Christine Beitsch-Bahmani To Lead CityServe Of The Tri-Valley

PLEASANTON, CA — CityServe of the Tri-Valley is getting a new chief executive officer, it was announced Friday. Christine Beitsch-Bahmani has been appointed to the spot and will take over the role Sept. 16.

Gloria Gregory, who served as CityServe's CEO since the nonprofit's founding 10 years ago, announced earlier this year that she was stepping aside for a sabbatical. CityServe board of directors vice chair Len DiGiovanni was appointed as interim CEO.

Beitsch-Bahmani was the founding executive director of the Compassion Network office, which opened at the Fremont City Hall complex in 2007. Her work there included building "a platform of collaboration" between the local churches of Fremont, Newark and Union City and the 27 social service agencies housed inside the Fremont Family Resource Center, according to a news release from CityServe.

Beitsch-Bahmani has served around the globe, including "working with refugees in Burma, prostitutes in Amsterdam, and prisoners in Argentina. She has taught English to monks in Thailand, built 53 homes for the poor in Mexico, and cared for hundreds of orphans in Zimbabwe," the news release stated.

In 2017, Beitsch-Bahmani earned a Master of Arts in Leadership degree from William Jessup University.

Based in Pleasanton, CityServe's mission statement is to "serve the people of the Tri-Valley by caring for people in crisis, coordinating resources and volunteers between the faith-based community, nonprofits, schools, businesses, and government agencies, and connecting volunteers in the local church and community to the non-profits in our Tri-Valley."