# Jamie Almanza

> Jamie Almanza is the CEO of Bay Area Community Services (BACS), a 70-year-old Oakland nonprofit she has led since 2010 - scaling it from a small mental-health agency into a 500+ person, $100M+ social impact operation that houses, supports, and prevents homelessness for more than 20,000 Northern Californians a year.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Bay Area Community Services (BACS)
- **Organizations:** Bay Area Community Services (BACS)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA (Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women full scholarship), Mills College
- **Known for:** Grew BACS from a small mental-health agency into a 500+ employee organization with $100M+ annual budget, Opened 25+ new programs in her first 9 years as CEO, Led the 7-month sprint with Kaiser Permanente that housed 515 aging unhoused Oakland residents

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Becomes Executive Director / CEO of Bay Area Community Services
- **2017** — Publishes nonprofit survival guide in Generations magazine (American Society on Aging)
- **2019** — Delivers TEDxOakland talk: 'How to create a world where No One Lives Outside'
- **2020** — Named Woman of the Year for California State Senate District 9 by Senator Nancy Skinner
- **2020** — BACS awarded $10M via California Project Homekey for Project Reclamation
- **2021** — Kaiser Permanente partnership houses 515 aging homeless Oaklanders in 7 months
- **2025** — Co-authors California Policy Lab brief on regional Bay Area homelessness prevention

## Achievements

- Grew BACS from a small mental-health agency into a 500+ employee organization with $100M+ annual budget
- Opened 25+ new programs in her first 9 years as CEO
- Led the 7-month sprint with Kaiser Permanente that housed 515 aging unhoused Oakland residents
- Won $10M Project Homekey award to buy single-family homes in Oakland for permanent supportive housing
- Named 2020 Woman of the Year, California Senate District 9
- Full MBA scholarship recipient through Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women initiative at Mills College

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Co-authored California Policy Lab brief on regional homelessness prevention in the Bay Area

## Links

- Website: https://bayareacs.org
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiealmanza/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CommunitySvcs
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3FoVMmmb8
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bayareacs

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Last updated: 2026-05-30