Our Staff

Our staff shares the high standards and commitment with children and family and their communities. Many of them, social workers, inclusion paraprofessionals, educators, volunteer coordinators, mental health professionals to senior management, are working towards a single vision – our collective action to support communities and families as they love and care for children. Teams develop programs by sharing knowledge gained and sharing community connections to improve practices across the network resulting in improving efficiency and effectiveness across the continuum of care of Aspiranet.

Aspiranet’s staff are experts in advocating with and for their stakeholders, to insure the necessary resources are made available for client success. Whether it is referring someone within the Aspiranet network, or sharing community contacts on behalf of clients, or educating policymakers on needed changes governing community and educational programs, Aspiranet is dedicated to facilitating the best outcome within the client’s support system. And if there is none, Aspiranet looks to create a permanent support system for the client.

The Agency’s services are administratively managed and supported by a central headquarters’ office located in South San Francisco, California. Headquarters provides accounting, human resources, communications, information technology and administrative support services for all Aspiranet locations. This model of centralized business processes leaves the local field offices to focus on delivering the best program services to the communities in which they serve. Aspiranet is under the leadership of its Chief Executive Officer, Vernon Brown.

Vernon is one of the original cofounders of Stewards of Change and a member of the leadership team. Vernon brings over 30 years of experience in child welfare as CEO of Aspiranet. As a child welfare innovator and leader, Mr. Brown continues to lead the development of new program approaches to serve children, their families and communities. He began his children's services career more than 30 years ago during the Youth Services Bureau movement, an effort to prevent young people from being jailed with adult offenders. Mr. Brown has also served on a variety of boards representing children's service agencies. "The human service field is blessed with talented leaders and promising new practices," says Brown, "but too often discussions about how to move forward are limited to a small group of people with finite resources."