Angel Board Members

Vicky Zien

Vicky Zien is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Anvil of Hope, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering vulnerable youth through mentorship, enrichment programs, and transformative life experiences.

Vicky's passion for serving children stems from her own lived experience. Raised by a single mother whose resilience, strength, and compassion profoundly shaped her values, Vicky understands firsthand the challenges many young people face and the importance of having supportive adults who believe in their potential.

Founder

Courtenay Jackson

Results-Driven Executive Leader with extensive expertise in highly regulated industries, including medical, defense, and commercial sectors. Proven track record in driving business transformation, quality, operations, product development, program management, and mergers & acquisitions (M&As). Recognized for adaptive leadership, strategic vision, and the ability to influence and inspire others to achieve shared goals. Skilled in leading and motivating diverse, cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional results. Renowned for cultivating and maintaining collaborative relationships with colleagues, customers, and vendors at all organizational levels.

Board Chair

Board Secretary

Kate Trulock

Kate Trulock has served the San Diego and Southern California communities as the Administrative Specialist for the Chief of Surgical Oncology and a Project Policy Analyst at the UC San Diego Health Department of Surgery since 2007. Kate has been the leader for the collaboration between UC San Diego Health Oncology Services and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network since 2010. She has volunteered for multiple community programs and events, including the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's Purple Stride, Point Loma Rotary's Ride the Point, San Diego Pride, AIDS Walk & Run San Diego, The Tony Gwynn AleSmith 5K, the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk, I Love a Clean San Diego, the American Heart Association's annual Heart Walk San Diego, and Curebound/Padres Pedal the Cause. Kate has supported Anvil of Hope since its inception in 2020, serving as Board Member since 2022. She is currently on her second term as Board Secretary, having served in this role from 2022-2024. Kate helps coordinate delivery of the annual Anvil of Hope Holiday Meal Program in collaboration with Our Lady School in Barrio Logan each December.

Board Member

Anita Della-Rocco

Anita is a community-focused marketing and publishing professional with experience helping local businesses build meaningful connections within the communities she serves. Through work with Best Version Media, Anita has supported the development of family-oriented, neighborhood-specific publications designed to strengthen relationships between residents, local organizations, and businesses.

With a strong understanding of value-based branding, local advertising, and community engagement, Anita specializes in creating opportunities for businesses to authentically connect with their target audiences. Her work centers on fostering trust, visibility, and long-term relationships through strategic communication and localized marketing initiatives.

Amy Quesenberry

Amy is a human capital and organizational effectiveness leader with more than 20 years of experience helping global organizations strengthen employee engagement, leadership development, and workplace culture. Her expertise spans talent strategy, employee experience, performance management, executive coaching, client lifecycle management, and large-scale organizational change initiatives.

Today, through Start With Compassion, she continues to support leaders and organizations through speaking engagements, workshops, and facilitated conversations focused on building compassionate, grounded, and sustainable workplace cultures.

Board member

Derek Dawson

Derek is a relationship-driven sales and service leader whose career in the sports industry has been built on creating meaningful connections, leading strong teams, and delivering exceptional experiences for customers and communities alike. With extensive experience in sales, retail operations, event management, and team development, Derek is known for combining strategic thinking with an approachable, people-first leadership style.

Throughout his career, Derek has successfully led teams, supported large-scale events, and helped organizations strengthen customer engagement and long-term loyalty. He has an ability to build relationships, inspire teamwork, and support organizational growth makes them a trusted advisor and valuable contributor to mission-driven organizations.

Board member

Board member

Kevin Kacvinsky

Kevin is a nonprofit operations executive at the national level who designs, builds, and implements the systems, processes, and infrastructure organizations need to fund and scale their missions. As the founder of Mission by Design, a boutique consultancy built on the idea that marketing and fundraising belong together, he brings nearly two decades of experience and a no-nonsense approach to helping nonprofits build real capacity from the inside out.

His work focuses on designing end-to-end fundraising operations: donor pipelines, campaign architecture, automation workflows, and the messaging frameworks that keep donors engaged and revenue consistent. The goal isn’t to create dependency on outside help. It’s to leave every organization more capable than he found it.

Kevin partners with nonprofit leaders and boards to get them “unstuck” and help them develop organizations that match the ambition of their mission.