Our Community
Avenidas Village Advisory Group 2009
This aging-in-place program was designed by members of the mid-Peninsula community, together with the nonprofit senior services agency, Avenidas. This group worked together for 18 months to create a viable program that would help seniors stay in the homes they love.
- Vickie Epstein
- Richard Fikes
- Gerry Gilchrist
- Sue Gould
- Bruce Heister
- Lisa Hendrickson
- Kari Martell
- Mona Miller
- Mary Minkus
- John Murden
- Jan Murphy
- Tom Reese, Chair
- Marcia Rehmus
- Paul Roskoph
- John Sink
- Tom Wyman
- Margaret Ann Niven
- Paul Berry
- Sandra Milne Rickard
- Walter Loewenstein
- Dick Scott
- Dawn Wilcox
Staff
Vickie Epstein, Program Director
Vickie Epstein earned her MSW degree from Saint Louis University in Missouri. She conducted most of her early work in hospital settings, including five years at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose. Vickie was recruitment director for Child Advocates and served as Director of Program Services for the Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos.
Elizabeth Guare, Manager
Elizabeth has a B.A. in Psychology from the State University of New York. Elizabeth comes to us from the Staff Services office for the Esther B. Clark School at the Children's Health Council and has significant experience in the field of non-profit management and in providing exemplary customer service.
Our Founders
Various members of the mid-Peninsula community strongly believe in the strength of this program, and they donated money towards some of program’s start-up costs. Our thanks go to the following Founders:
- Ed & Margaret Arnold
- Harry Berland
- Allan & Marilyn Brown
- Betty Brown
- Fran Codispoti
- Mike Couch
- John & Patricia Davis
- Thomas Ehrlich
- William Floyd
- Paul Garrett
- Bob & Jean Gee
- Nancy Goldcamp
- Carroll Harrington
- Bruce & Eleanor Heister
- Don Kobrin
- Walter & Mary McCullough
- Mary & Les Minkus
- William F. Nichols
- Tom & Carolyn Reese
- Marcia Rehmus
- Bill & Carolyn Reller
- Deborah Rosenberg
- Paul & Maureen Roskoph
- Elizabeth Schneider
- Dick & Jerry Smallwood
- Tom & Ellen Wyman
- Heidi Baum
- Nancy Weeks Rossen
- Solon & Diane Finkelstein
- Ginny Kavanaugh
Strategic Alliances
Avenidas Village has developed alliances with medical providers to help assure that when a member has a question or problem when hospitalized, we will be able to assist them as requested. Our current alliances include Palo Alto Medical Foundation, El Camino and Stanford University Hospitals, and Kaiser-Permanente.
