Our Staff
 Susan K. Kinder,M.B.A., Executive Director. Susan has served on the Board of Directors since 2007 and as Board President since 2009 through June 2010. She currently serves as Executive Director of the agency. Her extensive business background and acumen have enabled her to actively participate in the broadening of the focus and services of the agency. Susan received a Bachelors Degree in Business from San Jose State University in 1974 followed by a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Santa Clara in 1983. Following several years managing technology companies in the Santa Clara Valley, she developed a consulting practice which served that industry and its affiliated banks and investors. Her practice included business plan development, financing strategies, strategic business review, and early stage financial management. Because of her interest in youth, Susan was a founding board member of the Sunnyvale School District Foundation. Since her retirement from her consulting practice, Susan has sought ways to actively serve her community and is licensed as an emergency foster parent for the County of Sonoma’s Child Protective Services. |
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 Wendy Evans, Restorative Justice Programs Manager. Wendy Evans has been with Restorative Resources since November 2001. As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Wendy has worked in a variety of settings during her career. Wendy’s work at Restorative Resources combines many of her interests: working with youths & families, helping to create more humane and effective ways to deal with the harm caused by criminal offenses, and working with other committed professionals to build an services that benefit all in the community. Wendy lives near Sebastopol on 3 acres with her husband, two miniature donkeys and three dogs. |
 Tori Coto, Restorative Process Facilitator: Tori has been actively working for peace for over 40 years, the last 5 plus years as a restorative conference coordinator. She brings excellent communication & coaching skills as well as deep compassion and warmth to her work with teens. She is the mother of two sons and grandmother to two. She spends her precious spare time gardening and dancing. |
During the past twenty-five years he has worked with youth and their families, non-profit and government agencies teaching and advocating for Restorative Practices as a means of repairing harm, promoting healing and strengthening communities. Todd brings to his work a passion to see individuals and communities transformed around networks of right relationships. In his leisure, Todd enjoys dogs, USC football, reading, talk radio, nature viewing, chocolate pecan “turtles”, and hanging-out with his wife of twenty-five years, Lori; not necessarily in that order. |
Jamie Jimenez, Office Manager (More info soon) |
Karen has done extensive work with adults and young people in groups, counseling, teaching parenting classes, consulting and case management in the past and feels prepared for working with Restorative practices. The “Restorative philosophy is one that I have believed in for many years and it feels like I have been doing this work for a long time”. Karen
Karen is the mother of five children one biological and four adopted, all grown. She resides in Santa Rosa near her children and grandchildren with her Border collie, Buddie. |
Amos Clifford, Program Development. Amos Clifford joined Restorative Resources as its Executive Director in January of 2008 and led the agency until July 2010 through a critical transition period before happily accepting the opportunity to focus exclusively on program development. He says his career started when he was 16 years old, and was sentenced to serve a year in a juvenile detention center. With help from his probation office and other caring adults he became involved in wilderness education programs, where in five years he rose to the position of program director. He then worked for three years in a 24-bed residential treatments center for adult drug addicts; oversaw the opening of a pre-release halfway house for women parolees; developed a multi-faceted program serving youth and families affected by substance abuse and other problems; and then became a much sought-after consultant helping schools and non-profits develop and fund youth and family service programs. He then founded a company that developed and provided case management software to hundreds of organizations in California and other states. Mr. Clifford has served on many commissions and workgroups at the county and state levels. He has authored many articles and essays and contributed to curriculum development perinatal substance abuse prevention, student assistance programs, and other issues. He was a contributor to the California Framework for Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems, and editor of the California Prevention Network Journal. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Organizational Development and a Masters of Arts in Education from the University of San Francisco. He is an avid hiker and musican, performing frequently in venues throughout Sonoma County.
Todd Michero, Restorative Process Facilitator: Todd’s work with Restorative Resources is the culmination of life experiences that have taught him the value of Restorative Practices when applied to everyday relationships. Growing-up as the son of a prison inmate and product of two broken homes, Todd is familiar with the pain of broken relationships when the harm they bring is not repaired.
Karen Pino, Restorative Schools Specialist: Karen has years of experience working towards promoting positive and effective communication. She obtained her MSW at Sacramento State University, and has been practicing Social Work in various capacities in Great Britain and the United States for the last twenty years.