Board of Directors
Yasmin Landaverde - Board Secretary
Yasmin has been working with the homeless population in San Francisco for ten years. She previously worked in the non-profit sector and currently works for the Human Services Agency of San Francisco. Yasmin holds a B.S in Health Education with an emphasis on Community-Based Public Health.
Elizah Abduh-Salam - Board Treasurer
Elizah is a small business owner and long-time resident of the Tenderloin, with deep roots in the neighborhood where Gubbio began. A service-oriented and mission-inspired man, Elizah says “God gave me two hands, and I’m going to use them to help.” We are delighted to have this wise and beloved member of the TL community join our board of directors here at Gubbio.
Carolyn Ji Jong Goossen - Board Vice Chair
San Francisco Policy Director with the SF Public Defender’s Office. She has extensive experience fighting for resources and policies to support unhoused communities, systems-impacted folks, the LGBT community, and immigrants. In her current role, she works to harness the power of community organizing and the press to win tangible changes for public defender clients, their families, and communities. Prior to working for the Public Defender, she served at City Hall as Chief of Staff to Supervisor Hillary Ronen and, before that, as a legislative aide for former Supervisor David Campos. In these roles, she championed the drafting of legislation to create Mental Health SF and to initiate and fund San Francisco’s first navigation centers. Carolyn is the proud daughter of immigrants, a devoted mother of two, a vibrant member of the LGBT community, and has been a San Francisco resident for nearly two decades.
Deborah Farkas, Treasurer
Marnie Regan - Board Chair