Contact
(707) 579-0138
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
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