Board & Staff

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Ken provides guidance to the dedicated and caring staff at Garden Terrace. He is also the voice of Garden Terrace through the twice monthly Senior Moments newsletter. His background includes 12 years as the local Burger King franchisee in the 80’s, 18 years as Director of Stewardship and Donor Development for the Church of the Brethren General Board in the 90’s and 00’s, and as a former Garden Terrace board member.

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MANAGER

Shawna is the new manager of our administrative team. She maintains a common calendar for the administrative, maintenance, and food service staffs. She also manages our resident applicant waiting list, audits resident files to insure they are complete, and assists the Executive Director when called upon. In addition, she oversees the bookkeeping and handles the payroll duties.

COUNTER SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE

Melissa is charged with being nice to people and does an excellent job of it. She is the office contact with the residents, chore workers, and visitors by working at our office reception window. Melissa always has a smile and greeting for those entering and exiting our building and, she is happy to receive rent payments, sell stamps and bus passes, and call residents when packages for them are delivered.

SERVICES COORDINATOR

Tina’s position is funded by a grant from HUD and is meant to provide an important resource pool of resident services. She helps our residents to file important paperwork, apply for outside chore services, arrange transportation, and provides them a listening ear. She also maintains an emergency food and dry goods pantry for residents whose funds often run short at the end of a month.

MAINTENANCE

Carlos is a hard working young man whose job is to perform and supervise general preventative maintenance, minor plumbing and electrical repairs, and corrective maintenance. He also facilitates apartment rehabilitation and turn over as well as overseeing the completion of work orders for resident repairs.

MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT/CLEANING SPECIALIST

Cynthia (Cindy) fulfills two important functions in her work at Garden Terrace. First, she is the person that maintains the cleaning and sanitizing of our common areas – very important. She is also available to help our maintenance staff with apartment rehabilitation, and maintaining proper levels of supplies on hand.

FOOD SERVICE MANAGER

Eric came to us from another senior facility here in the valley. He has over 12 years experience cooking for seniors. We love his enthusiasm, joy for his work, and great rapport with his staff.

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Mm - mm - good. Seems like she can do it all.

Don’t forget the rest of our part-time staff and volunteers who set-up, serve, and clean up the meals for our residents.
Please give them a round of applause!