Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative Governing Board

Board Officers

Chair Deborah Johnson California Veterans Assistance Foundation

Co-Chair Steve Peterson The Mission At Kern County

Secretary Barbara Paulson Bakersfield Homeless Center

HMIS Lead Agency Rhonda Barnhard Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Collaborative Applicant Mari Perez-Dowling United Way of Kern County

Member Representatives

Veteran Joshua Dhanens Kern County Veterans Services Department

Homeless Consumer Juan Manuel Gutierrez

ESG Funding Jennifer Quinton Women’s Center- High Desert

Education Curt Williams KCSOS McKinney Vento

Service Providers

Heather Kimmel Housing Authority of the County of Kern

Margarita Rosson Clinica Sierra Vista

Diane Contreras Flood Bakersfield Ministries

Kyler Dake Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance

Barbara Vadnais Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault

Mark McAlister Kern County Department of Human Services

Amanda Ruiz County of Kern Administrative Office