Joseph M. Costa, Chief Executive Officer
Joe joined the Sunny Hills Services team in January, 2002. He oversees all programs, services, staff, board, volunteers and clients. Costa has a Masters of Social Work in Administration from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work in Massachusetts, a Masters of Divinity from St. John's Seminary, School of Theology in Massachusetts, and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Social Sciences from St. John's Seminary College. Working in the child welfare field since 1984, Costa brings to Sunny Hills Services twenty-five years of experience that includes work in juvenile justice, residential treatment, and community services, beginning in Massachusetts where he served as the Executive Director and Administrator for St. Vincent's Children's Services. He has also served as the Director for Community Services and Pastoral Planning for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River. From 1998 - 2001 he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Para Los Niños, a child welfare agency in Los Angeles. Since 2005, Joe has served as the Co-Chair of the Western Region Steering Committee of the Child Welfare League of America. In this capacity, Joe represents the region on the national board of the Child Welfare League of America.

Barry Feinberg, Chief Operating Officer
Feinberg rejoined the staff of Sunny Hills Services as Chief Operating Officer on Dec. 1, 2003. He previously was the Chief Program Officer of the Lincoln Children's Center in Oakland, and before that served in executive management positions at Edgewood Center for Children and Families in San Francisco. In 1979 Barry became the first male social worker hired at Children's Garden Latency Age Treatment and over the years has provided consultation and technical support to leading child welfare and children's mental health agencies around the state, including Sunny Hills Services. Feinberg oversees all agency program services and a variety of operational functions including human resources, quality assurance and facilities. He received his Master's degree in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley, is an LCSW and has lectured at UC School of Social Welfare and UC Extension.

Brad Freed, Clinical Director, Residential Services
Freed holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology from San Francisco State University and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Before being promoted to his current post, he served a year as Program Director for the Children's Garden Latency Age Treatment program. During the six years that preceded his promotion to that position, Freed held the position of Social Worker in one of the cottages on the San Anselmo campus. Having begun his career in residential treatment at the Astor Home For Children in upstate New York in 1987, Freed began his tenure at Sunny Hills Services in 1990, working as a counselor in another of the cottages on campus. Shortly after earning his graduate degree from SFSU and prior to returning to Sunny Hills Services as a clinician, Freed developed and managed an innovative school-based day treatment program at McClymonds High School in West Oakland.