Administration

Douglas Schenkelberg
Executive Director
doug@chicagohomeless.org

Thelma Morales
Administrative Director
thelma@chicagohomeless.org

Sherry Johnson
Associate Director of Administration and Technology
sherry@chicagohomeless.org

Gloria Davis
Administrative Assistant
gloria@chicagohomeless.org

Development

Michael Nameche
Director of Development
michael@chicagohomeless.org

Erin Sindewald
Associate Director of Development
erin@chicagohomeless.org

Chris Jelkes
Development Associate
Special Projects Coordinator
cjelkes@chicagohomeless.org

Communications

Media inquiries, call (773) 906-3419

Vanessa Álvarez
Director of Communications
vanessa@chicagohomeless.org

Karianne Canfield
Digital Communications Manager
karianne@chicagohomeless.org

Sue Um
Content Creator Specialist
sue@chicagohomeless.org

Community Organizing

Wayne Richard
Director of Organizing
wrichard@chicagohomeless.org

Jim Picchetti
Associate Director of Organizing
State Network Coordinator
jpicchetti@chicagohomeless.org

Nick Jefferson
Associate Director of Organizing, Strategic Campaigns
nick@chicagohomeless.org

Alyssa Rodriguez
Community Organizer – School, Youth, and Latinx Communities
arodriguez@chicagohomeless.org

Claudia Cabrera
Special Projects Organizer – Speakers Bureau & Horizons
ccabrera@chicagohomeless.org

Alex Shapiro
Northern Illinois Community Organizer
alex@chicagohomeless.org

Lorna Bennett
Outreach Assistant/Organizer
lorna@chicagohomeless.org

April Harris
Outreach Assistant/Grassroots Leader
april@chicagohomeless.org

Myron Byrd
Outreach Assistant/Grassroots Leader
myron@chicagohomeless.org

Nina Martinez
Reentry Organizer
nina@chicagohomeless.org

Advocacy and Public Policy

Julie Dworkin
Director of Policy
julie@chicagohomeless.org

Niya K. Kelly
Director of State Legislative Policy, Equity and Transformation
niya@chicagohomeless.org

Mary Tarullo
Associate Director of Policy and Strategic Campaigns
mary@chicagohomeless.org

Samuel Paler-Ponce
Manager of Research and Outreach
sam@chicagohomeless.org

Sontcerá McWilliams
State Policy Coordinator
sontcera@chicagohomeless.org

The Law Project

Patricia Nix-Hodes
Director of the Law Project
patricia@chicagohomeless.org

Beth Cunningham Malik
Associate Director of the Law Project
Youth Futures Lead Attorney
beth@chicagohomeless.org

Arturo Hernandez
Senior Attorney
arturo@chicagohomeless.org

Alyssa Phillips 
Education Attorney
aphillips@chicagohomeless.org

Camilla Krauss
Staff Attorney
camilla@chicagohomeless.org

Thomas Edwards
Equal Justice Works Fellow
thomas@chicagohomeless.org

Venus Rivera
Public Benefits Specialist
venus@chicagohomeless.org

Ali Simmons
Outreach and Case Worker
ali-s@chicagohomeless.org

Christy Joyce L. Berretta
Intake and Support Manager
christy@chicagohomeless.org 
Legal aid inquiries, call (800) 940-1119

Interns

Scott Hulver
Policy (JD candidate, Loyola University School of Law)

Sana Sami
Policy (JD candidate, Loyola University School of Law)

Ayan Hassan
Policy

Melissa West-Castillo

Law (Legal Extern from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law)

Ariana “Ari” Rothman  
Law (Social Work Law Intern from University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice)

Clare Fogarty 
Law (Social Work Law Intern from University of Loyola Chicago School of Social Work

Ari Crockett 
Communications (Journalism student at Northwestern University)