Board of directors
Don Falk
President
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Don Falk served as Chief Executive Officer of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) from 2005 to 2021, after previously serving as Director of Housing Development from 1994 to 2005. During his tenure as CEO, TNDC’s housing portfolio doubled to more than 4,000 homes, and its staff grew to 500.
Before joining TNDC, Don spent a decade at Jubilee West, a nonprofit housing and social services organization in West Oakland, where he held roles including Director of Housing Development, Deputy Director, and Co-Executive Director.
Don holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Economics and Urban Studies from Oberlin College. He has served on numerous boards and advisory committees, including the Corporation for Supportive Housing, Insight Housing, SPUR, and the Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California.
Derek Barnes
Vice President
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CEO, East Bay Rental Housing Association (EBRHA)
Derek Barnes has over 15 years of executive leadership transforming organizations through all stages of a business’ lifecycle – startup, rapid growth, business turnarounds, and M&A. Derek’s expertise includes building strategy, global organizations, and new technologies in highly competitive markets. He has worked within high-tech, nonprofit, telecom, financial services, real estate, healthcare, and retail sectors.
Derek is CEO at EBRHA and responsible for developing programs and services to support the organization’s growing membership, who own and operate over 45,000 rental homes accross the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa.
He is also Senior Advisor at Ignition Point Consulting, supporting clients such as Fremont Bank, Homebridge, Microsoft, T-Mobile, and TeleNav.
Previously, he’s held positions as COO/CTO and co-founder at g-dii Enterprises, COO at Executive Networks, Global Operations Director at Openwave, and VP of Technical Services and Operations at PlanetOut/Here! Media.
Anne Torney
Secretary
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Missy S. Mastel
Treasurer
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Missy S. Mastel is an enthusiastic resident of San Francisco for more than 30 years. She has raised children here, participated actively in the public school system, owns real estate, and walks her pet pig regularly in her neighborhood. Every morning, she walks down to Starbucks and back up to her home on the hill, greets her neighbors and their dogs and picks up their blown over trash cans. She believes strongly that this is the best city in the world and is honored to have a chance to work on its sustainability long into the future.
A licensed CPA, CGMA and a CFO with a specialization in nonprofits and Environment, Social and Governance sustainability, Missy is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Said Business School at Oxford with degrees and certification in Accounting, International Management and Theology. In audit service with KPMG, Missy has traveled to Australia and Europe as a specialist in operational efficiency and design. Her innovative philosophies about accounting as a language and impact as the culmination of lifelong planning are promulgated in two bestselling books and a bevy of keynotes, articles and corporate talks. If organizations live and die by the numbers, it is because they know how to use them effectively to get their goals achieved.
Missy is excited about getting involved with mitigating the housing crises here and appreciates the Housing First initiative as a proven methodology. She hopes to add value by uncovering ways that we can tweak the program/message/efforts so that larger San Francisco and the world can understand all the good work and results HomeRise is contributing to San Francisco
Sheila Aharoni
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Sheila joined the HomeRise board in 2015 and served as Treasurer for six years before she was elected President in 2024.
Sheila is a global technology leader who built, grew, and transformed businesses for 30+ years. As a Revenue Operator in public and private start-up companies, she was successful in scaling sales and turning around struggling businesses. Her career foundation was refined at Fortune 50 market bellwethers– GE, Motorola, and Black & Decker. She leveraged her big company learnings in two software startups, launching sales from scratch, scaling pre and post-sales, customer success, and sales engineering. Sheila is an advisor for SkyDeck, UC Berkeley’s startup incubator.
Sheila earned her BS from Georgia Tech and MBA at GA State and Indiana University.
Juthaporn Chaloeicheep
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John Fisher
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John joined the HomeRise board in 2015 and has served as Secretary since 2018. He also serves as the chair of the Fund Development Committee. John is a native San Franciscan and currently lives in the city’s Mission District with his young family. Since 2014, John has worked in real estate development and investment. John is also a board member at the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, where he serves on the Finance and External Relations Committees.
Tyler Kyser
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Patrick Schmalz
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Patrick (Pat) Schmalz, currently the CEO for St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco (SVDP-SF), has more than 30 years of experience in leadership and financial roles. As CEO, he leads SVDP-SF operations and partners with the Board of Directors on strategic planning, fundraising, and policy matters. Previously, he served as the CFO of Meals on Wheels San Francisco (MOWSF) for seven years. During his time at MOWSF, he led financial initiatives that significantly impacted the organization’s growth, including facilitating $8 million in tax credit financing that helped to build the Sangiacomo Flynn Kitchen & Distribution Center. Pat brings residential knowledge of the local community and a passion for service to the HomeRise Board. Pat earned a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Loyola University Maryland, as well as an inactive CPA credential from the state of Maryland. Pat also serves on the Board of Directors of the Bella Primary Care Clinic in San Francisco.
Neil Sims
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Jonathan Storper
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Jonathan Storper is a partner at the law firm of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco where he represents for-profit and nonprofit organizations in corporate and other strategic transactions, governance, fiduciary duties, and intellectual property matters. With a strong track record advising boards and executive teams, Jonathan brings deep expertise in governance, strategic growth, and mission-aligned business models. He serves on the Homerise Governance Committee.
Jonathan has served on multiple Boards of Directors and has been honored as a California Attorney of the Year for his pioneering leadership in drafting and championing California’s benefit corporation legislation-the first legal framework in the U.S. to embed social and environmental accountability into corporate governance. This legislation has since been adopted in 36 states and several countries.
Jonathan has been recognized as a California Super Lawyer and Legal 500’s inaugural US City Elite rankings in Corporate and M&A transactions. He has been repeatedly named to the MO 100 Top Impact CEO list of top impact leaders. Jonathan is a passionate advocate for a more just and sustainable economy.
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