Staff Bios
Toni Eby, MSW
Chief Executive Officer
“As someone who is deeply passionate about women’s empowerment and breaking the cycle of exploitation and homelessness, I am excited about the opportunity to lead this wonderful organization – an organization that helped change my life.” - Toni Eby
As a survivor, Toni has a strong commitment to advocating for and serving survivors of sexual exploitation and violence. In her previous role as Outreach & Training Manager, she gained valuable expertise in program development, outreach, and fundraising. Toni has been with the organization for the past decade, and has held a variety of positions at SafeHouse, including Outreach & Training Manager, Operations Manager, and Residential Counselor. Additionally, she has served as a Domestic Violence Counselor for St. Vincent De Paul's Riley Center, where she worked to counsel, advocate for, and empower survivors of violence. She holds a Master's in Social Work and a Bachelor's in Women and Gender Studies from San Francisco State University. She is also the 2022 recipient of SFCAHT's Modern Day Abolitionist award.
In addition, she is a graduate of San Francisco SafeHouse and uses her personal experience as motivation and inspiration to continue serving survivors of sexual exploitation.
Kristen Moore, MFT
Chief Programs Officer
Kristen Moore has nearly 15 years of experience working in community mental health and women's programming, with a particular focus on harm reduction and trauma-informed care. Kristen has been working with sex trafficking and sexual exploitation survivors as a member of the SafeHouse team for over nine years. She also currently works in the community as a psychotherapist. In previous positions, Kristen focused on providing clinical services to women and children through therapy and case management. Over her career, she has consistently advocated for a survivor-centered approach to services and strives to elevate the voices and experiences of the women most impacted by systemic oppression, the prison-industrial complex, interpersonal violence and sexual assault. She holds a Master's in Counseling Psychology from The Wright Institute and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. In her off time, you can usually find her out in nature or curled up at home with a good book and a great cat.
Jazmyn Brown
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
For the past 12 years, Jazmyn Brown has worked with trauma survivors to heal from the impact of sexual exploitation, homelessness and system involvement. In addition to providing direct services, she has also trained service providers throughout the state on effective client engagement practices. She is currently the Associate Director for San Francisco SafeHouse and continues to provide trainings for providers through a number of different agencies throughout the bay area and California. She also works with homeless and at-risk youth as a residential counselor at DreamCatcher Youth Services and volunteers at San Francisco County Juvenile Hall as a mentor and speaker. Jazmyn is able to relate to the populations she serves and advocates for in a unique way through her own personal experiences and uses this insight to create and maintain nurturing and authentic relationships with survivors. When she is not not working, she is a student at Cal State East Bay and a mom to her 8 year old son.
Chelsea Leonard, CFRE
Chief Development Officer
Chelsea Leonard (she/her/hers), has held a variety of roles at non-profits on the West Coast working in the relationship health, veteran, healthcare, and environmental spheres. Most recently, Chelsea served as the Director of Development for the One Love Foundation - California Region, a relationship abuse prevention non-profit, where she was responsible for building the regional board and growing the development department including the major gifts, community giving, and donor cultivation and stewardship programs. Chelsea is originally from northern Nevada where she attended the University of Nevada, Reno, studying English Literature before moving to the Bay Area. When she isn’t working, you can find her curled up reading a book, trying to master (but usually failing) a new baking recipe, or at the beach with her husband and 2 Golden Retrievers.
Yves-Langston Barthaud
Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer
Yves-Langston has worked as a community organizer for nearly a decade. He has created two non-profits that help local stakeholders receive services and goods in the San Francisco, Bay Area. He is the current Development and Outreach manager for San Francisco SafeHouse, and has worked extensively in developing organizations and programs specific to the Tenderloin neighborhood and homelessness awareness.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Yves-Langston graduated from the University of San Francisco studying Global Politics and Societies.
Angela L. Montgomery, MPH
Hope Center Program Manager
Angela L. Montgomery, MPH, has been working in the fields of behavioral and public health for over 30 years. She has served on the HIV Prevention Planning Councils for both San Francisco and Alameda Counties. For five years, she served as the West Coast Chair of the National Steering Committee for the Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA) as well has served as a Principle Investigator for HRSA, SAMSHA, AIDS United, as well as other state and county program grants.
Ms. Green is the former Executive Director of IRIS Center: Women’s Recovery and Counseling Services, in San Francisco; a position she held for over eight years. During this time, she was the recipient of several awards; including one from the San Francisco Mental Health Board, for fostering a positive and nurturing work environment for employees. Angela has served as Deputy Director for APEB (AIDS Project East Bay) in Oakland and lead programs for CALPEP (California Prostitutes Education Project), working with individuals with the co-occurring disorders of mental health and substance use; as well as addressing other health and social disparities in the Black community, sex workers, and other marginalized populations.
Angela serves as the Board Chair for The Afiya Center in Dallas, TX; a reproductive justice organization and birthing center, that addresses Black maternal and infant mortality in the state of Texas; as well as advocating for policy change in the protection of the reproductive rights of all womxn; whether cis or transgender.
In her spare time, Ms. Montgomery, enjoys listening to her extensive and eclectic record collection and spending quality time with her two sons and her husband.
Rhee Pates
SafeHouse Program Manager
Sherita (affectionately called “Rhee”) Pates’ professional career expands over fifteen impactful years of service in the state of California. In 2007, while working for Leroy Haynes Center, she provided case management services as a Residential Team Leader for youth on probation, creating divergent lesson plans, training staff on leadership and S.E.D/high risk interactions, and promoting personal growth and development for clients. Rhee has also had the opportunity to make a difference as an Assistant Supervisor at Pacific Lodge Youth Services (PLYS). At PLYS, she was able to participate in treatment-team assessments and in-service training. Later on, she worked for New Directions for Youth. Her role as a Lead Case Manager allowed her to implement prevention programs and provide educational and employment advocacy for youth participants in the Los Angeles grant-funded program for Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD). In the summer of 2017, working as a Wraparound Child-Family Specialist for Hillsides, her passion for advocacy fulfilled the needs of both her clients and their families in legal, social, and educational sectors.
Connecting to Rhee’s core values of having compassion and implementing trauma-informed care for all genders, sexual orientations, religions, races, and economical statuses; her opportunity working for L.A. Family Housing expounded on her dedication as a Stabilizer Case Manager. This position allowed her to assess and manage crisis and medical emergencies, maintain medical and psychological records, along with assist with the legal needs of habitual homeless high-need individuals who were recently housed in permanent supportive housing. With such a diverse work experience and fundamental understanding of community outreach, in 2020, she assumed the role as Program Supervisor for the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center. By supervising the case management and needs of chronically homeless seniors who identify as LGBTQ community members, she was able to also advocate on their behalf furthering the well-being of this population and led the center in leasing up their first senior permanent supportive housing project. Rhee enjoys working with resilient individuals and believes families are a demonstration of love and survival at its worst and best; all of the components are deserving of exceptional care.
Jet Appling
Development Operations Manager
Jet has been considered to be the person who has worked every type of job. The reality is that Jet spent years without a diagnosis for what turned out to be ADHD. Without medication or understanding why he never thought like anyone else in the room, he found creative ways to navigate the world around him and to consume knowledge through experiences (read: jobs). One truth remained constant through all of his work endeavors, he always wanted to help people. After grassroots fundraising efforts for AIDS Walk (Atlanta, San Diego) and the Pink Party for breast cancer research, Jet decided to officially lean into fundraising work when he joined the Matthew Hill Foundation as their Director of Fundraising Initiatives in 2018. After helping them raise over $1 million during their No-Shave November campaign, he then moved on to the development department at Spirit Rock Meditation Center where he created new protocols for development, modernized their donation processing procedures, and influenced more inclusive hiring practices for the organization. Jet is excited to step into this role as Development Operations Manager and to help womxn by supporting SafeHouse's mission.
Daniela Diez de Bonilla
Grants and Contracts Compliance Manager
Originally from Mexico City, Daniela has 20 years of experience in admin, digital marketing, sales, design, and grants. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Daniela is close to wrapping up her Master's Degree in UX Design at Kent State University. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Dentistry and boasts certifications in Marketing, Digital Marketing, Aesthetic Medicine, and Cosmetic Dentistry.
Since April 2022, Daniela has been the Grants and Contracts Compliance Manager at SafeHouse, where she's currently working on developing comprehensive compliance guidelines and ensuring adherence to requirements and regulations governing our federal and state grant awards. In her prior position as a Digital Communication Specialist at SafeHouse, she created and managed engaging content for SafeHouse's social media channels, email, and website. During that time she was also behind SafeHouse's photography, as well as all the print and digital media designs. Prior to her current positions in SafeHouse, she gained valuable experience in management roles, with a diverse professional background that includes pharmaceutical sales representation, executive assistance, and marketing.
Yet, it's not just about work for Daniela—she integrates her passion for art and family intoher life. She also finds balance by engaging in creative outlets like painting with acrylic and mixed media, design, journaling, and cooking. Additionally, Daniela is married and tries to travel to Mexico City 3-5 times a year over weekends to help her grandmother and aunt.