​Mobile Teams and Local Stewards
Streets Team
Buddy Bennett

Deborah Young

Gerardo De Guzman

Jason Berube
Shower Power 
​Angelina Pena

Eleana Dull

Leyla Williams
Outreach
Brianni Peters

Leyla Williams 

Deborah Young 
Local Stewards
Candace Rincon

Donna Archuleta

Ferose Bassier

Herman Martinez

Nicole Daniels

Jewel Morse

Mernard Washington

Clinton Nelson

Anthony Contreras 

Team Leaders

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​Tshombe Perkins
Streets Team 
Tshombe has worked 30 plus hours per week with SOS for over a year. He began as a Streets Team member, then advanced to become its leader where he manages 10 people working on encampment clean-up, outreach, relationship building, and neighborhood problem solving. Hard-working and serious and extremely dedicated, he is deeply respected by his team and the encampment residents they serve and has cultivated a strong ability to create trusting relationships that empower unhoused residents to improve their living and employment situations. Tshombe is a North Richmond native and has been able to secure temporary housing as a result of his SOS employment.

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​Cyntha Simpson 
Shower Power 
Cyntha has 18 months experience with Shower Power and will expand this role to deploy aligned Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) amenities. She is a strong-willed leader who stays positive and is a people person who communicates with everyone. Cyntha knows the people in the unhoused community and can easily ally with them. She is expert with handling the intricacies of deploying mobile amenities. Her motivations are strengthened by her determination to make a strong family for her newborn child. She was born in San Pablo and raised in Richmond. Cyntha and her partner O’Neill Fernandez have just secured permanent housing for her family.


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​Candace Rincon 
Castro Team ​
Candace Rincon is SOS Team leader for the Castro St. encampment where about 50 people are housed in a variety of RV’s, trailers and their own cars. She has been an SOS staff member for two years. Her responsibilities include directing a team of four Streets Team workers and volunteer residents in keeping the community clean and orderly. Candace and the team work closely with residents to head off problems and assess current needs. 

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O'Neill Fernandez 
Outreach Team 
O’Neill has a strong grasp of the dynamics at the Castro encampment, where he plays a pivotal role in building positive relationships.  O’Neil recently received his certification in Mental Health First Aid and is expected to become a community health worker with LifeLong Medical Care. He taught poetry and music for youth in detention to help even those who could barely write feel confident to express themselves and be proud of their work. Originally from Honolulu, HI, O’Neill became homeless four years after losing his wife.






Manager Team 

Daniel Barth
Executive Director ​
Daniel has over 35 years of experience working with unhoused populations, 33 of them in program management. He has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. Since 1987 He has raised $21M  to build and manage emergency shelter and transitional housing  for 180 East Bay  households.  Under his leadership, SOS grew from an informal volunteer network to a 501c3 nonprofit with over 20 employees in less than two years. Daniel has lived in central Richmond for 12 years and is a first generation American from Queens, NY. ​
Randy Scott
Logistics Manager ​
Randy has been a full-time employee of SOS for most of the period since June 2020. He leads the field work in encampments and addresses their logistical needs, with a focus on “making friends, connections and influencing people.” His strong leadership and problem-solving skills, and his unique ability to relate to his unhoused neighbors, have made him a highly effective manager. His dedication to the mission is exemplary, and his personal transformation has drawn much attention. Formerly incarcerated and unsheltered for 26 years, SOS is his first employment since 1998.
Workforce Coordinator
Administers the workforce empowerment process and facilitates employment-related services. Position is currently vacant.