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The Living Room Life Center

1335 North Dutton Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Mon – Fri 9:00am – 1:30pm

The Living Room Life Center is our service hub for women and children and is open from 9 am to 1:30 pm. Our team of care coordinators & peer support specialists offer individualized assistance to participants with the collaboration of local partners to promote stability and self-reliance for women and their children who are experiencing homelessness, or at-risk of homelessness in Sonoma County.

Cleveland Campus

1207 Cleveland Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Our Cleveland Campus is where our volunteer, housing, and food programs are located as well as admin offices. This is also where our Green Initiative is supported with our tower garden and solar system. 

The campus houses our Food Services Kitchen, which prepares over 1,100 meals a week for low-income seniors, former foster youth, re-entry program participants (returning citizens previously incarcerated), as well as those on the street. It is because of our generous and devoted volunteers that we are able to serve and partner with the diverse demographics of this program, as well as fortify our Life Center staff.

Our housing program manages 10 residences throughout Santa Rosa from the Cleveland Campus. Up to 35 individuals and their pets. Additionally, we work with numerous local partners to support participants with immediate shelter and housing needs.

Volunteer Questions – contact Alicia Castro (707) 582-0004 or acastro@thelivingroomsc.org

Food donations – contact Chris Moonsammy (707) 978-4795 or cmoonsammy@thelivingroomsc.org

Monetary donation questions – contact Robyn McManus (707) 978-4802 or rmcmanus@thelivingroomsc.org

In-kind donation questions – email inkind@thelivingroomsc.org

Staff Members

Executive Director

Alethea Larson
(707) 582-0008
alarson@thelivingroomsc.org

Director of Human Resources

Alicia Castro
(707) 978-4808
acastro@thelivingroomsc.org

Accountant

Robyn McManus
(707) 978-4802
rmcmanus@thelivingroomsc.org

Director of Operations

Elisa Osburg
(707) 978-4804
eosburg@thelivingroomsc.org

Director of Programs

Annie Valentine
(707) 978-4800
avalentine@thelivingroomsc.org

Director of Food Services

Chris Moonsammy
(707) 978-4795
cmoonsammy@thelivingroomsc.org

Grants Manager

Cristina Larsen
(707) 807-8962
clarsen@thelivingroomsc.org

Peer Support Specialist

Roes Smith
(707) 203-2424
rsmith@thelivingroomsc.org

Food Services Manager

Nick Opitz
(707) 405-9400
nopitz@thelivingroomsc.org

IT & Marketing Specialist

Marti Lynn Martinez
(707) 978-4797
mlmartinez@thelivingroomsc.org

Life Center Supervisor

Stephanie Groepel
(707) 978-4809
sgroepel@thelivingroomsc.org

 

Kitchen Assistant

Jeff Alexander
(707) 978-4795
jalexander@thelivingroomsc.org

Development & Community Engagement Manager

Elizabeth Beaty
(707) 978-4805
ebeaty@thelivingroomsc.org

Transitional Aged Youth
Care Coordinator

Kim Halliday
(707) 405-9400
khalliday@thelivingroomsc.org

 

Prep Cook

Ken Lyman
(707) 978-4795
klyman@thelivingroomsc.org

Bilingual/Bicultural
Care Coordinator

Carmen Mercado Trujillo
(707) 582-2550
cmercado@thelivingroomsc.org

 

Bilingual/Bicultural
Care Coordinator

Marissa Ramirez Moreno
(707) 582-8886
mramirezmoreno@thelivingroomsc.org

 

Receptionist

Jessica Ayala
(707) 582-9080
jayala@thelivingroomsc.org

Volunteer Coordinator

Siobhan Taylor
(707) 582-2582
staylor@thelivingroomsc.org

 

 

Board Members

President

Martha Saly
Realtor, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate

Vice President

Rob Cantu
President, Western Builders

Secretary

Candace Matson

Treasurer

Wes Daniels
Manager at Daniels Chapel of the Roses

Board Member

Liz Uribe
Realtor, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate

Board Member

Kim Hinde
Retired Social Worker

Board Member

Padi Selwyn

Board Member

Jamey Ransford

Board Member

Veronica Rincon
Branch Manager, Vice President, Exchange Bank

Board Member

Marion Weinreb
President, Marion Weinreb & Associates

Board Member Emeritus

Nikki King

“The Living Room has meant a lot to me. I went from living in my car to having my own place. It took me two years.”

— Former Participant