The people behind Open Bed Co

Leadership built inside the industry.

Open Bed Co is not led by people from outside the adult family home industry. Our leaders have owned and built homes and teams, managed compliance, developed profitable businesses, and solved the problems providers face every day.

This is the real experience behind the network, and the leadership helping providers build for what comes next.

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The founder

Jennifer Bustamante

Founder and CEO

In long-term care
33+ years
Owning adult family homes
17+ years
Homes
Seven
Employees
43

One multimillion dollar residential care company, built from the care up. Open Bed Co exists because she hit every wall this industry puts in front of an owner, and got tired of watching good providers fail for reasons that had nothing to do with the quality of their care.

Jennifer’s story →

Jennifer Bustamante.

Open Bed Co leadership

The leadership board.

The people moving the network forward.

How leadership works inside Open Bed Co

These aren’t names on a website.

Our leaders are actively involved in building the network. They teach, answer questions, make connections, identify industry needs, develop resources, and help providers solve real business and operational problems.

01

Provider-first decisions

We build around the realities of owning and operating an adult family home.

02

Experience with accountability

Leadership roles are connected to proven experience, clear responsibilities, and meaningful contributions.

03

Access inside the network

Members are not simply reading leadership biographies. They have opportunities to learn from and connect with the people helping lead the network.

The founding members

They believed in the vision early.

25FOUNDER4LIFEFounding seats in the networkSee the names

Twenty five founding seats, and every one of them is a provider who joined before there was anything to see. This is a thank you rather than a title: founding members are recognised here, and they do not hold a board position or any authority in the network.

  • Fana Habtemariam Ogbazgi
  • Crystal Montes De Oca
  • Greg Zartman
  • Dinah Noyst
  • Florence Omekara
  • Emnet Gebre
  • Maria Gonzalez Hernandez
  • Laurie Polneau
  • Anne Nyambura Maina
  • Tiffany Zimmerman
  • Naomi Burnett
  • John K Kimani
  • Veronica Karago
  • Alyiah Bustamante
  • Cindy Koza
  • Lavinia Carson
  • Nicole Carter
  • Veronica Houck
  • Mirabel M Emeleke
  • Aileen Barsaga
  • Genet Asfaw
  • Alan Christopher
  • Wilfred Muthini
  • Ruth Samuelu
  • Zawadi Matete

25 named so far.

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