Members

 

Call for Committee Members!

Joining a Continuum of Care (CoC) committee is a powerful way to take an active role in shaping the strategies and decisions that impact how our community addresses homelessness. Committees focus on key areas such as youth homelessness, system operations, performance monitoring, and more. By participating, you can share your expertise, represent your agency or lived experience, and collaborate with others to improve policies, evaluate programs, and advance innovative solutions. Committee members are essential to driving progress, ensuring accountability, and building a more coordinated, equitable system of care in Columbus and Franklin County.

The CoC is seeking diverse candidates across a range of characteristics, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, LGBTQ+ identity, socio-economic status, disability, and those with lived experience.

If interested, please fill out this form.

Please share this opportunity widely.


Continuum of Care Members

Entity Organization Member
Non-profit homeless assistance providers
(rotating consideration)

Community Shelter Board

YMCA of Central Ohio

Shannon Isom

Beth Lonn

Youth homeless organizations
(rotating consideration)

Home for Families 

Beth Fetzer-Rice

Victim service providers
(rotating consideration)

Lutheran Social Services CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Violence

Ohio Domestic Violence Network

Dr. Maria Houston

Mary O’Doherty

Faith-based organizations
(rotating consideration)

Faith Based Committee Jim Rose
Local Governments/ESG Entitlement

Columbus City Council

Columbus Mayor’s Office

City of Columbus

Franklin County

Office of the Columbus City Attorney

John Oswalt

Marcus Johnson

Emerald Hernandez-Parra

Walter Dillard

Tiara Ross

Street Outreach

(rotating consideration)

Mount Carmel Health System Street Medicine

Roxann Payne

Businesses
(rotating consideration)

The Columbus Foundation

CSB Board Member

CSB Board Member

CSB Board Member

Emily Savors

Sonya Higginbotham

Alison Marker

Nathan P. Wymer

Advocates and other homeless subpopulation advocates (rotating consideration)

Columbus Coalition for the Homeless

Corporation for Supportive Housing 

Legal Aid Society of Columbus

Sarah Hatchard

Terri Power

Donna Mayer

Agencies that serve survivors of human trafficking (rotating consideration) Sanctuary Night Nancy Hashman
Public Housing Authorities Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority Scott Scharlach
School Administrators/Homeless Liaisons Columbus City Schools – Project Connect Felisha Lyons
Employment Services (rotating consideration) ASPYR Workforce Innovation  Kier Scott

Social Service Providers

Franklin County Children Services & Committee to End Youth Homelessness          Tina Rutherford 
Franklin County Dept of Job and Family Services   Vivian Turner
Franklin County Office on Aging   Chanda I. Wingo
United Way of Central Ohio   Michael Wilkos
Disability service organizations/Disability advocates

Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities

The P.E.E.R. Center

Jeff Pattison

Juliet C. Dorris-Williams

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Organizations (rotating consideration)

ADAMH Board

Central Ohio Behavioral Healthcare

Sue Villilo

MarQuan McCarrel

Hospitals
(rotating consideration)

OhioHealth Le-Ann Harris
Universities (rotating consideration) Columbus State Community College

Dr. Desiree Polk-Blank

Affordable Housing Developers and advocates

The Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and Franklin County

Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing

Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio

TBD

Jon Welty

Carlie Boos

Law Enforcement

Columbus Police Department

Lt. Kyle Kincade

Local Jails/Courts

Franklin County Sheriff's Office

Makaylah Downour

Veterans Organizations

Veterans Administration

Veterans Service Commission

Courtney Elrod

Robert Bramlish

Homeless or formerly homeless persons

Citizens Advisory Council

Citizens Advisory Council

Malcolm Turner

Sheila Prillerman

Youth Advocates

Youth Action Board

Rei Scott

LGBTQ+-serving Organization or Advocacy Group (rotating consideration)

Equitas Health

Meghann Cicola