Leadership at Homeward Bound

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  • Executive Director Mary Kay Sweeney, PhD -- Mary Kay works passionately to end homelessness with all the resources at her disposal as executive director for Homeward Bound of Marin, where she took the helm in 2000 after seven years with the agency. She previously held assistant executive director positions at Seva Foundation and Canal Community Alliance.   She was awarded the Heart of Marin Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership in 2006 and presented topics at the National Alliance to End Homelessness convention in 2006, 2007 and 2010. Mary Kay recently talked about her work in a Q & A interview with Pastor Barbara Rowe at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Tiburon. Listen to the podcast or read our transcript of this candid discussion.

 

  • Deputy Director Paul Fordham - Paul plays an integral part in Homeward Bound's community relations, program development and strategic planning efforts. He served as Homeward Bound's development director from 2006 to 2010, when he assumed the deputy director position. He previously worked in the development field for private consultants and has served the homeless population with Loaves and Fishes in Sacramento and Julian House in Bath, England. He holds a B.A. in English and American Studies and presented at the Marin Nonprofit Conference in 2006 and 2008.

 

  • Clinical Director Kerby Ann Gleeson - Kerby Ann brings a 40-year history of working with diverse and disenfranchised populations to her job as clinical director for our programs, a post she has held since 1993. In this capacity, she works with resource counselors and therapists serving our clients to implement the best practices for their success as well as supervising and mentoring interns from several universities. Kerby has worked as field faculty for the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State University, John F. Kennedy University, and Dominican University. She holds a Master's in Social Welfare.

 

  • Board of Directors

Sister Carla Kovack, President
Father Phil Rountree, Immediate Past President
Elvira Echevarria,Vice President
Sonia Seeman, Secretary
Stevie Ray Browning
Suzie Byrne
Nancy Culhane
Anita Jones Roehrick
Liz Saint John
David Smith
Dianne Snedaker
Raminder K. Somal