EDOK BOARD
In 2019, on a given night, more than 600 people experience homelessness in El Dorado County.
The El Dorado Opportunity Knocks Board facilitates multi-agency cooperation to change this statistic.
Beth Atencio
Green Valley Community Church
Julie Baumgartner
Volunteers of America Northern California
& Northern Nevada
Michael Boyd, CoC Co-Chair
El Dorado County Probation Officer
Kathy Deffebach
Health and Human Services Agency
Ed Falkenstein
El Dorado County Sheriff
Jennifer LaForce, Secretary
Only Kindness Inc.
Cheyanne Lane
Tahoe Youth and Family Services
Eanad Lott
Live Violence Free
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
Margaret Lewis, Vice Chair
El Dorado County Office of Education
Pam Maxwell, Treasurer
US Bank
Debra Miller
Century 21 Select Real Estate
Marissa Muscat, CoC Co-Chair
Barton Hospital
Kirsten Patterson
New Moon Youth and Family Services
Ron Sachs
Job's Shelter of the Sierra
Dennis Thomas
Vice Mayor of Placerville
Traci Trapani
South Lake Tahoe Police Department
COMMITTEES
Coordinated Entry Work Group
The Coordinated Entry Workgroup is responsible for creating the policies and procedures for El Dorado County’s coordinated entry system. The Workgroup is also responsible for monitoring coordinated entry to ensure it is functioning correctly and make recommendations and changes as necessary. The Workgroup shall recruit agencies for participation in coordinated entry.