Administration
Douglas Schenkelberg
Executive Director
doug@chicagohomeless.org
Thelma Morales
Administrative Director
thelma@chicagohomeless.org
Sherry Johnson
Office Manager/ Technology Coordinator
sherry@chicagohomeless.org
Chris Jelkes
Special Project Coordinator
cjelkes@chicagohomeless.org
Development
Michael Nameche
Director of Development
michael@chicagohomeless.org
Anne Bowhay
Director, Foundation Relations and Media
anne@chicagohomeless.org
Media inquiries, call (773) 906-3403
Claire Sloss
Associate Director of Development and Marketing
csloss@chicagohomeless.org
Erin Sindewald
Development Manager
erin@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
Keith Freeman
Senior Community Organizer – Families & Single Adults
keith@chicagohomeless.org
Bisma Shoukat
Community Organizer – Reentry
bisma@chicagohomeless.org
Ali Simmons
Community Organizer – Street Outreach
ali-s@chicagohomeless.org
Alyssa Rodriguez
Community Organizer – School and Latinx communities
arodriguez@chicagohomeless.org
Veronica Cullinan-Burnison
Speakers Bureau VISTA Organizer
veronica@chicagohomeless.org
Advocacy and Public Policy
Julie Dworkin
Director of Policy
julie@chicagohomeless.org
Niya K. Kelly
State Legislative Director
niya@chicagohomeless.org
Mary Tarullo
Associate Director of Policy and Strategy
mary@chicagohomeless.org
Mercedes González
Policy Specialist
mercedes@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
Diane O’Connell
Community Lawyer
diane@chicagohomeless.org
Tanya Gassenheimer
Youth Future Health Attorney
tanya@chicagohomeless.org
Alyssa Phillips
Equal Justice Works Fellow, sponsored by AbbVie and Kirkland & Ellis LLP
aphillips@chicagohomeless.org
Christy Joyce L. Savellano
Intake Specialist
christy@chicagohomeless.org
Legal aid inquiries, call (800) 940-1119
Monica Mahan
Social Worker
monicam@chicagohomeless.org
Support Staff
Gloria Davis
Office Support
gloria@chicagohomeless.org
Winter Interns
Raul Aguilar
The Law Project (John Marshall Law School, Baum Family Fund legal intern)
Joshua Bird-Martinez
Policy (Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois-Chicago)
Claudia Cabrera
Organizing (Dominican University, Graduate School of Social Work)
Molly Fitch
Policy (School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago)
Julie Miller
Organizing (Adler University)
Jennifer Rotter
Development (University of Chicago)