Leadership

Lead Staff

Like our Board Members, our Lead Staff has also been called by God to serve here at the Fresno Mission. Many of them have left high-paying careers and corporate successes to follow God’s will and live out their calling in the field of rescue, ministry, and service. Each person on our team brings their unique expertise and experiences into their ministries, and raises them to levels of excellence to wholeheartedly serve our community.

Matt Dildine
Chief Executive Officer
Nathan Freeland
Chief Strategy Officer
Priscilla Robbins
Chief Ministry Officer
Sherri L. White
Chief Business Officer
Desmond Camacho
Chief Development Officer
Rev. Bud Searcy
Director of the Academy
Phillip Roberts
Director of Facilities
Sandra Palomares
Director of Mission Thrift, Sierra
Kayla Alvarez
Manager of CalAIM
Kimiko Petersen
Manager of Career Pathways
Kelly Ferriera
Director of Accounting
Richard Lopez
Manager of Family Center
Francisco Pelayo
Director of Youth Services
Pablo Davalos
Manager of Men’s Academy
Laura Duro
Manager of Rescue the Children
Savannah Marquez
Director of Food Services
Andrea Cross
Manager of Mobilization
Mariam Pashayan
Manager of HR
Mark Snee
Pastor of City Church
Chloe Cardoza
Director of Marketing
Debbie Powell
Manager of Mission Thrift, Bullard

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Board of Directors

We are blessed to have a team of devoted, godly individuals who serve on the Board of Directors for the Fresno Mission. They hold our staff and the Mission’s ministries accountable to God’s vision, and they bathe us in prayer regularly. They are a policy board, meaning they focus on the larger issues. They serve to keep our ministry’s purpose, goals, and Mission Statement in sync, trusting ministry Directors to lead in the day-to-day decisions. They delegate with clarity and rigorously evaluate fiscal challenges. They consider community needs in response to economic realities. They evaluate our accomplishments and/or setbacks using a standard of excellence as the ultimate mark.

Someone once asked what it takes to become a member of this highly esteemed board. The answer? These are individuals called by God to serve, and they have a love for Jesus! They trust the Lord with every aspect of their lives. They turn to Him daily in prayer for strength and wisdom, and they commit their time, their gifts, and their talents (especially knowledge) to wholly serve Him.

And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.”

1 Kings 9:3 (NKJV)

Josh Phanco, Chairman—The Phanco Group, An Allstate Agency
Mark Ford, Vice Chair—President and Partner, JD Food
Craig Saladino, Treasurer—President, Saladino Family Foundation
Dennis Koch—Secretary, Retired Mental Health Professional
Rob Kutka—Director of Tax, Fowler Packing
Weaverton Terrell—Self-Employed
Steve Miller—CEO, Fresno First Bank
Ernie Penuna—Pastor, Encounter Church
Sean Tambagahan—Pastor, Ekklesia / CD, Archer & Hound
Beth Stephens—Advisor, Fresno Pacific University