Our Mission, Team, and Partners

About UsOur Mission, Team, and Partners

Our mission

EOCP empowers individuals and families who are homeless in Alameda County to regain a life of self-reliance. We provide dignified emergency and transitional housing and compassionate, comprehensive support services that prepare homeless people to successfully transition to well-being and sustainable permanent housing.

Our people

Team Leadership

Shari WooldridgeInterim Executive Director

Mike KellerDirector of Quality Assurance

Sandra WilliamsHuman Resources/Operations Manager

Anita RobertsFinance Director

Charles OsujiController

Ellen HurtadoDirector of Programs at Crossroads

Danishia DavisLead Case Manager for Realignment

Myeeka CalhounCase Management Services Manager

Marcelo JaimeCoordinated Entry Services Manager

Carmen HidalgoFamily Services Manager

Emmanuel CarrieFamily Matters Shelter Manager

Sonya PerrySSVF Program Manager

Interested in joining EOCP’s team? Learn about our open positions.

Board of Directors

Kevin BremondBoard Chair
Program Administrator, First 5 Alameda County

Aisha BrownBoard Member
Principal Government and Community Relations, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)

Linda GardnerBoard Vice Chair
Former Director, Alameda County Housing and Community Development (Retired)

Janice GranbyBoard Secretary
ILS Program Coordinator, Stepping Stones Growth Center

Angela B. JenkinsBoard Member
Vice President, Accountable Communities, Prisma Health

Emily M. LoBoard Treasurer

How EOCP StartedEast Oakland Community Project’s story begins as a grassroots support network that evolved into a sustainable community resource. In 1990, a group of community activists began the Mission Safe program in a vacant lot on East 14th Street. They provided street-level support — food, motel vouchers, and service referrals — to people experiencing homelessness. At the time, thousands of people had recently been displaced from their homes due to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, adding to the already existing crisis of minimal shelter for people experiencing homelessness in East Oakland. In response, the City of Oakland, Alameda County, and Mission Safe joined together to establish an emergency housing shelter that became known as the East Oakland Community Project.