Meet Our Team

Shakoya Green Long, MA/MSW/ACSW, Executive Director, brings over twenty years of leadership, program, and fundraising experience in the behavioral health and social services non-profit sectors. She served at-risk youth, individuals with severe mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and individuals experiencing homelessness in her past roles. Shakoya earned her B.S., in Child and Family Development from San Diego State University, Masters of Human Behavior from National University, and Master in Social Work from California State University Dominguez Hills. She is involved in the community as a member of the Black Equity Taskforce, The National Association of Social Work, and is co-founder and CEO of B2B (Blessed to be a Blessing) Support Services Inc.

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Martha Figueroa, Operations Manager, joined Thomas House in April 2018. As a shelter program graduate, Martha brings compassion, strength, and organization to our operations and community. She is a highly efficient operation manager and certified account bookkeeper with years of experience supervising multiple volunteer teams, interns, and employees. Martha oversees Thomas House’s property management, planning work schedules, procedures and policies, and onboarding staff to customer service activities, accounts receivable, billing, and preparing the organization’s annual audit.

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Nate Shepherd, Development Manager, joined Thomas House in March 2025. He was born and raised in Yuma, Arizona, where he started his career as an associate pastor. After moving to Phoenix, he moved through different roles in the private sector in operations and sales. However, his calling was to go back to work in nonprofits. He joined an international food aid organization called Feed My Starving Children, where he worked as a regional development advisor. Unfortunately, his time at FMSC ended due to COVID-19, after which he and his family moved to California, where he took a job in public affairs for a government agency.

Nate earned his Bachelor’s in Communications and Public Relations from Colorado State University and has gained plenty of experience in different sectors, but always wanted his career to be in nonprofit work.

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