The CoC Board of Directors is a group of key stakeholders (city officials, service providers, people with lived experience and community partners) that meets every other month to discuss important issues that impact those experiencing homelessness and help to both vote on and strategize on solutions as quickly as possible. View upcoming meetings here and view materials and minutes from CoC Board and Committee meetings here.
Executive Committee
Chairman
Richard Rowe
Lived Experience Comission
Vice Chairman
Ken Burnett
Christian Community Health Center
Treasurer
Michael Banghart
Renaissance Social Services
Debbie Reznick
Secretary
Private Funder
Polk Bros. Foundation
Commissioner Brandie V. Knazze
Chicago Department of Family & Support Services
Carmelo Barbaro
Urban Labs
Fred Friedman
Lived Experience Commission
2021 Board
Amanda Pyron
At Large
The Network
Amber Westbrooks
YAB
Youth Action Board
Carolyn Ross
Non-Voting Collaborate Applicant
All Chicago Making Homelessness History
Christine Haley
At Large
Cook County Health
Christy Prahl
Private Funder
Crown Family Philanthropies
Dorothy Yancy
Lived Experience Commission
Commissioner Marisa Novara
At Large
Chicago Department of Housing
Mary Howard
At Large
Chicago Housing Authority
Megan Cunningham
At Large
Chicago Department of Public Health
Pete Toepfer
Service Provider
Center for Housing & Health
Regina Freeman-Hodges
At Large
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Robert Cunningham
Lived Experience Commission
Sanja Stinson
Service Provider
Matthew House
Steve Brown
At Large
UIC Health
Jaye Stapleton
Mayor’s Office
Director of Social Services Policy
Todd Fuller
At Large
Illinois Department of Human Services
