Board of Directors & Staff | Habitat Collier

Executive Committee

Rev. Lisa Lefkow, Chief Executive Officer
Nick Kouloheras, President
John Cunningham, Chairperson
Ed Hubbard, VC – Operations
Robert Rice, VC – Development
Doug Peterson, VC – Family Support
Stanard Swihart, M.D., VC – Family Selection
L. Michael Mueller, Treasurer
David Pash, Esq., Secretary

Board of Directors

Rick Adams

Penny Allyn

Kathleen Doar

Tom Fahey

Kathleen Flynn Fox

Curt Gillespie

Robert Gurnitz

Craig Jilk

Patricia Jilk

Rev. Dr. Kathleen L. Kircher

Tom Messmore

John Paalman

David Pash, Esq.

Tom Pollak

Douglas Rankin, Esq.

Robert Rice

John Sampson

Barbara Sill

Alleen Tostrud

Life Directors

Rick Deal

Gene Frey

Bill Hall

Bill Stephenson

George Wainscott

Karl Wyss

Executive Staff

Rev. Lisa Lefkow

Chief Executive Officer

llefkow@habitatcollier.org

After volunteering locally with Habitat and with missions around the world, Lisa joined the Habitat staff in 2000. She is a minister, ordained in the United Methodist Church.

Nick Kouloheras

President

nkouloheras@habitatcollier.org

A member of the Habitat for Humanity team since 2002, Nick is responsible for all aspects of Habitat home construction and land development in the county.

Dean Kacos

Chief Financial Officer

dkacos@habitatcollier.org

A member of the Habitat for Humanity team since September 2017, Dean's background and experiences center around 35+ years in finance and management roles. Prior to joining Habitat, he was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Mosaic Technology, a New Hampshire based Corporation, for 10 years. Previous to Mosaic, he has held senior financial management positions in a variety of companies including Jabra, EMC, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Remanco and Magna Computer Corporation.

Jennifer Pash

Chief Development Officer

jpash@habitatcollier.org

Since joining the team in 2003, Jennifer has been an essential part of the work of Habitat Collier. Her leadership of the fundraising team ensures that the affiliate has the necessary resources to fund the construction of an average of 100 homes per year.