Bridge to Home, the primary homeless services provider in the Santa Clarita  Valley, announces the departure of Executive Director and longtime team  member Chris Najarro. 

Najarro joined Bridge to Home in 2017, after spending six  years as the Executive Director at Family Promise. Hired as the Director of  Programs, she was promoted to the Executive Director of Bridge to Home in 2021. 

Najarro was instrumental in the major strides the non-profit has made over the  last eight years. She oversaw a small team of about 22 staff members, that has  since expanded into a dynamic organization of over 50 employees. She led Bridge  to Home from operating as an overnight 60-bed winter shelter to running a 101- bed full-time shelter, that includes families. 

She expanded the crucial Feeding It  Forward and case management programs. She led the organization through the  upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, managing two moves and culminating in the  opening of its landmark transitional shelter facility in 2024. 

“It has been an incredible honor to serve this organization for the past eight  years,” said Najarro. “What we’ve built together is more than just an  organization—it’s a movement rooted in compassion, dignity, and hope for our  unhoused neighbors. I’ve been immensely proud to stand alongside this  dedicated team, our board and the Santa Clarita community in pursuit of that  mission. This decision was not made lightly, and I will miss Bridge to Home, the  team and the community that serves alongside me.” 

“Chris has been the foundation of Bridge to Home for nearly a decade,” said  Board Chair Dr. Cherise Moore. “She helped guide our non-profit through the  unprecedented challenges of the pandemic, while always striving toward the goal more of a new, permanent facility. Her lasting legacy will be the beautiful 18,000- square-foot facility, the strong staff, the dedicated volunteers and the hundreds  of Santa Clarita residents she helped guide from homelessness to housing. We are  so grateful for everything she has done for Bridge to Home and she will truly be  missed.”  

Chris Najarro will exit the organization on October 8, 2025. The Board of Directors  are in the process of setting up a recruitment for her replacement. 

Ed. Note: The above information was provided to KHTS by Bridge to Home.

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