STAFF

Bill Knowlton
Executive Director
Prior to joining the Mack Road PBID Bill served as Chair for the Stockton Blvd. Partnership and as the Executive Director of the Stockton Blvd Community Development Corporation. Bill has also served on many Boards and Commissions throughout our region including the Oak Park Business Association, the Oak Park Neighborhood Association, the Sacramento Community Police Commission, the UCD Community Advisory Board and currently on the Sacramento Steps Forward Continuum of Care Board. Bill’s career focus has been on building healthy communities through employment and self-sufficiency. His 25 plus years of Management experience in the private sector in the retail automotive industry uniquely positions us to move the business of Mack Road to the next level.

Marilyn Mann
Director of Community Partnerships
Marilyn comes to the Mack Road Partnership & ReIMAGINE Mack Road Foundation with nearly twenty years of professional experience leading teams in the development, implementation, administration, and operation of social service programs. With a heart for those served by the non-profit sector, Marilyn has extensive experience working to build partnerships that bridge business and non-profit efforts toward growing and sustaining healthier communities. Marilyn has taken on various roles throughout her career from directing multimillion-dollar programs, to human resources, quality assurance of programs, policy and procedures, community outreach and partnering, and grant writing. She credits her diverse knowledge and experience to working 18 years as a Director for Next Move (formerly known as Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center) and with other various agencies. These experiences have made Marilyn well versed in working with marginalized, at-risk populations (homeless families with children and single adults, chronically homeless seniors, disabled adults, alcohol and substance abuse clients, homeless clients with co-occurring disorders, families impacted by domestic and family violence. She is a local girl, Sac State Alumni with old ties to the Mack Road area, singer-songwriter, wife, and mother of six. When she is not at work, Marilyn enjoys spending time exploring the outdoors with her family and is a regular volunteer in worship and women’s ministries at her church.

Ibra Henley
Administrative Coordinator
Ibra comes to the Mack Road Partnership with 30 plus years of experience working with families in Sacramento. She is a 35 year Sacramentan and has a great deal of affection for the City of Trees. She has worked with a number of nonprofits and public entities from direct service to Executive Leadership.

Norma Ward
District Maintenance Manager (Urban Clean Team)
Norma has a been in supervisor/management positions since she was 18 years of age. She previously worked as a Fire Fighter, a Correctional officer at Soledad Prison, a Program Director at Volunteers of America homeless shelter, and a Part Owner and Operator of Public House Theater. While being a daddy’s girl, her mom has always been her inspiration. Her mother came to this country from Mexico with nothing. She showed that with hard work and dedication you can achieve anything you want. Norma has one sister and three brothers whom she is very close to. Most of her family lives in Redding where she grew up. Norma is married to Blanche and has a son in addition to raising three of their grandchildren.

Terrell Olive
Community Center Program Coordinator

Matt Mertens, President

Robert Brown, Vice President
Another Look Hair Salon

Jennifer Ablog
Secretary, Kaiser Permanente – Greater Sacramento

Sabrina Teft, Treasurer
City of Sacramento

Mariane Santos, Director
Newmark Merrill

Carole Kight, Director
RM Property Management

Keaton Riley, Dirctor
County Supervisor Kennedy’s Office

Chase Stremsterfer, Director
County of Sacramento, BERC
Amit Prakash, Legacy Director
Phoenix Hospitality Group, Inc.
Anish Prakash
Phoenix Hospitality Group, Inc.

Vera Utley, Director
Wasatch Properties