Board of Directors & Committees

Our Board of Directors consists of community-based homeless services providers, community representatives, and people who have experienced homelessness and housing instability.

2023-2024 Board of Directors

Kerry Thomas (Chair)

HCHV Clinical Manager, Hines VA Hospital

Chris O’Hara (Past Chair)

Lived Experience Representative

Jessica Lucas (Vice Chair)

Director, Community Impact, United Way of Metro Chicago

David Young (Secretary)

Director of Capacity Building, Housing Action Illinois

Luticia Fiorito (Treasurer)

Government Relations Manager, WINGS Program

Gianna Baker

Co-Executive Director, Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance

Lourdes Becerra

Access to Care

Hugh Brady

Board Member, NAMI Illinois and Housing Task Force

Angela Brooks

Illinois Director, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)

Sharon Cargile

Lived Experience Representative

Dennis Condon

Community Representative

Bryan Dunlap

Director of Risk Management, Sertoma Star Services

Robin Futrell

Case Manager, Homeless Program, Bethel Family Services

Chante Gamby

Interim Housing Director, Cook County Health

Carol Gsell

Associate Director, Anew: Building Beyond Violence & Abuse

Willie Hegg

Community Representative, Connections of Illinois

Yvette Holcomb Evans

Process Specialist, AccentCare

Hollis Hutchins

Lived Experience Representative

Sonia Ivanov

Executive Director, Northwest Compass

Michael Mallory

Chief Government Relations Office, Connections for the Homeless

Evelyn Mensah

Co-Executive Director, African American Christian Foundation

Khen Nickele

Community Representative

Millicent Ntiamoah

Associate Vice President, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago

Craig Osmond

Lived Experience Representative

Troy O’Quin

Vice President of Programs, CEDA

Tina Rounds

Executive Director, BEDS Plus Care

May Salman

Permanent Supportive Housing Supervisor, Together We Cope

Ebony Scott-Anderson

External Affairs Director, University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab

Abigail Stone

Lived Experience Representative

Romiesha Tucker

Director of Prevention, Diversion, and Outreach Housing Forward

Naesha Moore-Tyler

Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc. (HAS)

Nadia Underhill

Vice President, Housing & Real Estate, Thresholds

Christi Wessel

District Director, State Representative Michelle Mussman

Sue Wiemer

Interim Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Turnstone Development

Monique Williams

Lived Experience Representative

Carl Wolf

Executive Director, Respond Now