Nancy Rubin, President and Chief Executive Officer
Nancy Rubin is Chief Executive Officer of Edgewood Center for Children and Families. Since joining the agency, Ms. Rubin has facilitated the Board of Directors in enhancing governance and expanding its membership. She has also developed a Leadership Council to strengthen internal management and communications and she implemented agency-wide training. Edgewood has expanded its capacity by 40 percent, now serving more than 5,000 children and families annually. The agency provides a continuum of services for abused, neglected, and vulnerable children. Parents, relative caregivers, and teachers also receive support from Edgewood. Edgewood's programs include a residential and day treatment center for severely emotionally disturbed children, prevention and intervention services on-site in 25 San Francisco schools, community-based individualized services for children and youth in crisis, and the nationally renowned Kinship Support Network.
Before joining Edgewood, Ms. Rubin served as the Director of the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services. In Marin County, she was noted for the development of the County's trauma system, the development of funding and research programs to address the high rates of breast cancer, innovative child welfare programs including a juvenile drug court, and shifting the focus of care for seniors from nursing homes to home-based programs.
Ms. Rubin previously served in significant public health capacities in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Deputy Director and Chief of Staff at the Los Angeles County Health Department; Director of the General Relief health care Program of Los Angeles County; Director of Forensic Service, and Director of the Homeless Program at the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Among her many accomplishments, Ms. Rubin implemented a healthcare program for the uninsured in Los Angeles that served 3.5 million people at 150 sites, and became a model for the entire county health system. At the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, she shifted the program focus from acute to preventative care, managing a $2.5 billion budget and 25,000 employees. As Director of Forensic Services in San Francisco, she implemented innovative programs focusing on criminal justice, including programs for juvenile hall and adult jail treatment, health, mental health, drug court, and child abuse treatment programs.
She was a Senior Policy Fellow at New York University/National Public Health and Hospital Institute. She earned her M.S.W. with an emphasis in public administration from San Francisco State University, and her B.A. in social welfare from UC Berkeley.
Debra Menaker, M.B.A., Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Menaker joined Edgewood as Chief Financial Officer in 2007 with extensive experience as a nonprofit organization executive and financial leader. She oversees Edgewood's finance, human resources and technology groups. Ms. Menaker joins us from the Exploratorium after 17 years of services as the CFO where she was responsible for the financial management of a $30 million not-for-profit science, art and human perception museum. Prior to that she served 5 years as Assistant Treasurer at LucasFilm in San Rafael and began her business career at Levi Strauss, while receiving her MBA from Pepperdine University.
Ken Epstein, L.C.S.W, Director of Programs and Strategy
Mr. Epstein has worked with family/caregiver and youth service programs since 1981. Prior to joining Edgewood, he served as Executive Director of Northeastern Family Institute in Vermont, as an innovator in Wraparound, Substance Abuse and Hospital Diversion Services. Mr. Epstein has served on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), where he directed the Family Therapy Training Program. Under his leadership over the past six years, Edgewood has expanded its programs and developed its community- and school-based services. Mr. Epstein developed Family Conferencing at Edgewood, a vital component of our work to ensure family/caregiver centered and strength-based Services.
Robin Randall, M.D., Medical Director
Dr. Randall received his MD/MPH degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health. Dr. Randall has served as a consulting psychiatrist for Westside Community Services and Walden House, Inc. Dr. Randall joined Edgewood as Associate Medical Director, serving SED children, youth and their families in both intensive and community-based settings, and was promoted to Medical Director in 2002. He is a volunteer clinical faculty member at UCSF and Site Training Director for the UCSF Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program.
