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January 21, 2025

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Detroit CoC Voting Members

Updated March 2024

• Dr. Celia Thomas – Alternatives for Girls (AFG)

• Denise Johnson and Deborah Starr- Hodges – Capuchin Soup Kitchen

• Erica George – Cass Community Social Services (CCSS)

• Anna Licavoli– Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan (CCSEM)

• Terra Linzner and Paige Beasley – City of Detroit

• Matt Niemi and John Stoyka – Community Home Supports (CHS)

• Christopher Dier-Scalise & Meagan Dunn - Covenant House Michigan

• Courtney Smith and Robert Cooper – Detroit Phoenix Center

• Harriet Cammock and Alexandra McLenan – The Exodus Foundation

• Elizabeth Vasquez – Freedom House

• Austin Williams and Luis Marquez – Housing Assistance Payments Initiative (HAPI)

• Amanda Sternberg and Tasha Gray - Homeless Action Network of Detroit (HAND)

• Stephen Van Every and David Sampson – Mariners Inn

• Jean Griggs and Thaddeus Dean– Neighborhood Legal Services of Mi

• Paris White – Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO)

• Deborah Powell and Henry Jenkins – Operation Get Down (OGD)

• Chris Harthen and Benjamin Assaf – Pope Francis Center

• Maisha Kenyatta and Lois Nelson-Brown – Positive Images

• Mitchel Blum-Alexander – Red Maple Resource

• Jane Scarlett and Kenneth Cobb – MiSide

• Amy Brown and Stacie Vaughn-Covington– The NOAH Project

• Roslyn Baughman and Felicia Mitchell – Traveler’s Aid of Southeast Michigan Detroit

• Claudia Sanford and Ted Philips – United Community Housing Coalition (UCHC)

• Jennifer Tuzinsky and Dr. Gerald Curley – Veterans Administration

• Michele Watkins – Volunteers of America of Michigan

•Julie Ratekin and Claudia DeVerna — Wayne Metro Community Action Agency

• Michelle Johnson and Kesha Sawyer— Legal Aid and Defender Association

•Japheth Agboka and Benne Baker— Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries

• DeAndra Matthews — Youth Action Board

• Alan Rosetto & Tawanna Simpson — F.U.E.L. (Friends United for Elevated Living)

• Essence Wilson and Renee Kent — Communities First

• Ilene Hogan and Sally Coder— First Step

• Gergory Delaney and Jacquelin Dukes — Operation Welcome Home Inc

• Donna Price— Detroit Advisors Group

• ReGina Hentz— Detroit Advisors Group

• Curtis Brown— Independent

• Cynthia Bulter— Ujima House Co-Living

• Ami Burl and KaTonya Jones — Embassy Community Development Corp

• Gina Cavaliere and KaTaya Beverly — Downtown Detroit Partnership

• Taura Brown — Independent

• Alesia McGlocton — YWCA Interim House

• Julie Ratekin and Claudia DeVerna — Wayne Metro

• Lisa Johanon  — Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corp

• Robert Garcia — Special Multi-Services, Inc.

•Jenny Poma and Princess Staples — Lighthouse MI

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