Alliance of Professionals with
Disabilities
Anthony R. Candela
(415) 392-4845
tcandela@afb.net
American Foundation for the Blind
(AFB)
Gil Johnson, Director
San
Francisco Regional Office
44
Montgomery Street
Suite
1305
San
Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 392-4845
http://www.afb.net
gil@afb.net
afbinfo@afb.net
Blind and Visually Impaired Center
of Monterey County
Jeanne Cordero, Program Director
225 Laurel Avenue
Pacific
Grove, CA 93950
(831) 649-3505
www.blindandlowvision.org
vision@blindandlowvision.org
Blindness Support Services, Inc.
Peter Benavidez, Executive Director
3696
Beatty Drive, Suite A
Riverside,
CA 92506
(909) 341-9244
www.blindnesssupport.com/
pbenavidez@blindnesssupport.com
Braille Institute of America, Inc.
741
North Vermont Avenue
Los
Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 663-1111
(800) 272-4553
info@brailleinstitute.org
California
Council of the Blind (CCB)
Jeff Thom, President
(510) 537-7877
(800) 221-6359
http://www.ccbnet.org
jsthom@comcast.net
Executive Offices
ccotb@earthlink.net
California
Council of Citizens with Low Vision (CCCLV)
Bernice Kandarian, President,
(800) 733-2258
http://www.ccbnet.org/ccclv.htm
http://www.cclvi.org
bernice@tsoft.net
California Department of
Rehabilitation: Blind Field Services
P.O.
Box 944222
Sacramento,
CA 94299-9222
(916) 263-8953 (Voice)
www.rehab.cahwnet.gov/exec/spsrstru.htm
Tammy Scott (Main Office in
Sacramento)
Blind Services:
blindinfo@dor.ca.gov
To post jobs:
wdsinfo@dor.ca.gov
California School
for the Blind
500
Walnut Avenue
Fremont,
CA 94536
(510) 794-3800
www.csb-cde.ca.gov/
jcarreon@csb-cde.ca.gov
Center for Living Independence
for Multi-Handicapped Blind (CLIMB)
161
West Sierra Madre Boulevard
Sierra Madre,
CA 91024
(626) 355-1447
www.climbwac.com/
wac@climbwac.com,climbwac@aol.com
Center for the Partially Sighted
LaDonna Ringering, Ph.D., Executive
Director
12301 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600
Los
Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 458-3501
www.low-vision.org/
info@low-vision.org
Community Access Center
Laurie Hoirup, Executive Director
6848 Magnolia Avenue, Suite 150
Riverside,
CA 92506
(909) 274-0358
http://www.communityaccesscenter.org/index.htm
execdir@ilcac.org
Community Center for the Blind
130
West Flora Street
Stockton,
CA 95202
(209) 466-3836
www.communityblindcenter.org/
ccbviinfo@sbcglobal.net
Dayle McIntosh Center
for the Disabled
Socorro Arroyo Merchain, Program
Manager
13272
Garden Grove Boulevard
Garden
Grove, CA 92843
(714) 621-3300
www.daylemcintoshcenter.org/
info@daylemc.org
Doran Center for the Blind and
Visually Impaired
413 Laurel Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 458-9766
Earle Baum Center of the Blind
Allan Brenner, Executive Director
4539
Occidental Road
Santa
Rosa, CA 95401
(707) 523-3222
www.earlebaum.org/
ebc@earlebaum.org
El Dorado Center
for the Visually Impaired
Ellen Yevdakimov, Board Chair
4600
Farnsworth Lane
El
Dorado, CA 95623
(530) 626-6715
Foundation for the Junior Blind of America
5300
Angeles Vista Boulevard
Los
Angeles, CA 90043
(323) 295-4555
www.fjb.org/
info@fjb.org
Independent Living Services of Northern
California
Evan LeVang, Executive Director
1161
East Avenue
Chico,
CA 95926-1018
(530) 893-8527
www.ilsnc.org/
ilsnc@sunset.net
ilsncrdg@sunset.net
Lions Blind Center
of Diablo Valley
Peggy Nichols, Executive Director
175
Alvarado Avenue
Pittsburg,
CA 94565
(925) 432-3013
(800) 750-3937
Lions Center for the Blind
3834
Opal Street
Oakland,
CA 94609
(510) 450-1580
www.oakland-blind-center.org/
Kathyrine_Brown@lbcenter.org
Living Skills Center
for the Visually Impaired
2430 Road 20 #B112
San
Pablo, CA 94806-3704
(510) 234-4984
www.livingskillscenter.org/
patty@livingskills.org
National Association for the
Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
(415) 221-8753
http://www.navh.org/
staff@navh.org
Peninsula Center for the Blind and
Visually Impaired
2470 El Camino Real
Suite
107
Palo
Alto, CA 94306
(650) 858-0202
www.pcbvi.org/
center@pcbvi.org
Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the
Blind & Visually Impaired
214
Van Ness Avenue
San
Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 431-1481
http://www.lighthouse-sf.org/
Placement@lighthouse-sf.org
San
Diego Center
for the Blind
Kimbrally Gibbens, Executive
Director
5922
El Cajon Boulevard
San
Diego, CA 92115
(619) 583-1542
www.sdcb.org/
information@sdcb.org
San
Francisco Vocational Services
Roy Recio, VI Placement Specialist,
San Francisco
environs
rrecio@sfvocationalservices.org
Bernie Lichtenstein, VI, East Bay
blichtenstein@sfvocationalservices.org
814 Mission St., Suite 600,
San
Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 512-9500
San Mateo Council of the Blind
(SMCCB)
Bill Hobson, President
(650) 593-9191
http://www.smccb.org
check42X@attbi.com
fwelte@sbcglobal.net
fishl@smccb.org
Santa
Clara Valley Blind Center
Kenneth
Frasse, Executive Director
101
North Bascom Avenue
San
Jose, CA 95128
(408) 295-4016
www.visionbeyondsight.org/
info@VisionBeyondSight.org
chaskin@VisionBeyondSight.org
kfrasse@VisionBeyondSight.org
Silicon Valley Council of the Blind
(SVCB)
http://www.svcb.cc
mike@svcb.cc
Society for the Blind
Connie LeBlond, Program Director
2750 – 24th
Street
Sacramento,
CA 95818-3299
www.societyfortheblind.org/
(916) 452-8271
Darlene Dusseau, Career Developer
(916) 452-8271 ext. 323
ddusseau@societyfortheblind.org
Valley Center for the Blind
4421 North Cedar
Suite
200
Fresno,
CA 93726
(559) 222-4447
Russ Hoeltzer, Executive Director
Julieann Lopez
valleycntrblind@sbcglobal.net
