Our technology partners Joy Zhang and Madeline Dangerfield-Cha, co-founders of Mon Ami, were named two of 2021 Influencers in Aging by NextAvenue! At the beginning of the pandemic, Mon Ami partnered with us to develop a new application of their mobile software to match young volunteers with elders needing support. More than a year and a half later, the Mon Ami app grew into a technology platform for Villages and has improved our ability to serve our members. We are grateful for this partnership and as our Executive Director Kate Hoepke once said, Mon Ami is “a tool for scaling love and human connection!” Congratulations to the Mon Ami team!
Photo: Therese Santiago for Stanford Magazine.
Sara joined the team in 2018. She brings with her 20 years of experience in community development, philanthropy, and organizational management. She completed her bachelors at George Washington University and her masters at UC Berkeley. Her career focus has been on evaluating how community groups run from year-to-year and strengthening daily processes to increase institutional success. Sara loves travel and global development issues, particularly a non-profit she founded 10 years ago focusing on students’ access to school in Cambodia. Sara is raising her family here in San Francisco.
Maya is a public relations and communications professional with more than a decade of experience; her expertise includes consumer products and technology PR, as well as event management and content development. She has been a pro-bono consultant with the Taproot Foundation since 2012, and has participated in three service grants to date. Maya attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with a BA in mass communications and a minor in political science.