​Board of Trustees and Program Director

PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER
Jill M. Cde Baca

​Jill is a San Francisco Bay Area native. As a youngster and teen she participated in track and field and showed horses. She graduated from Cal State, Hayward with a degree in Liberal Studies. And, to the amazement of her then teenage sons, Mitchell and Brett, earned a black belt in Taekwondo. Jill has many strong ties to the community and derives great satisfaction in being of service to others. When their son Brett was injured playing football, Jill and her husband Darren set out on a quest to explore treatment options. One Hit Away was conceived because of this journey.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER
Darren A. Cde Baca

​Darren was born and raised in Pacifica, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco and graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Economics. Throughout grammar school, high school and college, Darren participated in many different sports. Following and coaching his sons Mitchell and Brett in their youth was a highlight in his lifetime involvement with sports Darren has enjoyed a career in the financial services industry since 1982. From 2012 to 2018 he served as chairman of the finance committee and is a member of the on the board of trustees for The Health Trust, a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) corporation in San Jose California.

​DIRECTOR and CO-FOUNDER
Brett V. Cde Baca

​Brett was born and raised in Millbrae, California. Growing up he played soccer, baseball, basketball and pop-warner football he also participated in baseball, track and football while attending St. Ignatius College Preparatory High School in San Francisco. Brett graduated with a degree in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Ct. He played football as an inside linebacker at Trinity and was the undefeated champion at NESCAC in his junior year. Brett was named All-NESCAC and also New England Football Writers Select Division II/III All-Star First Team. His senior year he was the co-captain of the Trinity College Football Team. Brett was also one of the leaders for the FCA (Fellow Christian Athletes Club) for the college. Brett completed the FGASA Level 1 training course and is a designated Certified South African Sarfari Guide.

Sam Coffey

​Mr. Coffey is the co-managing member and a founder of the San Francisco law firm, Epstein, Englert, Staley & Coffey. The firm specializes in business, real estate, estate planning and estate/trust administration. He attended Dartmouth College where he received a degree in history and lettered in football. He was a member of two All-Ivy League teams and experienced several likely minor concussions, though they were not diagnosed at the time. Mr. Coffey has experience coaching high school football and youth baseball, soccer, basketball and softball teams. During his time a coach he has seen a number of concussion incidents. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Tiburon Peninsula Little League. He is also a former member of the Board of Trustees of Saint Ignatius College Preparatory and the Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco.

Treasurer
Joseph Galligan

​Mr. Galligan graduated from the College of Santa Fe, New Mexico, with a Bachelor of Accountancy and received a \LMaster of Science in Taxation from Golden Gate University. He is president of Galligan, Thompson & Flocas LLP, located in San Mateo, California. The firm has been providing personalized financial guidance to local individuals and businesses since 1980. Mr. Galligan’s firm specializes in all aspects of tax planning, business valuation, litigation and return preparation, including retirement planning for individuals and business planning for small to medium-sized companies. Mr. Galligan has served in many business and civic organizations including Mayor and city council member of the City of Burlingame, California, officer on the Board of Directors for the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, President of Board of Directors of Mission Hospice, Inc. of San Mateo County and Member and current Treasurer of the San Mateo County Legal Aid Society.

Michael T. Westhusing

As seen below, Michael’s professional background and experience brings a visionary of business modeling to OneHitAway. His proven leadership skills mesh perfectly with the dynamics of OneHitAway Foundations’ mission and ongoing work for all athletes affected by sports related concussions. Mr. Westhusing loves outdoor activities which include golf, snow skiing and water sports.
CEO Santa Cruz Nutritionals - Managed the operations of the business that manufactures proprietary formulations of multi vitamin supplemented functional foods.
Founding General Partner Insight Holdings - Investment management group formed in 1999 to acquire middle-market, branded consumer products businesses. The group made two acquisitions, Insight Pharmaceuticals and Farley’s and Sathers Candy Company.
Insight Pharmaceuticals - Under his leadership sales increased by 550% through acquisitions and internal growth. The company was successfully sold in December 2004.
President and COO / Authentic Specialty Foods - Executed a change in manufacturing within the first 6 months that generated an additional $1.3 million annual savings. His efforts also resulted in a sales volumes increase of $40 million.
SVP of Sales and Marketing; Favorite Brands International - Michael was a member of a sr. management team responsible for managing and building an infrastructure for Favorite Brands International (FBI). FBI was formed to acquire certain products from Kraft Foods.
VP of Operations / Famous Amos Cookies Inc. - During the 5½-year period he was involved in managing the company, sales grew from $6.3 million to over $110.0 million through organic growth versus acquisitions.
Beecham Cosmetics (Jovan Inc.) Various management roles.

​Program Director

Annmarie Piette

After leaving her decade-long job as head of the payroll department at OakCare Medical Group to fully recover from her own TBI, Annmarie developed a keen interest in helping others recover from their struggles with TBI.  Refusing to accept “nothing can be done, this is just your new normal”, she found OneHitAway Foundation as part of a search for some real answers.  She’s since been on a mission to disprove the deceptive myth that nothing can be done.  And has since made a full recovery. At OneHitAway, Annmarie’s been able to draw on her background in numbers  in addition to her personal journey with a brain injury.  She’s also been able to put her skills in filmmaking to work with OneHitAway Foundation’s fundraising videos.  It’s been an amazing opportunity for non-stop learning, and an honor to be part of a Foundation that has a powerful, positive and lasting impact on people’s lives.