MANAGEMENT TEAM

    Brian Bridges

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Tania Valdez Headshot

    Tania Valdez

    Chief Operations Officer

  • Kristi Stihel

    Chief Human Resources Officer

  • Kimberly Brown

    Director of Wraparound

  • Laura Dunagan

    Director of Revenue Cycle

  • Chelsea Pennington

    Assoc. Director of Placement Services

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    Krisztina Udvardi

    Chief Executive Officer

Brian Bridges

Chief Financial Officer

Brian has 30 years of finance experience in the medical industry including a Cancer Center, Home Health Care Agency, physician groups and hospitals . His most recent experience was as Controller at the Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona. Brian attended the University of New Mexico where he received his Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Business Administration. 

Having previously lived in Albuquerque for 32 years, Brian is happy to call Albuquerque home once again. He enjoys New Mexico outdoors and loves hunting and fishing.

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Tania Valdez

Chief Operations Officer

Tania is a native New Mexican who has worked for over 20 years with children and families helping to heal the impact of developmental trauma. She has an inherent understanding of the importance of permanency for children and firmly believes that every child in the state of New Mexico belongs in a safe and stable family.

Her experience includes for profit management, non-profit program directorship and program development, with a focus in Treatment Foster Care, Managed Care, and Adoptions. Tania is also a member of the Adoptions & Foster Care Alliance of New Mexico. She received her Master’s degree in Social Work from the New Mexico Highlands University, and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Kristi Stihel

Chief Human Resources Officer

Kimberly Brown

Director of Wraparound

Kimberly has worked in the family services field for almost nine years, seven of which has been at All Faiths Children’s Advocacy Center. She leant her expertise and experience to help pioneer our High Fidelity Wraparound program.

Kimberly graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor degree in Family Studies and Psychology; and a Master degree in Family Studies with a concentration of Human Development and Child Relations.

A New Mexican, born and raised, Kimberly has always wanted to help the children of our community be successful. She finds passion in and enjoys helping youth overcome barriers and achieve their hopes and dreams.

Laura Dunagan

Director of Revenue Cycle

Laura has 18 years of experience in the medical industry.  She started her career as an Optician and then became the Office Manager for a busy optometry practice.  While there, she taught herself Medical Coding & Billing.  She did freelance medical practice consulting before joining the All Faiths team.   Throughout her career she has focused on helping people find a balance between their financial burdens and their healthcare needs.  Helping people understand their insurance coverage, during stressful times is when support is needed most. Laura believes that every interaction with an agency is important, whether that be the first phone call, an appointment with a provider, a reevaluation after a year of hard work, or paying the last copay.  Laura loves using her talents to support a non-profit agency with such an important mission.

Laura is a native New Mexican who wishes it would stop being sunny all the time. In her free time she loves the outdoors and collecting native plants for her garden.

Chelsea Pennington

Assoc. Director of Placement Services

Chelsea is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who received her Master degree in Social Work from New Mexico Highlands University. She has a passion for supporting families in their journey to adoption and beyond. She honors her role supporting birth parents in navigating their own journey and process.

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Krisztina Udvardi

Chief Executive Officer

Krisztina Udvardi moved to Albuquerque, NM from Budapest, Hungary in 2000 and has over fifteen years’ experience in non-profit management. Her vision is to create strong collaborations within non-profit organizations, government agencies, and for-profit businesses in order to better serve the community, creating a safety net and building a healthy society.

She has served on the Mayor’s Task Force on Child Abuse, is the Immediate Past President on the Board of the New Mexico Behavioral Health Providers’ Association, a member of the Presbyterian Health Plan Board, and the past Treasurer and Board Member of the Child Welfare League of America based in Washington, D.C. She is a recipient of the Business Weekly’s Top CEO Award and Women of Influence Award.

Before coming to All Faiths Children’s Advocacy Center, Krisztina worked with health care organizations and agencies that served the developmentally disabled. She holds an MBA from UNM’s Anderson School of Management and a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University in Budapest.

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