Governance
Leadership Council
United to End Homelessness is led by an all-star group of leaders from Orange County’s top business, private companies; non-profit, community, faith-based and philanthropic organizations; as well as public institutions and government agencies – all committed to ending homelessness in our community.
- Rick Afable
Mind OC - Ashleigh Aitken
Aitken Aitken Cohn - Bob Alter
Seaview Investors, LLC - Charles Antis
Antis Roofing & Waterproofing - Lawrence R. Armstrong
Ware Malcomb - Sheriff Donald Barnes
Orange County Sheriff’s Department - Lisa Bartlett
Community Leader - Doug Becht
County of Orange - Judson Brown
City of Santa Ana - Kelly Bruno-Nelson
CalOptima Health - Steve Churm
Churm | 360 - Patty Conover
Bank of America - David Cordero
Apartment Association Orange County - Christy Cornwall
City of Irvine - Gina Cunningham
HomeAid Orange County - Michael Cupps
Golden Eagle Foundation - Greg E. Custer
Whittier Trust - Mark Davis
St. Mark Presbyterian Church - Shirish Dayal
Tarsadia Foundation - Lucy Dunn
Community Leader - Supervisor Katrina Foley
Orange County Housing Finance Trust - David Forgues
California State University, Fullerton - Tiffany Gardner Wood
Orange County REALTORS - Chancellor Howard Gillman
University of California, Irvine - Todd Harmonson
The Orange County Register - Shelley Hoss
Orange County Community Foundation - Dave Hirsch
Armanino LLP - Michael Hunn
CalOptima - Tina Javid
Southern California Gas Company - Mayor Steve Jones
City of Garden Grove - Frank Kim
Community Leader - Keith Kobata
Wells Fargo – Orange County Region - Chad Lefteris
UCI Health - Ken Lickel
Community Leader - Nick Lieberman
Bona Fide Mortgage - Elaine Lister
City of Mission Viejo - Gary McArdell
Lee & Associates | Newport Beach - Dave McCann
McCann Advisory LLC - Julie Miller-Phipps
Collaborative Innovation Partners - Kris Murray
Association of California Cities – Orange County - Susan B. Parks
Orange County United Way - Maya Patel
Tarsadia Foundation - Natalie Reider
Jamboree Housing - Michael Robinson
Providence South Division - Tom Rogers
MemorialCare - Jeff Roos
Lennar - Barry Ross
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange - Mike Ruane
National Community Renaissance - Richard Sanchez
Community Leader - Ernie Schroeder
Schroeder Investment Partners, Inc. - George Searcy
Hope Center - Tim Shaw
Orange County Continuum of Care Board - Lindsey Spindle
Samueli Family Philanthropies, H&S Ventures - Judith Stepan-Norris
University of California, Irvine - Grace Stepter
Anaheim Housing Authority - John Stratman
Kaiser Permanente Orange County - Gloria R. Thomas
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Cheryl Vargo
Kaiser Permanente - Raju Varma
Auto Club Enterprises - Dennis Wilberg
Community Leader
Faith Leaders Council
Dozens of esteemed faith leaders from across Orange County have come together to create the Faith Leaders Council of United to End Homelessness. This Council’s role is to serve as a spiritual advisory board for the initiative and forge the strategy for engaging, educating and mobilizing the faith community to action. Focus areas include:
- Educating leaders and members of faith communities regarding the facts of and solutions for homelessness in Orange County
- Training and developing community champions who advocate for supportive housing in their communities
Our faith traditions compel us to:
- Use our voices, platforms, and influence to bring attention to the homeless crisis in Orange County
- Use our relationships in the community to engage others in education, conversations, action and advocacy to bring forth solutions to end homelessness
- To pray AND act to end homelessness in our community
As faith leaders we believe that:
- Every person and child experiencing homelessness possesses a divine dignity, known in some traditions as the image of God
- We are called to love our human family and ensure that they are treated with dignity and respect
- It is our moral imperative to provide housing, support and restoration for those experiencing homelessness
We the undersigned will persevere in this commitment until all our neighbors dwell in dignity.
- Donna Burkland
Safe Harbor OC Church - Cathie Capp
University United Methodist Church - Heidi Cohen
Temple Beth Sholom - Mark Davis
St. Mark Presbyterian Church - Donald Dermit
The Rock, Anaheim - Kent Doss
Tapestry, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Dr. Brad Fieldhouse
City Net - Mitch Fierro
EvFree Fullerton - Erica Flora
Eastside Christian Church - Lester Mackenzie
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church - Andrew Nelson
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Jason Phillips
Fullerton ACT, Fullerton Collaborative, Fullerton Interfaith Ministerial Association, Sojourners Church - James Pike
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection - Laura Siriani
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church - Ahmed Soboh
- Ian Stevenson
Trellis International - John Steward
Mount of Olives Church - Lynn Stone
Yorba Linda Presb Church - Karen Stoyanoff
Unitarian Universalist Church of Fullerton - BJ Sullivan
Interfaith Counil of Greater RSM; Member of St Johns Episcopal Church - Thomas Thorkelson
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and VP, Orange County Interfaith Network (OCIN) - Marcia Tilchin
Jewish Collaborative of Orange County - Maribel Toan
Newsong Church of Orange County - Cindy Voorhees
St. James Episcopal Church - Greg Walgenbach
Roman Catholic Diocese - Ralph Villiamson
COR Church & CDC - K’Vod Wieder
Temple Beth El of South OC - Sian Wiltshire
Newport, Mesa, Irvine Interfaith Council / Orange Coast Uniterian Universalist Church
Service Provider Network
Essential to the success of United to End Homelessness are the incredible service providers who have been addressing the issue of homelessness in Orange County for decades. These leaders provide valuable insights, direction, and effective “best practice” solutions for the initiative while serving as vital “boots on the ground,” working day in and day out with our neighbors experiencing homelessness.
The service provider agencies in the Network share a commitment to ending homelessness in Orange County.
As Service Provider Agencies, We Believe:
- That people experiencing homelessness have the right to make decisions about their housing and support services as they work to end their homelessness
- That homelessness can be ended
- That housing ends homelessness
- In the proven effectiveness of the Housing First approach
We Will:
- Work collaboratively in support of the recommendations of the 2017 UCI Cost Study of Homelessness in partnership with Orange County United Way, a network of service providers and the public, private and philanthropic sectors who compose United to End Homelessness
- Communicate collectively and with one voice around the issue of homelessness and its solutions, participate in United to End Homelessness public awareness campaigns and support positive solutions in our daily work as well as public settings
- Participate in United to End Homelessness meetings and develop solutions that can be brought to scale together
- Be flexible and responsive to each person’s unique circumstances and needs, committing to a high standard of support and care coordination so their homelessness can end
- Participate in activities that encourage and allow our system of care to evolve and become more efficient
- Measure our progress, and use data to make informed decisions and implement changes as needed to ensure we operate at the highest standard possible
- Actively participate in the United to End Homelessness Public Awareness Campaign, advocating for proven solutions to end homelessness
- Work together to help educate the public about solutions for homelessness by sharing data, stories, progress, and shared public awareness assets
- Strategically work to end all types of homelessness, with chronic homelessness being our first goal
- End homelessness in Orange County
- 2-1-1 Orange County
- Anaheim Housing Authority
- American Family Housing
- Build Futures
- Chrysalis
- City Net
- Families Forward
- Family Assistance Ministries
- Family Promise of Orange County
- Family Solutions Collaborative
- Friendship Shelter
- Grandma’s House of Hope
- Habitat For Humanity of Orange County
- Homeless Intervention Services of OC (HIS-OC)
- HomeAid Orange County
- Human Options
- Illumination Foundation
- Jamboree Housing Corporation
- Mental Health Association of Orange County
- Mercy House
- Orangewood Foundation
- Our Father’s Table
- Pathways of Hope
- Precious Life Shelter
- Project Hope Alliance
- Salvation Army Orange County
- Santa Ana Housing Authority
- Schools on Wheels
- Share Our Selves
- South County Outreach
- Serving People in Need, Inc. (SPIN)
- StandUp For Kids – Orange County
- The Kennedy Commission
- Thomas House Family Shelter
- Tierney Center for Veteran Services, Goodwill OC
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Long Beach Healthcare System
- Volunteers of America Los Angeles
- WISEPlace
