Marcy Adelman, Ph.D., Founder
Marcy founded Openhouse in 1998 with her late partner Jeanette Gurevitch.  As a clinical psychologist, writer, researcher and lecturer, she is a nationally recognized expert in lesbian and gay aging and senior issues and is the author of several books on the subject.  She provided research expertise for Openhouse’s landmark 2002 Needs Assessment Survey on LGBT seniors and established the key matrix of programs and relationships in senior housing, senior services and community building, which are the bases of the Openhouse vision.  Marcy chairs Openhouse’s Policy and Research Committee.

Gloria Cavanaugh
Gloria is the former President of the American Society on Aging, retired in 2006 as President and CEO after leading the organization for 31 years and transforming it from being a regional association to a national one with over 6,000 members. Gloria is a founding member and former Board Chair of the National Alliance for Caregiving, She currently manages her own San Francisco-based consulting practice and serves on the board of the California Council on Gerontology & Geriatrics.

Hadley Dale Hall
A retired CEO of the Visiting Nurses and Hospice Program in San Francisco, Hadley lead that organization in developing the 30th Street Senior Center and comprehensive programs for the elderly such as home delivered meals, congregate meals and home care.  He also created Coming Home Hospice, a residential hospice program providing care and support for clients and their families facing terminal illness. He has an expertise in senior issues and comprehensive knowledge of senior service providers in San Francisco. Since his retirement in 1986 has been an active volunteer most specifically with On Lok and Openhouse. Hadley chairs Openhouse’s Services Committee.

Arthur Hurwith
A retired schoolteacher and principal, Arthur is a longtime activist for LGBT senior housing in San Francisco. Arthur is a former president of GALAXY (Gay And Lesbian Accommodations for the eXperienced in Years), and has served as a delegate to numerous national conventions for senior gay men. He has been a member of the Independent Housing Advisory Board, Gay and Lesbian Outreach to Elders Advisory Board, Steering committee for G40+, and a twelve-year member of the Council on Aging Advisory Council. Arthur’s diverse expertise includes such areas as fiscal accountability, board development, and community outreach.

Daniel Johnson, Treasurer
Daniel is a Certified Public Accountant in private practice in San Francisco following over 16 years of accounting and auditing positions with three leading Bay Area firms. He has expertise in systems and accounting, corporate accounting, personal income tax, and internal auditing functions. He is also a tenured faculty member of City College in San Francisco.  Daniel is Treasurer on the Board of Directors of Project Open Hand in San Francisco.

Cynthia Martin, President
Cynthia worked at the Eastman Kodak Company for 20 years, culminating in her position as President of Global Customer Services.  Cynthia moved on from Kodak to become the Vice President of Brand, Marketing and Consumer Experience for Blue Shield of California where she and her team delivered an award winning re-branding strategy that rejuvenated the company’s culture and market presences.  Cynthia now consults on business strategy and operational excellence. Former co-chair of the Business Council at the Human Rights Campaign, Cynthia has served on a wide range of boards including Ohlhoff Recovery Programs, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, the Urban League, the San Francisco LGBT Community Center.

Saralie Pennington, MSW, LCSW
Saralie is a professor at San Francisco State University and a psychotherapist with a private practice. She is a community development specialist and worked at Operation Concern, now New Leaf, for 20 years.  As a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the National Association of Geriatric Service Providers and Educators, Saralie brings a wide range of experience in mental health, community organization, senior service delivery, program development, and fundraising events.

Matile Rothschild, Ph.D., Founding Board Member
Matile is a retired clinical social worker. Along with her clinical work at Kaiser, she developed programs for seniors, AIDS and cancer patients. She has for many years been involved in the development of programs for LGBT seniors. In the early 1980′s she was instrumental in creating the first needs assessment that opened the door for the funding of GLBT senior programs in San Francisco. She has also been a volunteer for many non-profits including New Leaf, the AIDS Health Project, GALAXY and Options for Women Over Forty. In 2002 she received the Senior Leadership Award from U.C. Berkeley School of Public Health and the California Wellness Foundation. She brings tremendous knowledge in LGBT aging, senior services, outreach and board development.

Bill Scherer
Bill is a founding partner of Scherer Smith & Kenny LLP, where he counsels a wide variety of clients requiring assistance in business, real estate, licensing and intellectual property, and trusts and estates issues, as well as dispute mediation.  Bill also counsels clients in connection with wills, trusts and general estate planning. Prior to joining Brandon Smith to form Scherer & Smith, LLP, in 1998, which would later become Scherer Smith & Kenny LLP, Mr. Scherer worked for five years at two San Francisco firms, and then opened his own firm, Law Offices of William M. Scherer, in 1993.

Deborah Schmall
Deborah is a partner in environmental practice of Paul Hastings. She advises and represents petroleum companies, life sciences companies, universities, developers, and other entities on a broad range of environmental compliance, facility siting and closures, and remediation issues arising under federal environmental laws and their state counterparts.  Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Schmall served as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan and as a trial attorney with the Environmental Enforcement Section of the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C. In the latter capacity, she was the lead Justice Department lawyer on CERCLA, RCRA, Clean Water Act, and air enforcement actions initiated by the U.S. EPA in federal courts across the country.

Neil Sims
Neil is presently Managing Director of the Global Technology Practice at Boyden, an executive search firm.  With over 15 years of matching thought leaders with targeted skills to start up pioneering companies, he has worked closely with founders and venture investors focused on early strategies for creating strong leadership teams.  Neil has served as a member of the National Board of Governors for the Human Rights Campaign as well as co-chair of its local Steering Committee and continues to lend his time to the candidates and political initiatives that affect the LGBT community.  His organizational, finance, management and leadership skills have been instrumental in providing Openhouse’s nonprofit vision with a strong entrepreneurial foundation.

Martin Skea
Martin is Senior Vice President and head of marketing for Wells Fargo Wealth Management Group (WMG). He has been in the financial services industry for 15 years. Immediately before joining Wells Fargo in 2005, he was the global head of marketing for FileNet’s financial services industry group. Prior to that, he was a management consultant at BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting), where he worked in the U.S. and Europe to deliver strategy and business-change consulting services in the wealth management arena. Martin began his career in financial services at Charles Schwab in 1992. Prior to his financial services career, he worked for the New York City Department of City Planning where he focused on environmental impact planning and review.

Stanley Watson, Esq., Secretary
Stan is Vice President and Director of The Kaiser Foundation Institute, a division of Kaiser Permanente that conducts research – health services, epidemiologic, translational and clinical trials.  Stan is a former member and president of the Board of Directors of Continuum HIV Day Services, an agency which provided a variety of services to those living with HIV infection, including an Adult Day Care Center.

Sonni Zambino, Vice-President
Sonni is the Chief Information Officer for two privately-held companies: Dentistat, Inc. and go2dental.com, Inc.  She has been a LGBT activist for over 30 years and was a board member of National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Lesbian Visual Artists.  Sonni brings extensive fund development experience to Openhouse having led annual major gift campaigns for the National Center for Lesbian Rights.  Sonni chairs the Fund Development Committee.

Randi Gerson

Marla Jurosek
Marla Jurosek is a Civil Engineer and worked in project management for private industry prior to her employment with the City and County of San Francisco where she has worked for over 20 years. She has worked for multiple city departments supporting operations and infrastructure development. She has been at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission the past 11 years and is currently the Planning and Regulatory Compliance Division Manager for the Wastewater Enterprise providing sewer services for the City.  In addition to her work with the City she actively supports  the LGBT community and has served  as member and board co-chair for the SF LGBT Center.