We’re a small team with big hearts and a passion for providing community care.
Board of Directors
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Matt Reese
BOARD CHAIR
Matt is a recognized business leader and entrepreneur with a passion for starting companies and helping others to grow.
His focus is building strong administrative teams that help to establish organizations and minimize turnover.
Experienced in advocacy work, Matt has served and chaired several boards in the healthcare, service and insurance industries.
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Gabrielle Kelly, LCSW
BOARD VICE-CHAIR
After earning her Master’s in Social Work from Humboldt State University, Gabrielle pursued clinical licensure and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Passionate about empowering individuals, she believes in the innate capacity for change and that, while we cannot alter past experiences, we can transform how we respond to them to live meaningful, intentional lives. With deep roots in Humboldt County, Gabrielle is devoted to the well-being of both children and the broader community.
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Allison Hodges
BOARD SECRETARY
Alison Hodges is an experienced educator and advocate with over 20 years dedicated to supporting marginalized and underserved populations. Her career reflects a deep commitment to fostering resilience in teens through holistic care, academic support, and community collaboration.
Currently, Alison serves as an Academic Advisor and Lecturer at Cal Poly Humboldt, where she emphasizes personal development and academic success for students.
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Bruce Kaye
BOARD MEMBER
Bruce is a Towering House clan member for the Big Water clan. Bruce brings his 24 years of experience as a substance abuse counselor and prevention specialist to the board and imparts important information regarding culturally sensitive ways when working with tribes in Humboldt County.
Bruce has invaluable knowledge of current childcare welfare systems as well as tribal wisdom that informs Sorrel Leaf’s commitments to honoring native representation and traditional knowledge.
Cultural Council
The Cultural Council, established in 2024, provides ongoing guidance for Sorrel Leaf Healing Center’s development and its relationships with Tribal communities. The Council meets quarterly and brings together Sorrel Leaf’s leadership with Tribal members to ensure collaboration, cultural humility, and guidance in cultural decision making.
The following is read aloud and reflected upon at our meetings.
Traditional values are sacred. We are grounded in spirituality, accepting unknown and unexplainable.
We treat each other with respect and gratitude. From this place we nurture a safe and comfortable environment in which individuals may share words, thoughts, feelings and actions.
We stay present with one another, pause, and listen.
Everyone has their own truth. From a relational worldview, we can learn from one another.
While many things are shared, each individual determines for themselves what is true for them. Unitedly, we come together to look at the what, the why, the how and reflect.
Current Members
The purpose of the group is to advise, share cultural etiquette, and remind us that we are all relatives.
There are certain traditions that are not to be explained or written down.
Traditionally, things are shared and passed down through stories and through actions.
By listening and sharing everyone gets the benefit of one another’s intelligence, the group knowledge grows, providing greater wisdom and strength to deal with whatever issue or challenges are before the community.
Our community is one of relations, we are all relatives.
Amos Albers
Leo Carpenter
Gracie Graham
Bruce Kaye
Marissa Lopez
Aerin Monroe
Daisy Smith
Juanita Villareal
Merle Whistler