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CoC Board

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The El Dorado Opportunity Knocks Board facilitates multi-agency cooperation to change this statistic. 
If you are interested in joining the CoC Board, please fill out an application and submit it to edc@homebaseccc.org
Join the CoC Board! 

Be involved in decisions on how to address homelessness in El Dorado County by participating on the CoC Board and CoC Committees!

The CoC is looking for people to join the CoC Board. If you work for any of the following organizations, please consider applying: ​

  • Organization led by and serving Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other People of Color.

  • Indian Tribes and Tribally designated Housing Entities or Tribal Organizations

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Advocate, Intersex, Queer/Questioning, Asexual (LGBTQA+)

  • Transition Age Youth (TAY)

If you or anyone you know would like to join the CoC Board or one of the Committees, please submit an application to edc@homebaseccc.org.

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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP

STANDING COMMITTEES

  • Coordinated Entry 

  • Governance 

  • Grants Committee

  • Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)

  • Point-In-Time

  • Financing Committee

  • Strategic Plan Implementation

  • Lived Experience Advisory Board


If you're interested in joining a committee, please email edc@homebaseccc.org

Continuum of Care Board Executive Committee 

 

CoC Board Co-Chair:

Jessica Wackenhut Lomeli

City of South Lake Tahoe

Government Representative (South Lake Tahoe)

Alternate: Crystal Plotner, Assistant Housing Planner, City of South Lake Tahoe

CoC Board Co-Chair:

Nichole Paine

Housing El Dorado

Affordable Housing Development/Property Manager Representative

Alternate: Tina Grassle, Housing El Dorado

CoC Board Vice Chair:

Timalynn Jaynes

El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA)

Government Representative (El Dorado County)

Alternate: Supervisor Lori Parlin, Board of Supervisors, El Dorado County, District IV

CoC Board Secretary:

Margaret Lewis 

El Dorado County Office of Education

Educational Representative

Alternate: Kim Khan, Placerville Union School District 

CoC Board Treasurer:

Kris Kuntz

Anthem Blue Cross – CA Medicaid Plan

Member at Large Representative 1

Alternate: Noni Plasichuk, Anthem Blue Cross - CA Medicaid Plan

CoC Lived Experience Advisory Board Representative

Mason Balison

Alternate: Jae Womack

CoC Youth Action Board Representative

Topher Lilly

Alternate: Vanessa Sandoval

Additional CoC Board Representatives 

Behavioral Health Representative

James Diel

El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA)

Alternate: Justine Collinsworth 

 

Business Representative

Haley Armstrong

Volunteers of America - El Dorado Navigation Center

City of Placerville Representative

Ryan Carter

City of Placerville, City Council

City of Placerville Police Department 

VACANT

City of South Lake Tahoe Police Department 

VACANT

Domestic Violence Agency Representative - East Slope

Chelcee Thomas

VistaRise Collective

Domestic Violence Agency Representative - West Slope

Matt Huckabay

The Center for Violence Free Relationships

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office

Josh Sprague (Interim)

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office

Alternate: 

Faith-Based Representative

Margaret E. (Peg) Vanderkar

Federated Church

Family and Children/Youth Provider Representative - East Slope

VACANT

Family and Children/Youth Provider Representative - West Slope

Kristen Patterson

New Morning Youth and Family Services

​​​Health Service Provider

Chris Proctor

Barton Hospital

Alternate: Dr. Marissa Muscat, Barton Hospital

Lived Experience Representatives

Cheyanne Lane

Tahoe Youth and Family Services

Alternate: Anna Aguilar, Tahoe Youth and Family Services

Charlie McDonald

Housing El Dorado 

VACANT

Nonprofit Homeless Assistance Provider

Jules Sherman

Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless

Probation Department Representative

Mindi Paxiao

El Dorado County Probation

Alternate: Geri Green, El Dorado County Probation

Representative of an Indian Tribe or Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) (Tribal Organizations)

VACANT

Representative of LGBTIQA+ population

VACANT

Representative of an Organization serving, or an advocate for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) population

VACANT

Representative of an Organization Serving Veterans

Julie Baumgartner

Volunteers of America Northern California & Northern Nevada

Transition Age Youth or Youth Action Board Member (Second Seat)

VACANT

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