Our Leadership Team
Steve Fields, MPA, Executive Director
Executive Director of Progress Foundation since 1969, Steve Fields has championed the development of social rehabilitation programs throughout California and the nation, pioneered acute residential alternatives to hospitalization, opened the first social model residential treatment programs for geriatric clients and the first social model residential treatment program for women and children. He received his BA from Harvard and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of San Francisco. A leader in local, state and national efforts to develop and promote change in the mental health system, he was instrumental in forming the San Francisco Human Services Network (HSN), an association of over 100 nonprofit agencies.
Samantha Duarte, LCSW, Director of Clinical Services
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Steve Fields, MPA, Executive Director
Executive Director of Progress Foundation since 1969, Steve Fields has championed the development of social rehabilitation programs throughout California and the nation, pioneered acute residential alternatives to hospitalization, opened the first social model residential treatment programs for geriatric clients and the first social model residential treatment program for women and children. He received his BA from Harvard and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of San Francisco. A leader in local, state and national efforts to develop and promote change in the mental health system, he was instrumental in forming the San Francisco Human Services Network (HSN), an association of over 100 nonprofit agencies.
Swati Kapadia, Chief Financial Officer
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Samantha Duarte, LCSW, Director of Clinical Services
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Elizabeth Hernandez, LMFT, LPCC, Director of Operations & Clinical Services, North Bay
Elizabeth earned her Bachelors degree in Psychology from Mills College and her Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Dominican University of California and is dually licensed as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. Elizabeth has held several different positions within Progress Foundation; she joined the agency in 2008 as a Personal Services Coordinator for the Transitional Age Youth Full Service Program, working with youth with severe psychiatric illnesses. Elizabeth completed the University of Massachusetts Boston Infant-Parent Mental Health Post Graduate Certificate Program in the 2012-2013 cohort, with her final project being the creation of a group curriculum for at-risk parents. Elizabeth became the Program Director for the PLACES THP+ and Supported Living Programs in 2013 and was then promoted to the Assistant Clinical Director for the Napa and Sonoma Programs in 2016.