Our Board

Laura Moreno 
FMCoC Chair, Regional Representative for Fresno
Program Manager, Department of Social Services (DSS), County of Fresno 

Laura Moreno has been a participating member of the FMCoC since its inception and was elected Chair of the Fresno Madera Continuum of Care (FMCoC) in early 2020. In the past she has served as the Secretary and as a Regional Representative on behalf of the County of Fresno. She has provided leadership on several strategic initiatives aimed at reducing and eliminating homelessness during her tenure. 

Laura is a Program Manager for the Department of Social Services in the Program Development and Grants Division of Administration. Her division includes administrative support for eligibility programs including CalWORKs, CalFresh, General Relief as well as Homeless Services with such programs as the Housing Disability and Advocacy Program, Home Safe, Emergency Solutions Grant and the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program. Laura has over 20 years of experience working with the County’s homeless programs and has developed and implemented many of those programs.

Prior to working for the County, she was a Program Manager with the Central California AIDS Foundation in the Education and Prevention Division. She is a lifelong resident of the Central Valley and calls Kingsburg home.

Jody Ketcheside
FMCoC Vice-Chair
Turning Point of Central California Inc.

She has a Bachelor Degree in Criminology with a Victimology option. She has twenty years of experience working with homeless populations, including chronically homeless, homeless youth, and homeless families. Jody has been operating and providing oversight for HUD funded programs for ten years. Her experience includes program development, implementation of new programs, oversight and operation of existing programs, and ensuring compliance of HUD funded programs. Jody serves as a Governor appointed Continuum of Care Representative on the California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council. Ms. Ketcheside was also recently selected to serve on the State Council of Regional Homeless Advisors Working Groups.

Sara Mirhadi
FMCoC Secretary
Chief Programs Officer, Poverello House

Sara Mirhadi has worked at the Poverello House since December 2013 and has been a member of the FMCoC since 2014. Currently, Sara is the Chief Programs Officer for Poverello House. As Chief Programs Office, she oversees all programs at Poverello House, such as street outreach, emergency shelters, street navigation, Map Point, and Men’s Residential Rehabilitation Program. She also researches and writes grants for the Poverello House. Before working at the Poverello House, Sara worked for the Workforce Investment Board, the City of Fresno, State Senator Jim Costa, and the National Park Service. Although she was born in Flushing Queens, New York City, she has lived most of her life in Fresno, California. She is a Fresno State graduate with a Juris Doctorate from San Joaquin College of Law. Sara is married with one daughter. Sara loves to travel with her family to locations all over the world. She also loves celebrity gossip and bad reality television.

Misty Gattie-Blanco
FMCoC Treasurer 
Sanctuary and Supportive Services Director, Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission

Misty Gattie-Blanco, Sanctuary and Support Services Director, has been employed by Fresno EOC since 2010. She has over 20 years of experience working with foster youth, homeless and probation youth/young adults, and chronically homeless adults/families. Ms. Gattie-Blanco is responsible for all Sanctuary operations, development, contractual and budgetary compliance, and oversight of service delivery and facilitation of evaluative measures for Sanctuary and Support Services homeless services, LGBTQ+ project, and Central Valley Against Human Trafficking. Ms. Gattie-Blanco currently serves as the Regional Representative on the state-wide Board of Directors for California Coalition for Youth (CCY). Currently, she serves as the Treasurer for the Fresno-Madera Continuum of Care (FMCoC).

Alex Sanchez
FMCoC Member at Large and Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB) Chair

Alex Sanchez (he/él) is a transgender Mexican-American community advocate who grew up in rural Fresno county. He is currently serving as the Chair of FMCoC’s Lived Experience Advisory Board. The LEAB strives to ensure that people who have previously or are currently experiencing homelessness are in the room when decisions that will affect them are being made. Alex has been working in housing justice and reform for six years within marginalized communities. He came to begin this work as a way to fight for survival when enduring violence and discrimination while experiencing homelessness. His advocacy work also includes educating and advocating for: equitable access to health care, anti-discrimination practices, reproductive health education, and mental health access. As a program coordinator, Alex works with young Latinx men in the LGBTQ+ creating safe spaces to discuss the intersectional identities and experiences of being a young brown GBTQ+ person in such a conservative part of California. He is also the chair of Trans-E-Motion that works with the transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive communities of the Central Valley. This work is largely focused on offering peer support, low barrier rental relief, and resources for gender affirming care to the community

Katie Wilbur
FMCoC Member at Large
Executive Director, RH Community Builders

Ms. Wilbur has worked in social services for more than 10 years, including time working with foster youth, severely mentally ill adults, and homeless services. She graduated from the University of Southern California in 2014 with a master’s in social work and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in 2016. Katie has experience in program development, administration, and evaluation. In 2019, Ms. Wilbur joined RH Community Builders at its inception and has guided the operation from 10 employees to more than 100 employees in the last 2 years.

Joel Bugay 
FMCoC Regional Representative for Madera
Deputy CAO, County Administration, County of Madera

Mr. Bugay has 19 years of experience in county government, which included 13 years in various administrative roles for Fresno County Social Services and Behavioral Health and, for the past 6 years, as a Deputy CAO for Madera County. He graduated from Fresno State in 2009 with a master’s in business administration. In his current role for Madera County, he is responsible for the budget process and helping establish administrative and fiscal policies that further the priorities identified by the Board and the community. Over the past year, the county team worked closely with Madera’s Housing the Homeless Committee in initiating and delivering projects that help unhoused citizens achieve sustainable housing.

Philip Skei
FMCoC Regional Representative
Assistant Director, Planning & Development Department, City of Fresno

Phil Skei serves as Assistant Director for the City of Fresno’s Planning & Development Department where he oversees Affordable Housing Development and Homeless Response. For the past 15 years,
Phil has been engaged in community revitalization work through previous roles at the City of Fresno and Fresno Housing Authority, as well as through his role as Co-Pastor of On Ramps Covenant Church in downtown Fresno. Over Phil’s career, he has successfully organized multiple neighborhood associations, founded a Community Development Corporation and other community-based organizations that continue to facilitate housing development, respond to community needs, and shape policy. Phil has significant experience working for Government (he has worked for three Mayors), but also possesses vast field experience, including personally renovating over a dozen homes, one of which received the Mayor’s Historic Preservation Award. Central to all of Phil’s work is his family’s decision to live in downtown Fresno where his neighborhood serves as a daily representation of the communities Phil serves. Phil received his Bachelor of Science degree from CSU Fresno, and his Master of Divinity degree from Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary (Fresno, CA). Phil and Rici have been married for 21 years and are the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, Kadence (17) and Kaylin (15).

Claudia Cazares
FMCoC Regional Representative
Affordable Housing Program Manager, City of Clovis

Claudia Cázares, is a local Community Development professional, a Trustee on the Fresno Unified School Board, and most importantly wife of a very supportive husband, and mom of three beautiful children. A native Californian, Ms. Cazares is also a proud graduate of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Currently, she serves as the Affordable Housing Programs Manager for the City of Clovis, managing all of the City’s affordable housing grants, and community development funded activities. Previously, she worked in the City’s Engineering Division, helping to administer federal and state infrastructure programs. She has also served as the City of Fresno’s Housing and Community Development Division Manager, has worked in private housing development delivering over 1,000 homes through entitlement, and worked for both the City and the County of Fresno in community development activities for under-served communities. Apart from being an overly passionate baseball mom, Claudia also likes to pick up a good book, or bake on her leisure time.

Doreen Eley
Collaborative Applicant Representative
Senior Manager at Fresno Housing Authority

Ms. Eley has worked in social services for 18 years and her prior experience includes 10 years of administrative oversight of Poverello House - a multifaceted homeless service provider in the non-profit sector.  She joined Fresno Housing (FH) in 2013 initially to oversee the agency’s homeless assistance program.  As such, she is responsible for grant writing, particularly for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) grants totaling $2 million.  In addition, she functions as the Collaborative Applicant for the Fresno Madera Continuum of Care (FMCoC) with responsibility to ensure the FMCoC follows all HUD CoC regulations and submits a community wide HUD CoC application totaling $10 million.

Ms. Eley’s responsibility has widened to include all FH resident programs, seeking to foster empowerment through quality housing, vibrant communities and engaged residents.  Her responsibilities include oversight of special programs, i.e. Family Reunification Program, Family Self Sufficiency and the performance of resident services on FH owned properties.

Ms. Eley continues to engage with various community partners on the local, state and national landscape including the City of Fresno, County of Fresno, Central California Roundtable, National Alliance to End Homelessness, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and HUD Priority Communities.

Shawn Jenkins
Immediate Past Chair
Deputy COO, WestCare Western Region

Mr. Jenkins has served in numerous positions throughout his successful twenty-nine year career with WestCare ranging from Residential Substance Abuse Counselor to Chief Program Development Officer of WestCare Foundation. He currently serves as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer for WestCare Foundation's Western Region. His experience includes organizational leadership, strategic planning, agency budget development and monitoring financial and programmatic impact. He has devoted much of his career to increasing program efficiencies and expansion, fund development and enhancing marketing/branding strategies that align with the WestCare Foundation wide mission and vision.