Guided by Experience: Professional and Lived

Sanctuary Community Initiative is guided by people who believe recovery, reentry, prevention, and community support require more than one program or one organization. Our board brings together professional experience, civic involvement, nonprofit service, lived experience, business leadership, and a shared commitment to helping people and families rebuild.

That combination matters. We're not guessing at what people need after treatment or release. We know the barriers firsthand, and we know that stability takes more than a completion date: it takes safe community, practical resources, accountability, and people who believe restoration is possible.

Board members help guide the mission, build partnerships, support fundraising, strengthen accountability, and connect Sanctuary Community Initiative to the broader community.

Because of the experience around our table, we know how to serve, support, and guide the people we're here to help.

Meet the Board

Joseph Landin III

President & CEO

Founder of Sanctuary. Drawing on his own lived experience of homelessness and addiction, Joseph has spent more than two decades building recovery and reentry services across the Phoenix metro.

Jeremy Schall

Board Member

Leads Sanctuary's coordination with the Arizona Department of Corrections, Maricopa County Adult Probation, JTOP, and the courts, connecting justice-involved members to housing and continued care.

Kelly Whiting

Treasurer

Full bio coming soon.

Angelo Lopez

Board Member

Full bio coming soon.

Board Leadership Rooted in Purpose

The board provides oversight, direction, and accountability so Sanctuary Community Initiative stays focused on the real needs of the people we serve. With professional experience in behavioral health, recovery, and reentry, and lived experience that brings firsthand insight, they shape programs and partnerships that are practical, compassionate, and grounded in reality.

Together, they keep Sanctuary serving with integrity, wisdom, and a commitment to helping people move toward stability, independence, and hope.

Help guide the mission.

We're looking for board members who care about recovery, prevention, reentry, family support, community service, and practical solutions that help people rebuild. We welcome people with experience in nonprofit service, civic leadership, business, finance, fundraising, behavioral health, recovery, reentry, workforce development, housing, faith and community work, or lived experience.

In your application, you'll be asked to briefly describe your civic or community involvement, or why you want to participate in nonprofit and community work.