Board and Staff
Open Inn is a nonprofit, tax exempt organization established in the State of Arizona. The Executive Director directs the organization’s administration and reports to Open Inn’s Board of Directors, which is comprised of community professionals and parents.
DARRELL STEWART, PRESIDENT
Darrell returned to Tucson in 1999 after completing a 26 year career in healthcare. He was involved in hospital management and development in Minneapolis, Cairo (Egypt), Olympia (WA), Tucson and Portland (OR). Darrell has had a long history of community involvement in Tucson including Chair of 1993 Tucson Community United Way Campaign, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Tucson Parks Foundation, Rotary International and the Centurions of St. Mary’s Hospital.
DAVD NICOLETTI, VICE-PRESIDENT
David is a graduate of the University of Buffalo, NY, and has been a pharmacy owner/operator since 1977. He has a BS in Pharmacy from the University of Buffalo, is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, and a Doctor of Natural Medicine. He is a Fellow in the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, and the American College of the Apothecaries. He is a member of APhA, and NCPA. He is currently the President Elect of IACP, as well as a member of the IACP Public Affairs Committee. He has owned and operated Prescription Lab Compounding Pharmacy, a successful compounding only pharmacy, specializing in nutrition, age management, hospice, pain management, and veterinary medicine, since 1996. He and his wife Diane reside in Tucson, Arizona.
SCOTT SEBREE, TREASURER
Biography to be added soon…
KIRSTEN COOPER, SECRETARY
Kirsten has been in Tucson since 1988. She attended the University of Arizona and graduated with a degree in Media Arts. She was hired the next day at KGUN, channel 9 and worked her way up to Director. She met her husband at the U of A in 1990, was married in 1996 and has 2 small children. She’s a now a personal trainer who runs her own business at home, so she can be home for her family. Being a parent she realizes the importance of a child having a safe place to go whether the child is having problems communicating at home and need a time out, being abused, neglected or has been left homeless. Kirsten is active in the planning of Open Inn’s Annual Luncheon.
SONJA BURKHALTER
Sonja has been the Executive Director of Northland Family Help Center since May 2005. Prior to this position Sonja was the Program Director for the Alternatives Center for Family Based Services, a satellite program of Tucson-based Open Inn, Inc. Residing in Flagstaff since 1998, Sonja has over 14 years experience working in human services. She has worked with adults with developmental disabilities, children in a day care setting, high-risk/at-risk youth, detained and adjudicated youth, and women survivors of domestic violence. Raised in northeast Pennsylvania, she holds a BA in Psychology from Lycoming College and a MA in Education from Lindenwood University.
KARIN ERICKSON
Karin considers herself to be a native Tucsonan, as she moved here in 1971. She graduated from the UA in 1987 with a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree. Having grown up in Tucson she has watched the city grow and change. Her career began in the arts, and she currently focuses her attention on customer service. She has been involved in the community for years. Most recently she has been an active participant with Open Inn, YWCA Women’s Leadership Program, and the FBI Citizen’s Academy. Her first involvement with Open Inn was in 2005 working with the Safe Place Program. In 2006 she joined the fundraising committee to assist with the Annual Luncheon. Now she looks forward to assisting the needs for Open Inn as a Board Member.
ERIC OXMAN
Eric considers himself a native of Tucson, having lived here since the age of 1. He has attended school in Tucson from kindergarten, up through a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Arizona. He has been married to his lovely wife, BJ, since 2004, and they have no kids yet. In 1996, Eric started Rillito Mortgage & Investment, a residential and commercial mortgage company. In 1998, Eric expanded into real estate investment, and then into real estate development in 2003.
Eric has been on the board of directors for Open Inn since 2000, and was the board president from 2003-2007. He is also a member of Tucson Sunrise Rotary.
Open Inn’s Leadership Team
NANCY PANICO, MBA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ms. Panico holds a B.A. in Sociology, a Master’s degree in Business Administration, and has been on the staff of Open Inn since 1989. She has nearly two decades of experience working with older adolescents in out-of-home settings and is a respected leader and advocate for homeless and at-risk youth and families in Arizona and throughout the nation. Under Ms. Panico’s leadership, Open Inn has improved both the quality and quantity of services available to vulnerable youth and families in the areas Open Inn serves, particularly rural areas in which few alternative resources exist.
Constance Ireland, Finance Director
Laura Bedient, Program Operations Manager
Linda Reyes, Development Coordinator
Jason Thorpe, Special Projects Manager
Kenny Coddie, CJA/Truancy/DVAC/Outreach Program Director
Christine Diehl, Turning Point Youth Center Program Director
Kenneth McKinley, Independent Living Services Program Director
Kim Tellez, Cochise County Children’s Center Program Director
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