Each of our team members is a seasoned health care expert with wide spread experience to provide you and your family members with the skills and knowledge you need.

Claudette deCarbonel

Claudette de Carbonel, Care Manager
PhD, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Capella University; BA English Santa Clara University; MA Counseling Psychology, CIIS
Claudette is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist with 12 years experience working in community behavioral health serving many different populations including the elderly. Her interest in working with the geriatric population includes a long relationship and personal involvement as a volunteer with seniors in the community as a visitor, family member and board member and her own personal experience as a caregiver.  She is family systems therapist and recently completed her dissertation focusing on applications of family systems theory in the workplace.

Barbara Gignoux, RN

Care Manager
BA Psychology, Marymount Manhattan College; RN Marymount, St. Vincent's School of Nursing
Barbara has had a wide range of experience in the nursing field, including her most recent role as the nursing supervisor for ResCare, which provides residential care for developmentally disabled adults. Prior to her role at ResCare, she was the Clinical Coordinator of Pediatric HIV and AIDS Program for Monmouth and Ocean Counties in New Jersey. For her work in this field, Barbara received the Starfish Society Award, and her biography appeared in Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in American Nursing.

Debra Johnson

Care Manager
Psychology, University of San Francisco; MA Gerontology, San Francisco State University
Debra's calling to serve the older adult population as an advocate for better care began with her involvement in the care of her aging parents and extended family. Debra is currently completing her Master's degree in Gerontology. She is certified in Integrative Medicine and Spiritual Care through California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco where she worked to provide emotional and spiritual support and counseling for individual patients, friends and families, and hospital staff. Debra is also a certified yoga teacher through Integrative Yoga Therapy. She brings a holistic quality of life emphasis to the care management approach with her clients.

Jack Herndon, MBA

Managing Partner
BA International Relations, Brown University; MBA Stanford University
Jack joins the team with the skills and enthusiasm to enhance the company's operations and marketing. Prior to joining Sage, Jack developed operations within a number of technology and service-related businesses. Jack follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, George Kellogg, who founded and ran Homemaker Upjohn, a network of home care services across New York State.

Nina Pflumm Herndon, MA, CMC

Principal
BA Anthropology, Denison University; MA Gerontology, San Francisco State University
After becoming vice president of a major public relations firm's health care division, Nina chose to earn her Master's degree in Gerontology and work with aging adults as a geriatric care manager. After receiving her graduate degree, Nina worked with several home care and care management agencies in the Bay Area. Nina founded Sage Eldercare Solutions in 2001 to enable people to make wise eldercare decisions, relieve caregiver worries and help older adults live longer, happier, and healthier lives. Nina is a Certified Care Manager and a member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and was recently named Outstanding Member for the Western Region of the association.

Karen Leigh

Care Coordinator
BA, American Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Karen Leigh has been interested in and involved with elders since she was a teen, when she first volunteered at a community senior center. Most recently, Karen worked as assistant program director at a social services program for Holocaust survivors under the auspices of Jewish Family and Children's Services in San Francisco.

Michelle Leung

Office Manager
Life West College
Michelle brings over 10 years experience as an office manager for various health care offices.  She has been involved in many community outreach programs and was awarded a Certificate of Recognition by the California State Assembly for her volunteer work.

Julie Menack, MA

Care Manager
BA Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago; MA Geological Sciences Cornell University; MA Gerontology, San Francisco State University
Julie's interest in the field of geriatric care management began with her involvement in the long distance care of aging family members. She has held roles at Eldercare Services, Inc and was a volunteer for the East Bay Jewish Family and Children Services where she provided support for Holocaust survivors.  She also authored "Working with Long-Distance Families:  Tools the Care Manager Can Use" in the book entitled "Care Managers:  Working with the Aging Family”.

Rolando Monroy

Janeane Randolph, MSW

Care Manager
Janeane has had the good fortune to work professionally with older adults and their families for over 25 years. Janeane earned her Master's Degree in Social Welfare, with a concentration in gerontology, from the University of California at Berkeley. After graduate school she developed a care management program at Catholic Charities for older adults and then led the development and operation of an adult day health care center sponsored by St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center. At California Pacific Medical Center, she was the Administrator and Executive Director of Senior Services. She also served as a founding member of San Francisco's Elder Abuse Prevention Task Force and a Board member of the San Francisco Adult Day Services Network. Prior to joining Sage Eldercare Solutions, Janeane was the founding President and CEO of Elder Care Alliance.