Dorothy’s Place seeks an Executive Director. Please click to view the full position description or to nominate/apply.

Reporting to the Board, the Executive Director leads all staff and provides the overall vision, leadership, management, and strategic direction for the organization. The Executive Director will be an advocate, a deal-maker, a collaborator and partner to the team, a designer and manager of innovative services and solutions, negotiator, culture-builder and problem-solver, with an ability to spot financial risk before it materializes. The Executive Director functions as Fundraiser-in-Chief, and financial strength in service to mission is this leader’s priority

Based in Salinas and providing services throughout California’s Monterey County, Dorothy’s Place was founded in 1982 as Dorothy’s Kitchen, when volunteers served sandwiches to homeless individuals from the back of a station wagon. Over the last 44 years, the organization expanded by adding basic services (clothing, laundry and day shelter), homeless encampment outreach, housing navigation, behavioral health support, health care management, and supportive housing. Dorothy’s Place has an operating budget of $3.5m, a staff of 27 and a 6-member Board. FY26 projected sources of income are roughly 35% from fee-for-service, 34% from state and federal grants, 19% from major gift and other solicitation activities targeting individual donors and businesses, 10% from private foundations, and 2% from program fees collected from beneficiaries and tenants.

We appreciate you sharing the position description with your network, and also any nominations you might have.

For additional information or to apply, please contact Kevin Redick, Steve Oppenheim & Mark Oppenheim at info[at]moppenheim[dot]com.