Shari Brasher
Chief Executive Officer
shari@freshstart.org
760-448-2016
Joined Fresh Start in 2004
Volunteer & BOD Member 1992-2004
Margaret Phelan
Chief Financial Officer
margaret@freshstart.org
760-448-2010
Joined Fresh Start in 2009
Michelle Pius
Chief Development Officer & Global Partnerships
michelle@freshstart.org
760-448-2018
Joined Fresh Start in 2010
Jill Granquist, RN, BSN
Medical Program Director
jill@freshstart.org
760-448-2014
Joined Fresh Start in 2023
Volunteer 2003
Fiona King
National Director of Development
fiona@freshstart.org
805-620-8690
Joined Fresh Start in 2024
Hablo Español
Lupita Morales
National Director of Patient & Volunteer Services
lupita@freshstart.org
760-448-2025
Joined Fresh Start in 2007
Hablo Español
Angela Paduch, RN, BSN
Medical Program Manager
angela@freshstart.org
726-234-0382
Joined Fresh Start in 2023
Miriam Hernandez
Clinical and Case Manager
Medical Assistant
miriam@freshstart.org
760-448-2024
Joined Fresh Start in 2007
Hablo Español
Maribel Contreras
Lead Medical Services Coordinator
Medical Assistant
maribel@freshstart.org
760-448-2023
Joined Fresh Start in 2012
Hablo Español
Lesy Hernandez
Medical Assistant
Volunteer Assistant
lesy@freshstart.org
760-835-7265
Joined Fresh Start in 2024
Hablo Español
Kendall Johnston
Development Associate
kendall@freshstart.org
703-969-1647
Joined Fresh Start in 2024
Ángel Portillo
Medical Assistant
angel@freshstart.org
760-994-9253
Joined Fresh Start in 2024
Hablo Español
Cassandra Trinh
Medical Assistant
cassandra@freshstart.org
760-533-5077
Joined Fresh Start in 2024
Hablo Español
Board of Directors
Maggie Shoecraft – President
Retired
Jeremy Hirshberg, PhD – Immediate Past President
JAZ Capital Partners, LLC
Anthony Arnold – Vice President
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP – Partner
Alex Shahabe – Secretary
OWL – President
Traci Holley – Treasurer
Axos Bank – Senior Vice President Lending Compliance Officer & LQC
Russell R. Reid, MD, PhD – Medical Director
Fresh Start – Chicago
The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences
Christine Willis
Director
CCL Hospitality Group, President
Frank Fazio
Director
Amplifica Holdings Group – President & CEO
Michael Brucker, M.D.
Director
Brucker Plastic Surgery
Temple Zander, PhD
Director
Joe Johnson
Director
Tyson Simon
Director
Kforce, Inc. – Vice President Technology & Transformation Solutions
Tom Cavallo
Director
EVP of Business Development
GoodLeap, LLC
Executive Leadership
Greg Ostrow, MD
Scripps Clinic Pediatric Ophthalmology
FRESH START CLINIC MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Shari Brasher
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Michelle Pius
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS
Margaret Phelan
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER