Meet Our Team

Bram Begonia, President/CEO

Bram Begonia was appointed CEO and President in Feb 2021. Prior to this, Mr. Begonia was in executive leadership in the nonprofit world working with underserved and diverse communities. He directed programs and operations for charities in East Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, and Hawaii for the last 17 years, leading teams of up to 400. Over the years, he launched and completed large company-wide strategic plans, capital campaigns, and projects, most notably The Salvation Army Silicon Valley ($150M), Kroc Center Hawaii in West Oahu ($133M), and EPACENTER in East Palo Alto ($40M). In a short time, Bram has launched a new strategic plan, helped the team complete the $6 Million capital campaign to launch the recently opened Muriel E. Mayes Center for Women and Children, and has guided the team through new program growth post-pandemic. Though he was born in Hawaii, he grew up in Southern California and Colorado and returned to Hawaii to graduate with honors from the University of Hawaii, Shidler School of Business, and studied at the University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong. He is currently pursuing his MBA in Social Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Management at City Vision University. In addition, he has a beautiful wife of 27 years and three talented young adult children who are all involved in their local church. He loves seeing young people reach their potential, developing leaders, playing the piano, enjoying sports, and traveling. Most importantly, he loves the Lord and loves people!