SUAD
BISOGNO
Chief Executive Officer
AYLA
GUERNON
Chief Human Resources Officer
ROXANNA
GUZMAN
Director of Services
North and Central Orange County, Inland Empire
LEA
MUNOZ
Director of Services
Los Angeles and North Bay
MAKI
OSAWA
Director of Services
South and Central Orange County, San Diego
Agency Leadership
Suad Bisogno
(She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer
Suad has developed and managed community integrated services for adults with disabilities for over 15 years. She has a passion and drive for creating a world where people with disabilities are included, embraced and treated as equals. Suad has worked in many different roles over the years, in pursuit of assisting agencies with transforming their service delivery to meet the individual needs of the individuals they support. She has focused the last several years assisting people with disabilities and their families transition from school into meaningful adult services. Suad directed Integrated Resources Institute's expansion to the greater Los Angeles area and is now directing present and future growth of IRI. She currently sits on the board of California APSE Board, National APSE Board, and serves as the CA TASH Vice President.
Suad and her husband are avid art and music lovers. She has two young sons, Apollo and Józef.
Luke Sakamoto
(He/Him)
Chief Operations Officer
Luke began supporting people with developmental disabilities in high school classrooms in 2014 where he quickly found a passion for helping this under-supported population. He joined IRI soon after with the objective of helping people obtain employment, advance their skills, and achieve their goals. In 2018, Luke graduated from Cal State University, Fullerton with a BA in Business Administration. He became a Support Manager in 2020 and is now the COO at IRI.
Luke loves spending time with his wife, 2 daughters, and dog. His hobbies are playing sports, going to the gym, and watching TV.
Ayla Guernon
(She/Her)
Chief Human Resources Officer
Ayla has worked in the government and non-profit world for almost a decade. She spent time in college focusing on underrepresented groups through school-funded scholar and mentorship programs. She graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a degree in Human Resource Management.
Ayla spends her time outside of work with her three dogs (Roxy, Mochi, and Churro), going to the gym, travelling, and spending time with family and friends.
Roxanna Guzman
(She/Her)
Director of Services - North and Central Orange County
Roxanna went to Cal State Northridge and a nursing program. Her nurse training sparked a passion for helping others. Since 2011, Roxanna has dedicated her life to working with people with disabilities. She began her work at a psychiatric hospital then moved onto a post-acute hospital in the San Fernando Valley. Roxanna then moved to Orange County in 2017 and began working for IRI. Since then, she worked her way up from Employment Coach to Lead Employment Coach to Support Manager and is now Director of Services of the North and Central OC area. Roxanna is determined to break down barriers and help people overcome the stigmas associated with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
In her spare time, Roxanna enjoys going on road trips and visiting theme parks with her family.
Maki Osawa
(She/Her)
Director of Services - South and Central Orange County, San Diego
Maki graduated from California State University of Long Beach in 2014 with a BA in Human Development and Minor in Psychology, with a goal of finding a way to help others. She was hired as an Employment Coach for IRI shortly after graduating, and found a passion for helping individuals with disabilities reach their goals and make connections in their communities. She has had the opportunity to participate in IRI’s supported living program, previously worked for the Project SEARCH Program at CHOC, and is excited to continue to expand IRI’s goals for supporting individuals with disabilities as Director of Services of the South and Central OC area.
In her spare time, Maki enjoys going on trips with her friends, practicing her hobby of photography, staying active at the gym, and learning how to play the guitar.
Lea Munoz
(She/Her)
Director of Services - Los Angeles and North Bay
Lea graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a BS in Biology. Every summer in college, she shadowed her grandmother at her various ceramic classes where she met and supported some incredibly talented individuals with disabilities. Her grandmother was a great mentor to her and learned many ways to be creative in supporting people based on their specific abilities. In doing so, she knew helping others was where her heart belonged. She gained more experience by working as an aide to young adults with autism, an Employment Coach for IRI, then promoted to a Lead Employment Coach, and now the Director of Services of the LA and North Bay area for IRI. Lea is determined to help the people we support build a life they desire.
Lea has traveled to more than nine countries around the world, loves running, and trying new outdoor activities.