In addition to a growing community of volunteers and financial supporters, Pomona Hope is led by an all-volunteer Board of Directors. Our staff includes a full-time Executive Director, full-time Programs Director and three volunteer staff who give of their time, energy and expertise completing important organizational responsibilities.
Staff
Kimberly Reiter
Executive Director
Kimberly Anderson relocated to south Pomona and joined the Pomona Hope Board in April 2010. She stepped into the role of Executive Director in January 2011.
Kimberly is a licensed minister. Prior to serving at Pomona Hope Kimberly was the Assistant Pastor at Vineyard Community Church in Pomona where she directed community outreach ministry and leadership development.
Kimberly spent over 15 years in higher education and non-profit administration and marketing. Recent experience includes: Director of Communications, C.S. Lewis Foundation; Recruiter/Internship Coordinator, Claremont Graduate University Teacher Education Internship Program; and Recruiter/Admissions Coordinator, Claremont Graduate University School of Humanities; Freelance Graphic Design and Communications Consultant, Pomona, CA. In addition to serving as Executive Director for Pomona Hope, Kimberly serves as the Executive Administrator for First Presbyterian Church of Pomona.
Kimberly holds a B.S. in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University where she did focused research on incarnational ministry and community development. She is a strong administrator and catalytic leader. Kimberly is passionate about individual and organizational transformation. Whether it is healing from destructive lifestyle choices or transcending oppressive systems, Kimberly feels called to speak and walk out a message of hope for all people.
Emily Budiyanto
Programs Director
Emily Budiyanto received her BA in Sociology and Spanish in 2005. While in college, Emily pursued multiple opportunities to engage in cross-cultural, social justice oriented experiences, within urban settings. She was an intern at the Bresee Foundation in Los Angeles, where she led young adults in an urban immersion experience. With the Resurrection Project in Chicago, IL, she interned to promote immigrant healthcare and housing opportunities. She helped provide safe-house resources for battered women and children as an intern at Lewis House in Hastings, MN. And, as an intern with Casas por Cristo in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, she supervised short-term missions groups in building two room homes for residents. After college Emily accepted a position with the Bresee Foundation in Los Angeles, where she led student employees and community volunteers to inspire learning among the youth, address studentsÂ’ academic needs and engage student leaders in creating and carrying out a peer tutoring program . During this time Emily also received additional training in racial reconciliation, social justice, and urban ministry, by interning with Servant Partners in Pomona, CA. After working with Bresee, Emily accepted a new position as a Youth Ministry Coordinator in Pomona, CA. This position has given her continued experience in volunteer coordination and training, intensive mentoring of at-risk youth, leadership development, event coordination and fundraising. Emily joined the Pomona Hope staff as the Pomona Hope Kids Coordinator in 2007.
