About Us

Bruce Laycook previously served as vice chair of the ABHOW board of directors. He is an IT consultant with more than 30 years of experience in information systems in the health care industry. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Redlands. He is a lifetime member of the First Baptist Church of Redlands. 

The previous chair of the Cornerstone and ABHOW boards of directors, Randy Stamper brings unique expertise to the organization, providing counsel on CCRC financing and planning. He is the former managing partner with Stamper Rubens, P.S., a law firm in Spokane, Washington, where his practice was 90 percent health care-related. He is a member of the Spokane County, Washington State, Idaho State and American Bar Associations and is authorized to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has served on the board and as general counsel for the Inland Northwest Council, Boy Scouts of America. He is a former board member of Shriners Children's Spokane. He has served on several other boards and was active in numerous community service organizations in Spokane. He recently relocated to Boise, Idaho. He holds a law degree from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho. 

Gloria Meads is a licensed registered nurse working in several health-related fields, including the medical/surgical field as an evening supervisor at Merritt Hospital in Oakland. She has also worked in the public health and psychiatric areas of health services. She earned her master's degree in nursing from the University of California, San Francisco and her RN credential and bachelor's degree in nursing from Columbia University.

Al Kelley joined the be.group (now HumanGood) board of directors in 2008 and became its chair in 2011. His career spanned 37 years in commercial bank lending to large national and international companies. He received his master's degree in business administration from the University of Southern California and his bachelor's degree from California Western University. 

A retired businessman with a broad background, John served as general manager of worldwide operations for the Microsoft Network and as director of executive and management development at Microsoft. He also served as executive director for information resources, human resources and quality assurance for US West Cellular. John was a founding board member of Beacon Development Group, one of Washington’s most respected developers of affordable housing (now owned by HumanGood). He earned his doctorate in the design and evaluation of educational programs with a minor in data analytics and business from Stanford University.

Judee Bavaria is currently a board member on the HumanGood Advocacy and Consulting Board. She is the former president and CEO of Presby's Inspired Life. She recently was appointed to the Mease Life board, a CCRC in Dunedin, Florida. 

She started at Presby in July 1999 as chief operating officer. In 2005, she was appointed president and CEO. During her tenure, the affordable housing ministry expanded from 11 communities to 36 communities. Before joining Presby, she served as corporate compliance officer and vice president of operations for Lutheran Services Northeast. Additionally, she has served in a variety of capacities for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare. Her reputation as a groundbreaking professional has motivated other senior housing and care organizations to seek her expertise as a speaker and trusted advisor. 

Noteworthy is her spirit of volunteerism, which has directed her to support the Philadelphia Corporation of Aging (PCA) as vice chair. Additionally, for a period of six years, she was a member of the board of directors for the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She also devoted much time and expertise as chair of Catholic Senior Housing and Health Care Services for 12 years. 

She is a registered nurse and holds a bachelor's in secondary education from East Stroudsburg University and a master's in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Scranton. She is a graduate of the Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing. 

Donna Benton is an associate research professor of gerontology at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology as well as the director of USC Family Caregiver Support Center/Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center. She has more than 30 years of experience in working to improve services and support to people with dementia. She received her graduate training in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology and was a gero-psychological postdoctoral fellow at USC/Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center. 

Ken Bose is an accomplished nonprofit executive and a long-serving Harborview Properties board member. Under his leadership, the board partnered with HumanGood to oversee a multimillion-dollar transformation of the community into one positioned to serve generations of seniors for many years to come. 

Walter J. Clarke has held policy development and operational-level management positions, working with property developers, investors and major lending institutions as well as local, state and federal agencies involved in financing and producing housing for a broad spectrum of the population in Los Angeles. He retired from the Los Angeles Housing Department in 2004 after serving as a division chief, was director of citywide housing services for the elderly and low-and moderate-income owners and tenants, directed the citywide commercial area and mixed-use housing interface program, and served as senior planner for the County of Los Angeles Area Agency on Aging. He received his master's degrees in business administration and urban planning and development from Pepperdine University and a bachelor's degree in political science from the City College of New York.

Bob Crist has more than 40 years of experience in professional management consulting and in senior executive positions. Over the course of his career, he has consulted with more than 200 organizations in various industries. His positions included serving as chief financial and operating officer for Community Health Plan of Washington and 23 years as a partner with the international accounting and consulting firm of Ernst & Young, most recently as the partner in charge of services to both the health care and natural resources industries. In this role, several of his clients were retirement communities. In the final years of his professional career, he served as chief administrative officer of Bellevue Presbyterian Church, a 4,000-member congregation.

He has a long and continuous commitment to serving  nonprofit organizations. These include serving as board chair of Emerald Communities and each of its related facilities, Emerald Heights and Heron's Key; Samaritan Health Services; and the Learning Disability Association of Washington. Furthermore, he has served as board treasurer of Eastside Catholic High School, Jubilee Reach, the John 14:2 Foundation, the Health Care Purchasers Association and the Agros Foundation. He also served on the investment committee of the national Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation. Other positions include on the boards of Medical Teams International, the Legacy Foundation and the Health Care Financial Management Association. He is a graduate of the University of Redlands with a degree in economics. 

Lynn Melby is a principal of a company that manages community associations and, therefore, he knows how to expertly run productive board meetings. He was instrumental in facilitating the donation of land by Good Shepherd's Baptist Church, which made possible the dream that is Shepherd's Garden in Lynnwood, WA. He recently stepped down as chair of Shepherd's Garden, but he remains a board member.

Mike Reynolds is a long-time Plymouth Village board member, keenly familiar with senior housing issues in San Bernardino, California. He is also the current board chair of Redlands Senior Housing and Redlands Senior Housing II.

Sue Schock Roderick has worked in the field of aging and senior services for more than 40 years. She has experience in long-term health care, mental health, senior living, recreation, education and training. As a consultant on aging with the California State Department on Aging, she was responsible for the establishment of the statewide information and referral network for seniors. Early on in her career, she was responsible for establishing local commissions on aging in areas not yet serving older persons. Before her retirement, she was senior vice president and chief administrative officer for ABHOW. She received her doctorate and master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California as well as master's and bachelor's degrees from San Jose State University. She also maintains a lifetime secondary education teaching credential. 

William G. Young, Jr. joined the Presby's Inspired Life's Board (now HumanGood East) in 1994 and has been a strong advocate for affordable housing for seniors. He is also vice chair of the HumanGood West and South Foundations, chair of the Bala Foundation and an officer of the Chapin Memorial Home for the Blind Foundation. 

He retired following a long career as director of human resources and labor relations for a large, multistate supermarket company. He has been very active in his community and has served on many boards as a member and officer. He is a former moderator of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Presbyterian Church (USA) and a former councilman, council president and mayor of Ambler, Pennsylvania.