HOUSING IS OPPORTUNITY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Annie E. Casey Foundation, Chair
Ciarra comes to Funders for Housing and Opportunity with a decade of experience in direct service, community organizing, and supporting the unique needs of others. Prior to joining FHO, she served as a Housing Support Specialist, finding low-income housing solutions at Friendship Place, a housing provider in the nation's capital. While in her graduate program, Ciarra conducted research, program evaluation, and advocated for the rights of houseless people at the Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services and Women's Medical Fund. Her professional skills also include graphic design, website support and social media management. Ciarra has a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services with honors from Old Dominion University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- FHO As Its First Project Director
After two decades of working in the affordable housing and community development sector, Jeanne joined FHO as its first Project Director in 2017. Prior to joining FHO, she served as Senior Vice President of NeighborWorks America's national initiatives division, guiding programming and grant making in the areas of real estate development, asset management, green and healthy housing, homeownership, mortgage and commercial lending, foreclosure mitigation, community stabilization, and resident engagement. Previously, Jeanne worked at the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and she managed the Make It Your Own National Women's Homeownership Campaign at McAuley Institute. Jeanne completed her undergraduate work at Seattle University, was an Applied Community and Economic Development fellow at Illinois State University's Stevenson Center where she received her Master degree in Political Science, and served in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Boston, MA and Washington, DC.
Jennifer brings a decade of experience in community organizing, community development, labor, and philanthropy to Funders for Housing and Opportunity. Prior to joining FHO, she served as a Loan Fund Officer for BlueHub Capital, a national nonprofit Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) where she led strategic initiatives and managed a diverse portfolio of social impact loans. Previously, she was the National Worker Center Coordinator at the AFL-CIO, where she worked to develop and deepen strategic partnerships between worker centers and organized labor. Her diverse social sector experience includes research and consulting engagements with the City of Cambridge, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, and Peace First. She has served as an Opportunity Finance Fellow, a New Leaders Council Fellow, and a Sheila C. Johnson Fellow at the Harvard Center for Public Leadership. Currently, she serves on the board of The Philanthropy Connection. Jennifer holds a bachelor's degree with honors from Yale University and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Program Officer, Partnership for Equitable and Resilient Communities ( PERC )
Sunni is a community organizer with deep experience in helping translate between technical experts and community residents with a focus on elevating community views and voices. Sunni became involved in tenant organizing in 2018 when a bed bug outbreak occurred in her building. She organized with her neighbors to have a mass meeting and they decided that no one will have to go through this again so they adopted the Homes For All model, and started Homes For All St. Louis, a coalition dedicated to catalyzing tenant associations across the metropolitan area. She is an education professional with a background in human and organizational development and policy. Sunni is skilled in project management and evaluation, strategic planning, community engagement, large group facilitation, and resource development. Sunni holds a Bachelor's of Science degree from Vanderbilt University in Policy and Human & Organizational Development, and a Masters of Education from University of Missouri Saint Louis. She is a former 1st and 5th grade classroom educator at KIPP and Normandy Schools Collaborative.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Melville Charitable Trust
graduating Cum Laude and with honors from Phi Eta Sigma National Collegiate Honor Society and Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society, and a youth volunteer in various organizations in PG County. Ms. Burgess has an exceptional track record of superior performance on the job and goes above and beyond the call of position. As former military, she strongly believes in "completion of the mission".
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