Gary Kingsbury works with the New Life Dream Center on the development of a new 50-bed emergency homeless shelter for families in Antioch. Formerly Chief Operating Officer and VP of Community Outreach with Bay Area Rescue Mission, Gary comes to Contra Costa County with seven years experience working in the Seattle area. There he provided services and shelter for homeless residents and veterans and those in great need. He was also the Vice Chair of the King County oversight committee for their Veterans and Human Services tax levy, a .5% sales tax which generates $16 annually for housing and other direct services. Gary worked for 20 years in new business development in the technology industry, plus another 20 years as a nonprofit Executive/Pastor. Gary has an MS in Theological Studies from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, an MBA from John Carroll University, and has done post graduate work at Harvard, Columbia, and UC Irvine. His heart's passion is serving those in great need.

Gabriel Lemus is the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Planner in the Contra Costa Department of Conservation and Development, and has worked with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs for almost 15 years. Gabriel earned an MS in Planning from Cornell University after being exposed to urban planning as a part of cross-disciplinary classes for his Chicano studies/History BA. He really enjoys working with the nonprofits that serve Contra Costa's disadvantaged and lower income residents. Two of his favorite projects funded by the CDBG program were the total transformation of the Opportunity Junction training facility in Antioch, and the renovation of Ujima's The Rectory Women's Recovery Center where pregnant and parenting women and their children live during addiction recovery. Gabriel also serves as the Spanish translator for the Contra Costa Consortium, the CDBG/HOME collaboration of the cities of Antioch, Concord, Pittsburg, Richmond and Walnut Creek, as well as the urban county. 

Diane Aguinagua, a Captain in the Antioch Police Department, has served in law enforcement for over 25 years with the Sheriff's office and the City of Antioch. She is a member of the Antioch Suburban Poverty Task Force, and has worked with hundreds of homeless people during her tenure in law enforcement. Diane has seen homeless people experience a lonely death on the streets. She has also witnessed some tremendous successes as people turned their lives around, became successfully housed, and now are contributing members of society, and she is eager to be part of many more success stories. Diane earned a MS in Political Science from Cal State Hayward and enjoys traveling and family life with her husband, daughters and huge dog. She’s also a huge sports fan, especially the Giants, as well as a history buff.