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Staff Directory

Our Staff

We come from and live in the communities we serve, and we share a lived experience of navigating and healing from violence and its impact on our community.

We have a personal interest in the work we do every day because it doesn’t just benefit our clients, it benefits us too.

Teens on Target Youth Leaders

Youth Advisory Council

  • Khionti Massey

    Castlemont High School, Oakland

  • Torrian Coats

    Fremont High School

Board of Directors

  • Sarah Chavez Yoell

    Board President

    Executive Director, Government Relations and Community Relations

    Pacific Gas & Electric, Oakland

  • Angela Jenkins

    Vice President

    Accountable Communities, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC

  • Alisa DeWys

    Treasurer

    Manager, Google, San Francisco

  • Stan Weisner

    Secretary

    Director Emeritus, Behavioral Health Sciences Department, UC Berkeley Extension, Oakland

  • Nadine De Coteau

    Manager, Engagement & Partnerships

    Apple, Cupertino

  • Michael Munson

    Operations Manager, KTOP-TV10, Oakland

  • John Bliss

    President, SCI Consulting Group, Oakland

  • Tracy Jensen

    Senior Services Administrator, City of Oakland, Oakland

  • David Muhammad

    Executive Director, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, Oakland

  • Kyndra Simmons

    Director, Frontline Training/Technical Assistance, Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI), Berkeley

  • Carol Lynn Thompson

    Principal Counsel, Litigation, University of California, Office of the President, Berkeley

  • Caheri Gutierrez

    Communications and External Relations Director, The Unity Council, Oakland

  • Rafael Vaquerano, MPH

    President & CEO, Gardner Health Services, San Jose

You gotta do this work for the right reasons. Let’s not be scared of people and not be scared to show them another way of life.
Chauncey Jackson, Violence Interrupter

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