A Message from CEO Brett Andrews

PRC has been part of the Bay Area community for decades, helping people affected by HIV/AIDS, substance use, and mental health issues realize their best selves by providing the support and the services they need to reclaim their lives.

But, as much as we’re here to support the community, we couldn’t do it without the community’s support in turn. PRC is backed by an amazing group of people – from our donors to our volunteers to our advisors, board, and staff. Every one of them sees the value and potential of ALL people and demonstrates both kindness and dedication as they do their part to serve the underserved, helping them gain the respect, the attention, and the opportunities they’re entitled to.

At PRC, we believe everyone deserves an advocate and an opportunity. Below, you can learn about just a few of the passionate, compassionate people helping others along on their journey – speaking up, standing up, and fighting for people who are too often marginalized or ignored.

Thank you so much for your support. We’re all part of this community – together, we’re making it that much stronger.

Learn what you can do to help.

Board of Directors

Brian Schneider

PRC President

Brian Schneider

PRC President

Brian Schneider

Brian Schneider, Head of Investor Relationships and Marketing, leads Prime Finance’s fund raising and investor relationships. Before joining Prime, Mr. Schneider built and ran large real estate and real asset investment portfolios for Morgan Stanley AIP, Medley Partners, the University of Pennsylvania, as well as DuPont and TRW pension plans. Earlier in his career, Mr. Schneider worked at Prudential, MetLife and First Texas Savings in lending and asset management. Mr. Schneider holds a B. A. in Economics from Connecticut College and an MBA in Real Estate/Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
Kent M. Roger, Esq.

PRC Vice President

Kent M. Roger, Esq.

PRC Vice President

Kent M. Roger, Esq.

Kent M. Roger, Esq., is a senior partner in Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Antitrust Practice specializing in international competition and antitrust matters. He received his JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and an AB degree, with distinction, from the University of California, Berkeley. Kent sits on PRC’s Executive, Finance, Governance, and Legal Affairs Committees. He also is a member of the Board of Baker Places, Inc..
Tim Schroeder

PRC Secretary

Tim Schroeder

PRC Secretary

Tim Schroeder

Tim Schroeder is President of Performance Realty, Inc, a real estate investment firm that owns, develops and manages multi-family properties and manufactured housing communities. Tim’s career has focused on real estate including development, corporate services, investment management and strategy consulting. Prior to joining Performance Realty, Tim worked at CBRE, Quadrangle, Deloitte Consulting and Balcor-American Express. Tim holds a B.S. in Urban Planning from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Bill Matheson, Esq.

PRC Treasurer

Bill Matheson, Esq.

PRC Treasurer

Bill Matheson, Esq.

Bill Matheson, Esq., is a real estate attorney and the former president of Catellus Management Corporation, a real estate management company. For many years, Bill was a Volunteer Benefits Counselor for PRC, and has been an active volunteer for a variety of other community non-profits, including Project Open Hand, the San Francisco SPCA, and the French American International School. He received his JD from the University of Denver. Bill sits on PRC’s Finance and Occupancy Committees.
Doug Browning

Doug Browning

Doug Browning

Doug Browning is Director of Communications, Digital Platform Management and Innovation, for Kaiser Permanente National Communications. He is responsible for digital communication strategy, the employee intranet, as well as the company’s external news site. Doug has a BA in Journalism from the University of Georgia and over 25 years of experience consulting with large organizations on their communication and change strategies. Doug also has a passion for helping people in his community make the right decisions about their careers, health, and happiness.
Larkin Callaghan

Larkin Callaghan

Larkin Callaghan

Larkin is a global HIV and infectious disease expert specializing in research communications and health diplomacy with over 15 years experience in over 20 low-middle income countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. She is the Global Lead, Public Affairs, for PrEP and HIV Prevention at Gilead Sciences.

Larkin previously worked at UCSF and Stanford, expanding HIV, TB, and malaria research and clinical operations around the globe and devising communications and partnerships strategies to enhance capacity building, at multiple NGO and community-based organizations, as a harm reduction counselor for adolescents and young adults, and in a variety of public health positions within government. She has negotiated Ministry-level stakeholder relationships in multiple countries, led PEPFAR trial implementation teams in sub-Saharan Africa, and served as an advisor for global public health start-ups and scholars.

She previously served as a United Nations correspondent and a research reporter focused on women’s health and healthcare in conflict regions. For elected and appointed officials at local, national, and global levels, she has advised on media and communication strategy pertaining to HIV and global health policy.

A 6th generation San Francisco native, Larkin received her master’s, doctorate, and post-doctoral training in public health and health behavior from Columbia, and her BA from University of Southern California. She serves on the Board of Komera, on the Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International, and is a member of the Junior League. Larkin co-chaired the AIDS2020 Local Planning Group, serving Bay Area communities represented at the 23^rd International AIDS Conference.

Josh Frieman

Josh Frieman

Josh Frieman

Josh Frieman is a Principal at Prime Group where he leads the accounting, investor relations and business technology teams for both Prime Residential and Prime Finance. He also serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for both Prime Finance and Prime Residential. Mr. Frieman joined Prime Group in 2005 and has been involved in all facets of real estate investment, finance and administration including leadership roles in over $5 billion of real estate transactions. Prior to that, he was an advisor to distressed businesses, overseeing numerous restructurings and liquidations. Earlier in his career, Mr. Frieman practiced corporate law with Latham & Watkins and served as the General Counsel for a start-up technology company. Mr. Frieman graduated with honors from University of California at Berkeley and Harvard Law School.
Nelson Gonzalez
Ryo Ishida

Ryo Ishida

Ryo Ishida

Ryo Ishida is a Vice President at Lyric (www.lyric.com), which operate apartment-style hotels. Ryo heads up their West Coast division. Prior to joining Lyric, Ryo spent six years at Prudential Real Estate Investors, most recently responsible for the East Coast Development Group. Before Prudential, Ryo worked at Peter Linneman’s private equity group and also as a developer. Ryo serves on the boards of PRC and of Montgomery Advisors. Ryo is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Outside of work, he enjoys tennis, cycling, soccer and cooking Japanese food.

Jacques Michaels

Jacques Michaels

Jacques Michaels

Jacques Michaels is a San Francisco community leader, entertainer, and member of the Imperial Council, a non-profit that hosts and participates in a variety of entertainment and educational events and activities in support of a variety of diverse community-based charitable organizations that do not discriminate based upon race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or ethnic background. Jacques sits on PRC’s Fund Development and Board Development Committees.
Michael Niczyporuk

Michael Niczyporuk

Michael Niczyporuk

Michael Niczyporuk is a former physicist turned FinTech and payments executive who has built and grown technology-driven businesses across Visa, USAA, Citi and Capital One. Having spent his career making financial services more inclusive and empowering using technology, Michael is passionate about ensuring that everyone benefits — and that no one gets left behind — amidst the dramatic shift to digital across all aspects of our lives. Michael received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both in Physics. Originally from Kraków, Poland, Michael immigrated to the United States in 1983 and is proud to call San Francisco his adopted home.
Zack Papilion

Laura Powell

Laura Powell

Laura Powell

Laura Powell conducts executive searches at the senior level, and provides organizational consulting to privately held firms—both for-profit and not-for-profit—focusing on team-building, governance, and high-functioning boards. She’s actively served the Bay Area nonprofit community for many years. Volunteering for the past three years on PRC’s campaign and development committees, Laura is a past Board Chair at Larkin Street Youth Services and led the Board of a private school in Marin County in its first capital campaign, and in the design and approval of a new school building. Laura holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.
Michael Steinberg

Michael Steinberg

Michael Steinberg

Michael Steinberg is currently Team Lead, Global Public Health and Special Projects, Enterprise Health for Chevron Corporation, working out of the company’s headquarters in San Ramon, California, since April 2008. Michael oversees various health projects and programs that support the health needs of the company’s 40,000 plus employees as well as communities the company operates in.

Michael began his career at Chevron as Health and Productivity Advisor where he supported preventive and population health management initiatives, national health events, wellness facilities, programs and capacity building across the enterprise. Over the years, he was progressively promoted within the Enterprise Health function and has resided on projects that range from capital project wellness design, business process optimization, health metrics, human performance, strategic partnerships, community health programming and disease prevention design and implementation.

Michael previously completed a twenty-month assignment in Chevron’s Angola medical department where he developed and implemented a sustainable integrated wellness strategy, health program processes and business plans. In addition to supporting the U.S. workforce, he continues to provide consultation to global operations and organizations that includes public health initiatives in cardiovascular health, HIV, mosquito borne illnesses, tuberculosis and other health threats.

He graduated with a kinesiology/exercise physiology major and holds a Master of Management/Business from the University of San Francisco. He previously worked at one of the most prestigious private clubs in the world, The Pacific-Union Club in San Francisco, where in his health management role engaged daily with global business and government leaders. He has served on the Chevron Recreation board, Plasma Science board and as Chairman of the Chevron Health, Environment and Safety Committee as well as on various health and safety teams as lead, member and contributor
Patty Thayer

Patty Thayer

Patty Thayer

Patricia (Patty) Thayer is a Vice President in the Legal Department at Gilead Sciences, Inc. Her legal team at Gilead focuses on global protection and enforcement of intellectual property. She joined Gilead in 2017 after spending more than thirty years at several international law firms, including most recently Sidley Austin LLP, acting as trial counsel for biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical companies in U.S. patent and trademark litigation. She previously served on the Board of Directors for the Child Care Law Center. Before specializing in patent litigation in 1984, Patty was a Legal Advisor in the U.S. State Department and fulfilled a fellowship at the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles. Patty graduated from Harvard University, with a major in History of Science, and holds a JD from Harvard Law School.

Merredith Treaster

Merredith Treaster

Merredith Treaster

Merredith Treaster is Regional Head of Northwest Office Investments at Nuveen. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a BS in Neuroscience, but quickly moved into real estate, working with CBRE, Tishman Speyer, Hines, and the John Buck Company.

Advisory Board

Michael F. Bell

Co-Founder, President, and CEO of InPartnership Consulting, Inc.
Michael S. Bernick, Esq.

Special Counsel, Sedwick LLP
James Carter

Retired, Kaiser Permanente Chemical Dependency Recovery Program

Karl H. Christiansen, Esq.

Vice President and Senior Counsel, Wells Fargo Bank
Ryan McKeel

Senior Director, Public Affairs, Gilead

Ryan McKeel

Senior Director, Public Affairs, Gilead

Ryan McKeel

Ryan McKeel is Senior Director of Public Affairs at Gilead Sciences, overseeing international communications related to the company’s work in HIV as well as its efforts in the developing world. Prior to joining Gilead, Ryan worked at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and KPIX-TV in San Francisco, where he produced an Emmy-award winning documentary on the 30^th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS. He has a BA in Communication and Spanish from Trinity University. Ryan sits on the Development Committee.
David Stith

Vice President and District Manager, Wells Fargo Bank

Donna Sachet

Entertainer and Community Leader
Gary Virginia

Community Leader
Daryl Walker

Field Service Manager, AT&T

Executive Leadership

Brett Andrews

Chief Executive Officer

Brett Andrews

Chief Executive Officer

Brett Andrews

Brett Andrews joined PRC as Executive Director in February of 2003 and was promoted to CEO in September 2016. Prior to PRC, he spent four years as Executive Director of Los Angeles Team Mentoring, Inc. (LATM), a non-profit that runs TEAMWORKS, a group mentoring program providing mentorship and support to 1,200 middle school students growing up in some of Los Angeles’ most challenging and underserved communities. Prior to LATM, Brett served for six years as the Executive Director of Kids n’ U, Inc., a New-York-City-based non-profit youth service organization sponsored by Michael Kors.

Brett holds a master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Penn State University. Brett is also a member of the CBO Workforce Coalition, the Steering Committee of the San Francisco Human Services Network, and the Executive Committee of the San Francisco HIV/AIDS Provider Network. Brett has also served as a Commissioner of the SF Ethics Commission, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Baker Places, Inc..
Joe Alouf, CPA

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Joe Alouf, CPA

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Joe Alouf, CPA

Joe brings distinctive experience and capabilities in business model scaling, reinvention, and operational and financial optimization. He has a demonstrable track record helping companies in transition maximize their operational potential. Before his consulting career, Joe was at Prudential Capital for 15 years where he developed deep operational and corporate finance expertise as both the head of Prudential Restructuring Group (a portfolio of over $3 billion) and later as a Senior Vice President in the Corporate Finance Group underwriting equity and debt investments focusing on middle market companies. Joe currently serves on the following boards: Xolv Technology, Behavioral Health Provider Network, and the Catalight Foundation. Joe served in the Israeli Air Force and holds a BA in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from Queens College and an MBA from the Stern School at New York University. He holds an active California CPA license.
John Fostel

Chief Clinical Officer

John Fostel

Chief Clinical Officer

John Fostel

John comes to PRC with over forty years of combined experience in psychiatric and addiction healthcare, having managed both hospital-based and community-non-profit-based mental health and substance use disorder programs. Contributing to the modern evolution in mental health and addiction healthcare, he has been a part of the movement from the de-institutionalization of the 1980’s to the community-based, individualized, whole person care models of today. Joining Baker Places, Inc., in 2004, he has held leadership roles in the organization’s residential crisis stabilization, substance use disorder, and outpatient supportive living programs.

He received a bachelor’s degree from State University of New York and a master’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, and is a certified addiction treatment counselor.

Tasha Henneman

Chief of Policy and Government Affairs

Tasha Henneman

Chief of Policy and Government Affairs

Tasha Henneman

Tasha Henneman oversees PRC’s public policy and government affairs, as well as all communications functions. She also serves as director of the Black Leadership Council, a new policy initiative addressing broken systems of care for African-Americans and other minority populations. Tasha’s professional experience encompasses more than two decades in the nonprofit and government sectors. Prior to PRC, Tasha was chief of staff at SF Goodwill Industries and served as district director for State Senator Nancy Skinner (D9-East Bay) and as education and health policy advisor in the Office of the Mayor of Berkeley. Tasha earned her EdD and MA in early childhood education and leadership at Mills College. She also holds an MA in public administration from California State University Hayward and a BA in liberal studies from California State University Chico. Among her many current board and advisory roles are Lifelong Medical, the Center for Equity in Early Childhood Education, Berkeley Public Schools Fund, The Preventive Ounce, and K*STAR*Productions.
Chuan Teng, Esq.

Chief of Client Services and Talent

Chuan Teng, Esq.

Chief of Client Services and Talent

Chuan Teng, Esq.

Chuan Teng supports PRC’s array of client services and human sources in her role as Chief of Client Services and Talent. Previously, Chuan served as the Managing Legal Director of PRC’s Legal Advocacy Program, where she helped launch its healthcare legal services practice, then as the Chief of Programs and Confidentiality Officer. Chuan holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a juris doctor degree from Santa Clara University. She is a licensed attorney with the State Bar of California.