersen
Vice President of Program Development and Advocacy
Leslie Petersen is the Vice President of Program Development and Advocacy. She has been part of the Hanna team since 2007, and during that time has held positions in Finance and Fund Development. She has created spectacular events for thousands to enjoy and is a tireless advocate for the youth on our campus and in the community.
In her current role, Leslie works closely with youth and child-serving organizations and is in charge of all contracts for Hanna. She’s a member of the Hanna leadership team and is responsible for helping guide decisions related to business operations of Hanna.
Leslie recently completed her Certificate in Fundraising from Boston University. She is deeply ingrained in the Sonoma community and lives in Glen Ellen, where she has lived her whole life, and also where she raised her family.
Scott Singer, M.A.
Vice President of Residential Programs
A graduate of St. Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif., Scott joined the Hanna staff in 1982 as a recreation program coordinator.
Scott received his Master in Educational Leadership from his alma mater in 1987, and has since amassed more than 500 continuing educational hours in residential care during his tenure at Hanna.
Scott has continued to grow both professionally and personally at Hanna and he currently holds the position of Chief of Operations. His expertise, guidance and caring spirit continue to ensure that Hanna fulfills its mission of turning hurt into hope for at-risk youth and their families. Scott has been instrumental in providing both program and project support throughout the planning phases.
Scott currently works closely with the California Department of Social Services, and with local youth associations and school boards. He previously worked with several California juvenile youth organizations.
Throughout his career, Scott has volunteered countless hours in support of local youth athletic groups, including serving as a youth sports coach and league administrator in his home community. Scott continues to volunteer with other nonprofit organizations, and is associated with several community service groups including those dedicated to overcoming gang influence and violence in our communities.
Meredith Standing, MBA
Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Meredith joined Hanna Center in 2021 as a member of the Hanna Institute and has become a member of Hanna Center’s leadership team. She has over fifteen years of experience creating, implementing, and managing programs and events within complex, multi-tiered, multi-faceted organizations. Meredith comes to us from the Child Parent Institute, where she began her work supporting the health of children and families in Sonoma County. Born in California, raised in the Bay Area, and trained in San Francisco and Sonoma counties, Meredith loves exploring Sonoma County’s beautiful regional parks in her free time with her son.
Noeli Cardenas Zamora
Clinical Director, Community Mental Health Hub at Hanna
Noeli Cardenas Zamora is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with many years of clinical experience providing treatment to children and adults in various sectors of the mental health community in both Southern and Northern California. As a licensed clinical supervisor, she has overseen the administration of treatment programs that facilitate clinical services for at risk children, families, and adults. Noeli is a bilingual/bicultural provider with specialized training in the areas of trauma, grief and loss, behavioral analysis, intimate partner relations and Latinx women. Noeli has been an invited speaker in the areas of clinical treatment of children, professional development, and overcoming barriers to mental health recovery. She is a distinguished graduate of Pepperdine University where she received specialized training in the areas of assessment and treatment of Latinx clients. She was also appointed as adjunct faculty at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology.
Board Members
Hanna Center is governed by an all-volunteer board, which is separated into trustees, regents and regents emeritus.
The Board of Trustees are the voting members of the corporation and have fiduciary responsibility for Hanna.
The Board of Regents serves as an advisory body to the staff and Board of Trustees.
Longtime board members whose actions and wisdom have brought Hanna to our current successful position—such as past board chairs, “life members” or others who have had a special relationship with Hanna over the years—are honored with the title of Hanna Regents Emeritus in recognition of their service.
We seek new board members annually to ensure a fresh and varied flow of new ideas, insights and expertise.
Our Board
Chris Sanders
Marketing, Sales Executive at Walmart Connect
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mary Corroon
Retired Management Consultant
Secretary of Board of Trustees
Chair of the Governance Committee
Chair of the Development Committee
Joshua McFerron
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Treasurer
Chair of the Finance Committee
Chair of the Audit Committee
Ken Callander
Managing Principal at Value Strategies LLC
Randy DeVoto
President/CEO (retired) CSDA Architects
John Gurney
Consultant / (retired) Police Chief, Sonomas
Jon Parker
Vice Chairman (retired), Boston Private Financial Holding Company
Therese Nugent – Licensed Real Estate Agent at Compass/Wine Country
Vice Chair of Board of Trustees
Chair of the Building and Grounds Committee
Chris Lynch – CFO, Walsh Vineyard Management, Inc.
Bob Smith – Attorney (retired) City Prosecutor, City of Sonoma
Bishop Robert Vasa – Diocese of Santa Rosa
Special Permanent Seat – Bishop
Bishop, Diocese of Santa Rosa
Board of Regents
Mike Battaini
Buildings and Grounds Committee
Jack Bertges
Audit/Finance/Development
Charles M. Corsiglia
Program Services Committee
Joseph Crivello
Program Services Committee
Patrick M. Flanagan
Donor/Culinary
John E. Fox
Patrick Hemingway
Buildings and Ground Committee
William G. Isetta
Jim Lynch
Jane McClure
Program Services Committee
Steven McCoy-Thompson
Robert McGrath
Lisa Mertens
Tullus Miller
Thomas M. Perkins
David Poe
Finance and Investments Committees
Mary Jo Potter
Program Services Committee
Jack Powers
Program Services Committee
Development Committee
David Schofield
Investment Sub-Committee
Edward E. Sillari
Kathleen Snodgrass
Investment Sub-Committee
Brenda Walker
Program Services Committee
Sarah Whitelaw
Chair, Investment Committee
James R. Woolwine
Regents Emeritus
L. Wayne Batmale
Thomas E. Bertelsen, Jr.
Sr. Linda Ann Cahill, D.C.
Thomas M. Chin
Terence A. De Voto
Jack Fitzpatrick
Greg Labagh
Joan G. Latno
Daniel Libarle
Thomas J. Lohwasser
Annette E. Lomont
William H. McInerney, Jr.
Donald A. McPhail
Joanne Murphy
Maryanne Murray
Richard L. Robinson
Bill Schrader
Caroline Rose Simmons
Robert E. Simms, Esq.
James Talton Turner III
Most Rev. Daniel F. Walsh, D.D.
Robert B. Wilhelm