Steering Committee

The NYC Continuum of Care (CoC) Steering Committee provides overall leadership to ensure the CoC carries out its vision and meets all HUD mandates and requirements. The Steering Committee provides direction to, and coordinates the efforts of CoC Committees, approves and sets policy priorities, and communicates with the public and external stakeholders to build their understanding of homelessness and the solutions required to prevent and eradicate it. The Steering Committee votes on operation-focused and strategic matters, while all votes tied to funding decisions and ranking priorities are made by the Independent Review Team.

Homelessness reflects comprehensive, intersectional inequities across institutions and systems that disproportionately impact people of color. The NYC CoC Steering Committee is dedicated to proactively and authentically implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices throughout all aspects of the CoC, including Steering Committee membership and representation among CoC-funded agencies and their leadership structures.

For more information on the Steering Committee, please see the NYC CoC Governing Documents.

Voting Members:

The 17 Steering Committee members are composed of two (2) at-large, four (4) coalition, four (4) government, four (4) persons with lived experience, and three (3) non-profit organization representatives. The members are elected for two-year, staggered terms. The Annual Election takes place in the fall of each year.

Co-Chairs:

Kristen Mitchell (she/her) - Associate Commissioner, Homelessness Policy and Innovation, NYC Department of Social Services (DSS)

Tierra Labrada (she/her) - Associate Director of Advocacy, Supportive Housing Network of NY (SHNNY) 

2024 Voting Members:

At-large

Lauren Velez (entity) - Corportation for Supportive Housing (CSH)

Michelle Mulcahy (entity) - Enterprise Community Partners 

Coalition

Nicole McVinua - Association for Community Living (ACL)

Elizabeth Garcia - Coalition for Homeless Youth (CHY)

Eric Lee - Homeless Service United (HSU)

Tierra Labrabda - Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHHNY/The Network)

Government

Anthony (Tony) Lee - NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)

Amy Wilkerson - NYC Dept. of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)

Alexandra (Ala) Warren - NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)

Andrea Reid - Human Resource Association (HRA)

Non-profit

John Betts - Breaking Ground

Jennie Drossman - Goddard Riverside

Nicole (Nikki) Grant - HousingPlus

Persons with Lived Experience - General

Cameron Craig

Kadisha Davis

Persons with Lived Experience - Youth

Shandra Rogers

Zaqanah Stephens