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Rhonda Staley-Brooks is the current president and chief executive officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sacramento. She has served in that capacity for six years and has been working with Big Brothers Big Sisters for 15 years. In that time, Brooks has gone from a caseworker earning her degree at CSU Sacramento to program manager to the local chapter’s executive officer. Brooks helped streamlined the screening process, cutting the time it takes to match mentors and children. The process used to take three to six months. She worked with the Big Brothers Big Sisters national office and using best practices has cut the time to three to six weeks to match a big brother or sister with a child. Under her leadership, the local Big Brothers Big Sisters chapter is matching more kids with more mentors then ever before. The organization matches more than 200 kids every year, more than double the amount it used to. In 2007 the agency served 457 children.
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Mary Laughlin
Chief Development Officer (916) 646-9300 x109 or (209) 464-7644 x109 mary@bbbs-sac.org
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Mary, a graduate of San Diego State University, has over 30 years of experience working with non-profit organizations. She has been associated with Big Brothers Big Sisters for 14 years and also volunteers as a Big Sister.
Stacie Grimes graduated from University of the Pacific with a degree in Child Psychology. After graduation she began working at La Familia as a family counselor, but soon began her first stint with Big Brothers & Big Sisters in 1989. She was with BBBS off and on until 1994. Stacie spent a few years in the corporate world working for Sprint until 1997 when she took some time off to stay at home with her kids. Stacie returned to work in 2003 as a 3rd and 4th grade teacher. In 2007, she took a position with Prevent Child Abuse California as a Project Manager for the Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program. This position reminded her of her love for BBBS, so in August of 2008, she returned once again to BBBS. While not working, Stacie is very busy with family – a husband, three kids and far too many pets!
Collette Walls joined Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sacramento in 2001. Over the past 7 years, she has held several positions within the organization. These positions include: Administrative Assistant, Development Assistant and her current title as Operations Manager. Ms. Walls has an Associates of Arts Degree in Business. In her spare time, Collette enjoys hanging out with her 19 year old daughter, traveling, and reading.
Staff Photos by Ari Simphoukham of Studio 239
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