Our Leadership

Meet The Team

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Sarah Kennedy
Executive Director

Believes a community is only as strong as its most vulnerable neighbor, and works to build systems where no one falls through the cracks. Knows that homelessness is solvable, and refuses to let that belief get lost in budgets, meetings, or the slow grind of systems change. Leads with the mission always in view: not managing homelessness, but ending it. Reflective, resolute, and rooted in a deep sense of purpose and a lifelong commitment to social justice. Shaped by over 24 years of nonprofit experience.

Beth Olson
Housing Navigation Program Director

Fueled by the wisdom of people experiencing homelessness. Relentless in the fight to make housing a human right. Wildly passionate about Housing First. Proud data nerd. Fiercely practical, endlessly hopeful, and guided by over 15 years of learning in homeless services.
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Jamie Lund
Homeless Prevention &
Diversion Program Director

Problem-solver, housing advocate, and self-proclaimed professional asker of "but why are we doing it that way?" Believes navigating the housing system shouldn't be harder than the crisis that led someone to it. Over 12 years in, she's built her work around a simple truth: the strongest response to homelessness is preventing it in the first place.
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Kelsey Iverson
Cooper House Program Director

Grounded in Housing First and Trauma-Informed Care. Believes housing is a right, not a reward — and builds her team around that belief. Steady, compassionate, and guided by over a decade spent supporting and championing the work.

Board of Directors

Lisa Gulland-Nelson (Board Chair)
Brian Arett (Past Board Chair)
Sonja Hunter (Chair Elect)
Pat Podoll (Secretary)
Jessica Hoppe (Treasurer)
Sister Lorraine Schmaltz
Steve Sellent
Pam Burnside
Jean Hannig
Erick Quintanilla
Lamar Hill
Valerie Meis