Board of Directors

Gary Montrezza

Gary Montrezza – Chief Executive Officer
As Chief Executive Officer, Gary brings to Pathway Society 21 years of senior leadership experience innovating programs to meet a multitude of social challenges. His passion and deep personal mission to build restorative treatment programs that inspires and enriches all who participate in them is matched only by his commitment to quality.
read more >

Bob Benninghofen – Board Chairperson
As Board Chairperson of Pathway Society, Bob brings a lifetime of commitment to growing himself, people, and their businesses. Bob’s approach is to evoke thoughtful inquiry, analysis, creativity, and facilitation while mentoring and teaching others.
read more >

Kay Holmes
Kay Holmes is a practicing Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (MFT) and Registered Nurse (RN) with a distinguished career working in and running several non-profit substance use programs. She has worked in acute psychiatric services for 17 years and opened the Phoenix Program (drug and alcohol treatment) at El Camino Hospital in 1983, where she served as both Associate Director and Program Director for nine years.
read more >

Marcus Gunkel
Judge Gunkel is the former Presiding Administrative Law Judge of the San Jose and Oakland Office of Appeals. In that capacity he heard and decided hundreds of appeals regarding drug and alcohol related issues.
read more >

Dale Mitchell