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Our Mission is to actively promote standards of excellence in advocacy and enhancement of the quality of life for residents of long-term care facilities in the county.
Our Vision: The long-term care facilities in our county are the best in the country and reflect the high standards of resident-centered care
Our three key Values are to cherish our Ombudsmen, to fully and faithfully empower our clients, and to positively work with all community stakeholders |
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Tippy Irwin
Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County, Inc
711 Nevada Street
Redwood City, CA 94061
Phone: 650-780-5707
Fax: 650-364-5399
ossmc@ossmc.org |
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Judy Johnson, works as a mortgage broker for Coast Residential Funding. She has served as President of the National Association of Professional Mortgage Women, and has gleaned many valuable skills from that experience which she brings to the table, in addition to her valuable financial expertise. |
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Helen Karr, attorney specializing in elder abuse, currently working part time for the Elder Abuse Unit of the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. Helen has served on the California Senior Legislature, is former Chairperson of the County's Commission on Aging, and served as a member of the State Commission on Aging. |
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Treasurer |
Bob Montevaldo, MBA, BSEE, is currently a program management and business consultant. He worked for many years with Hewlett Packard and Tandem Computers as a program manager. He also serves on the board of the Project Management Institute’s Silicon Valley Chapter and is the chapter’s vice president of Finance. |
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Marianne Mannia, former member of the California Senior Legislature and former Chair of the County's Commission on Aging. Marianne has an extensive resume of services rendered to the aging community in the county. She joined the board in August 2002. She is currently retired. |
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Harold Hughes, attorney in private practice in City of San Mateo. Harold has served on the board of the Arthritis Foundation and brings to the table not only his legal skills, but other valuable skills accrued from this experience. |
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Teresa Hurtado joined the board in August 2006. She has 19 years experience in the aging arena. Teresa worked with the Peer Counseling Program to develop their Latino Program (La Esperanza Vive), of which she was a founding member. She currently serves as the Program Manager/Coordinator with 32 Latino Spanish speaking volunteers working under her. Teresa is actively engaged in working with minority elders in the community and has received many awards for her work and dedication to this population in San Mateo County. |
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Helen Karr, attorney specializing in elder abuse, currently working part time for the Elder Abuse Unit of the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. Helen has served on the California Senior Legislature, is former Chairperson of the County's Commission on Aging, and served as a member of the State Commission on Aging. |
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Rich Garbarino |
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Diana Koin |
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Kirsten Weiss |
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Bob Perez joined the Board in January 2009. He is a former San Francisco Assistant District Attorney now retired in private practice. His experience includes child support enforcement, welfare fraud and consumer and environmental protection. He has assisted in the formation of non-profit community organizations and provided legal education to schools and low-income groups. |
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Honorary Member |
Al Teglia |
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Member Emeritus |
Lance Reynolds |
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Member Emeritus |
Betty Brown |
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Member Emeritus |
Nancy Cronin |
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