Meet the Team

Paul Borda, Founder and President

Paul has over 20 years of technology and healthcare experience, ranging from startup leadership to client success and business development oversight for some of the country’s best known healthcare support organizations. Accomplishments include launching one of the earliest electronic procurement platforms for a global Fortune 500 company, and helping create the country’s first healthcare Managed Service Provider, now a $15b industry. Paul also created the business model to staff COVID-19 vaccination operations for the second largest healthcare provider in New England, resulting in over 600,000 vaccinated patients within 4 months - while also saving the client over $3M in staffing costs. Paul’s commitment to teamwork, creative solutions and organizational culture are hallmarks of his career.
Paul lives in Santa Clarita, CA where he and his wife of 28 years raised their two adult children. When not delivering top quality services to clients and their families, he enjoys spending time with his family, hitting the open road in search of adventure, doing just about anything outdoors and making people laugh. Paul holds two degrees, including a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Johnson & Wales University.

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Vanessa Angulo, Clinical Director

Vanessa is a devoted clinician with over 10 years working in the field of ABA. She holds a degree in Neuroscience from UCLA and her Masters degree in Behavior Analysis from Florida Institute of Technology. Her earlier experience was working with teenagers and adults addressing high intensity behaviors. She has since expanded her clinical repertoire to include younger children with a focus on caregiver support. She has originated Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion special interest groups for more culturally inclusive care for clients and staff management. She's been a guest lecturer at local universities and staff trainer for various school districts in the Los Angeles area. She continues to work with a non-profit that aims to prevent hospitalizations and decrease police involvement for special needs individuals by consulting with their prevention, intervention, and follow-up teams.
Outside of work, you'll find her biking on the beach, snowboarding on a mountain, or at a Dodgers game. She is a dedicated dog mom and tia (aunt) to several nieces, nephews, and furbabies.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-angulo-b6212940/

Jamil Abou-Samra Lewis, Operations Manager

Jamil Abou-Samra has a long history of keeping the wheels turning, the plates spinning, the popcorn popping and the operations running smoothly. With over 15 years of professional experience in logistics, she has managed the evolving daily needs of the surgical department in a large community hospital, the nuance of fine art shipments around the globe, and the finesse of coordinating large upscale events. With a broad scope of practice, Jamil is working on our team to ensure the best outcomes for clients and their families, as well as to support our therapists so they are able to do their best work. Outside of the office, Jamil can be found trying to dig herself out from under an ever growing pile of laundry, being chased by her three young children on the beach, laughing with her sweetheart, or cooking too much food for the people who make her world turn.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamil-abou-samra-lewis-30b70272/

Alyssa Mehnert, Client Success Lead

Native of Southern California and graduate from UCLA. Alyssa has a background in Operations Management and Human Resources. In 2009, her son was diagnosed with Developmental Delay and later Autism. She has dedicated the past 11 years of her life to overseeing her son’s needs through Early Intervention, IEPs, ABA Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Physical Therapy. As a parent, she is in a unique position to handle client needs, being she was there herself not too long ago. On her time off, Alyssa enjoys traveling, hunting for vintage treasure and researching family genealogy.

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Rey Gabonada, Scheduling Lead

Nurse by profession. Rey has been compassionate towards caring for both patient and client a like, with over 6 years of experience in the field of clinical process outsourcing. Rey is committed to supporting his teams to ensure optimized efficiency. Currently works hand in hand with our staff to ensure staff schedule are being addressed real time and provide back office support for our staff.

Rey also provides extensive recruitment support to ensure ABA Therapy Partners is always hiring top talent to support the organizations mission. Outside of the office he is a motorcycle enthusiast who loves going out for adventure rides.

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Nancy Rodriguez, MS, BCBA, Clinical Supervisor

Nancy Rodriguez received her masters of science at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She has been in the field of ABA for 14 years working with a variety of individuals. Starting as a behavior technician, Nancy found the field of ABA to be her passion and continued on to become a parent trainer and later, a clinical supervisor. Nancy's goal as a clinical supervisor is to bring each family and client a sense of independence, and to be heard and seen for what their individual needs are. When Nancy is not working you can find her competing in movie trivia, watching the Raiders, and co-hosting movie review podcasts with her friends.

Jerome Coppage, MS, BCBA, Clinical Supervisor

I have been in the field of ABA for 7 yrs. I first became interested in the field when my Godson was diagnosed and thought what a great way to give back to the community and use my education. My education includes psychology, education, business and of course applied behavior analysis (ABA). Service is big in our family, from my wifes military service to our daughter's annual toy donations. I am honored by the trust our families put in me, and I am glad to be of service!

Jenna Shaw, MS, BCBA, Clinical Supervisor

From a young age, Jenna knew she wanted to work with individuals with disabilities. In 2005, at the age of 15, the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA) fell into her lap. Originally, Jenna declined a job offer as a behavior technician but was eventually persuaded to join the behavioral team of a young boy for whom she babysat. By the end of her first week, Jenna declared that ABA would be her life’s work. Following high school, Jenna expanded her work experiences while earning a BA in psychology at the University of Connecticut. Jenna went on to earn her MS in Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism from Russell Sage College and that same year passed the board exam completing her dream of becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Jenna passionately provides behavioral services for the purpose of increasing skill acquisition and decreasing behavioral difficulties. She does this by keeping up with current research, individualizing programs, and thinking outside the box. When Jenna is not working you will find her photographing live music events, lounging on the beach, attempting to solve true crime cold cases, and snuggling with her eyeless cat, Stevie.