Bay Area Impact Blog Squad

Adam Ling

Employer Engagement Specialist

I am inspired by people’s stories coping with and overcoming personal and professional challenges to achieve amazing accomplishments.

Allyson Beran

Visual Merchandising Consultant

I’m the type who craves challenges, and here at Goodwill there’s never a shortage of new challenges (and opportunities) to take on!

Jasimine McCowan

Material Donations Associate

Goodwill’s mission is what inspires me daily as well as the ongoing endless efforts I witness daily through our staff and volunteers.

Joanna Hernandez

Resource Specialist Manager

The younger population inspires me, I love giving people a second chance and to see and be part of their transformations in life.

Johnny Cochran

eCommerce Manager

What brought me to Goodwill? Public transit, of course! What keeps me here is the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the lives of so many people.

Linda Shih

Chief of Sales and Marketing

I look forward to helping someone grow or break through a barrier.

Mark Backes

Director of Retail Sales

The spirit of innovation, growth and change is what keeps me interested and motivated to come to work.

Mark Dinh

Director of Information Technology

The work is not easy, by any stretch of the imagination, and to see your fellow peers keep at it—day after day, month after month, year after year—inspires you to keep going, keep pushing to do the best you can each and every day.

Maybelline Libanag

Data Entry Clerk

I enjoy working at Goodwill because of the family atmosphere. Everyone is close and always extends a helping hand to others.

Michael Bongiorni

Material Donations Manager

The importance of community development merged with the key principles of sustainability are factors that interest me in Goodwill’s role as a community leader.

Ryan Boyle

Director of Employer Engagement

Working at Goodwill allows me to combine my passion for education and social justice with Goodwill’s powerful workforce development and job training engine.

Tim Murray

Director, Brand & Marketing

Goodwill is hard to define. It’s a social service agency. It’s a competitive business. It’s a major recycler. It’s an engine of job creation. It’s a family of people who look out for one another and for this almost 100-year-old enterprise.

(Note: Some of SF Goodwill’s bloggers also blog at the Seismic Thrift blog.)