Leticia Campos named CEO of Marjaree Mason Center in Fresno County

Leticia Campos has taken the top job at the Marjaree Mason Center, stepping into leadership at Fresno County’s only dedicated provider of domestic-violence shelter and support services at a moment when demand remains high across the region.

Campos had been serving as interim CEO and previously led the center as chief programs officer. She brings more than 14 years of experience inside the organization, a continuity choice that suggests the board wanted a leader who already knows the center’s shelters, counseling programs, legal advocacy work and education services from the inside out.

The transition matters because the Marjaree Mason Center is not a symbolic nonprofit. It is the county’s primary safety net for adults and children fleeing abuse, offering emergency and longer-term safe housing along with counseling, advocacy, education and crisis support. Its own dashboard shows 19,360 unique domestic-violence reports since January 2023, including 14,980 tied to the Fresno Police Department, 1,425 to Clovis police, 1,438 to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and 1,517 to other departments. The center says Fresno County law enforcement receives the highest per-capita domestic-violence calls in California.

That pressure is not abstract. In a 2023 guide, the center said Fresno County had 1,112 per-capita domestic-violence calls, more than double San Diego County’s 534. The center also says Fresno ranks highest among California’s 10 most populated counties for per-capita domestic-violence calls, a measure that makes service speed and capacity central issues for Campos as she takes over.

The organization has been expanding its physical footprint to match the need. It opened a new state-of-the-art facility that houses all non-residential services in one place, and the center says it serves more than 8,000 adults and children affected by domestic violence each year. A 2019-20 annual report put that figure above 9,600 across all program platforms, showing how large the workload already was before the latest leadership change.

Campos replaces Nicole Linder, who is ending nine years as CEO after announcing her transition last year. The board launched a national search on Nov. 14, 2025, and the center also received a $1 million gift from Booth Ranches in December 2024, underscoring the fundraising stakes facing the new chief executive.

For Fresno County, the practical question now is whether Campos can preserve continuity while expanding access. The measures to watch are shelter availability, counseling wait times, legal advocacy capacity and whether the center can keep pace with the county’s persistent domestic-violence burden.