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
mdildine@fresnomission.org
Nathan Freeland
Chief Strategy Officer
nfreeland@fresnomission.org
Priscilla Robbins
Chief Ministry Officer
probbins@fresnomission.org
Sherri L White
Business Operations Controller
swhite@fresnomission.org
Desmond Camacho
Director of Business Development & Mobilization
dcamacho@fresnomission.org
Don Eskes
Director of Strategic Initiatives
deskes@fresnomission.org
Rev. Bud Searcy
Director of The Academy
bsearcy@fresnomission.org
Phillip Roberts
Director of Facilities
proberts@fresnomission.org
Sandra Patel
Director of Mission Thrift Store and Cars
spatel@fresnomission.org
Lisa Nishimoto
Director of Events & Grants
lnishimoto@fresnomission.org
Josh Mendoza
Director of Marketing
jmendoza@fresnomission.org
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.
Josh Phanco, Chairman — The Phanco Group, An Allstate Agency
Mark Ford, Vice Chair — President and Partner, JD Food
Stephen Pearson, Treasurer — Woodward Park Baptist Church
Rob Kutka — Director of Tax, Fowler Packing
Leonel Alvarado — Owner, Century Builders
Vanessa Shehadey — Attorney, Richardson, Jones & Esraelian
Weaverton Terrell — Self-Employed
Steve Miller — CEO, Fresno First Bank
Ernie Penuna — Pastor of Encounter Church
Sean Tambagahan — CEO, Butler Branding
Dennis Koch,— Retired Mental Health Professional
Craig Saladino — Board Advisor, CEO of Saladino’s Foodservice
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.