09/28/2026
💙 GRATITUDE • GROWTH • ADVOCACY • ACTION 💙
Operation New Hope is incredibly grateful to the IEHP Foundation for investing in our organization through capacity building, leadership development, and advocacy training.
Because of your support, our voices are stronger, our leaders are growing, and our impact is reaching communities across California.
Over the past two years in the Champions for Vibrant Communities cohort, we’ve celebrated remarkable milestones:
🌟 Strengthened leadership throughout the Operation New Hope team.
🌟 Growth of our emerging Leader Coach, Mario, who applied the invaluable guidance and training from Dr. Carol Geffner and Zene to help build a healthy, vibrant, and empowered team culture.
🌟 Advocacy trainers Sarah Bridge and Kelli L’Heureux helped equip our CEO, Russell Degnan Russell Degnan, with the confidence and skills to elevate our voice at the state level. That journey led to Sacramento, where he witnessed advocacy become action as the “Jails to Jobs” initiative, a policy supported by ONH, was included in the California State Budget.
To CEO Greg Bradbard Greg Bradbard and the incredible IEHP Foundation team, Deanna Hendrick, Sara Omari, Edgar Arreola, Ayla Reyes, Steve, and Jacque Casillas, thank you for believing in our mission and investing in our future.
On behalf of our staff, leadership, Board of Directors, and the communities we serve, thank you for helping us create pathways to hope, opportunity, and lasting change. Together, we are proving that when leaders are empowered, communities thrive. 🙏💙