The Staff
Judy Ames – Interim Executive Director
Donna Daniel – Director of Development
Diane Lozano – Office Administrator
Dianne Amato, Program Director
Dianne Amato was welcomed by board and staff and clients, joining the MMP in March, 2008 as Program Director. A recent southern California arrival, she brings to MMP the broadest and deepest base of pertinent professionally-related background experience MMP has ever enjoyed in a brand new Program Director.
Dianne's unique experience as a former prostitute herself brings an especially powerful message to the women in our program seeking to leave prostitution forever.
Holding a bachelor’s degree from California Baptist University in Behavioral Science with a concentration in Social Work, she also served as Case Manager and Co-Director at Safe House in San Francisco, California as well as having been involved in SAGE, another bay area nonprofit assisting prostitutes. As management at Safe House, one of the few other prostitution-specific treatment programs in the country, she also had substance abuse counseling training and experience plus experience as a former Residential Counselor for St. Anne’s Maternity Home in Los Angeles. While Program Director from 2005-2008 Donna Hernandez will be deeply missed, Dianne was the hands-down favorite of the residents participating in the finalist pool candidate screening, and brings a welcome wealth of experience and passion for the work.
Kathryn Hack, MFT, Consulting Clinical Director
Kitty Hack, MFT, has been a professional psychotherapist and advocate for women for many years. She has been working with the Mary Magdalene Project clients, families, and staff since early in the creation of the organization. Besides providing clinical services at Hayman House as a group, individual and family therapist, Kitty works in private practice and for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Jodi Wagner, CATC, Case Manager
Jodi Wager is a Certified Additions Treatment Counselor (CATC) who joined the MMP staff in 2006. A graduate of Los Angeles Mission College Addiction Studies Program, she has also held a professional CATC certification for a number of years. Former roles as a Primary Counselor at DiDi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center's Via Avanta Rehabilitation Program for mothers and children, as well as a role as a High Risk Youth Counselor in the Mid Valley Youth Center, Jodi was especially well prepared to provide effective case management assistance to MMP's population. Having come to our notice as a valued collaborator in the early expansions of the MMP Transitional Living Program, her impressive knowledge of social services in the San Fernando Valley and networking skills have assisted Hayman House residents and Drop In Center clients alike accessing much-needed supportive programming.
Donna Sarullo, Outreach Coordinator
Donna Sarullo is the Mary Magdalene Project's former Case Manager 2003 – 2005 and then Program Director from 2005 to 2008. Ms. Sarullo is a graduate of California State University Northridge Bachelor of Arts, Social Welfare Program and a former intern with DART, the Domestic Abuse Response Team, assisting LAPD riding along in emergency domestic abuse situations as a victim advocate. Donna is currently working on her graduate degree in Public Administration - Nonprofit Management at California State University Northridge.
“Mary Magdalene is an extraordinary place, a place where all of us—board, staff, volunteers--- are working hard to change the lives and futures of the women and children who come to us. If only society had been as careful about child abuse 20, 30, 40 years ago. Our clients are the women society failed to protect.”