The Policy and Practice Advisory Board was built to inform the policy and implementation component of the CASPEH. This board is composed of representatives from city, state, and national departments working on housing and homelessness, heads of community organizations working directly with or adjacent to the unhoused population, leaders of advocacy organizations, and service providers. We work closely with these advisors to:

  1. Interpret survey findings 
  2. Shape policy recommendations 
  3. Leverage findings for maximum impact

Our Policy and Practice Advisory Board Members

Ali Sutton

Chief Program Officer

Tipping Point Community

Bobby Watts

Chief Executive Officer

National Health Care for the Homeless Council

Brenda Grealish

Executive Officer

California Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health

Corrin Buchanan

Deputy Secretary for Policy and Strategic Planning 

California Health & Human Services Agency

Cynthia Nagendra

Director of Strategy

SF Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH)

Jamie Almanza

Executive Director

Bay Area Community Services

Janey Rountree

Executive Director

California Policy Lab at UCLA

Jennifer Loving

Executive Director

Destination: Home

Joy Moses

Director, Homelessness Research Institute

National Alliance to End Homelessness

Maria Rodriguez-Lopez

Deputy Director

Kings County Human Services Agency 

Nan Roman

Former President and CEO

National Alliance to End Homelessness

Nicole Sager

Executive Director

Yurok Indian Housing Authority

Omar Passons

Deputy City Manager

City of San Jose

Patti Prunhuber

Senior Staff Attorney, Housing

Justice in Aging

Richard Cho

Senior Advisor for Housing and Services

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Va Lecia Adams Kellum

President and CEO

St. Joseph Center

William Snow

Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Questions? 

Kara Young Ponder, PhD
Director of Community Engagement & Racial Justice, Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative 
Email: Xnen.Cbaqre@hpfs.rqhude.fscu@rednoP.araK

Marc Dones
Policy Director, Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative 
Email: Znep.Qbarf@hpfs.rqhude.fscu@senoD.craM