Governing Council

Chair:
Kimberly Mitchell
City of Memphis

Immediate Past Chair:
Cornelius Sanders, Promise Development Corporation

Vice-Chair:
Phillis Lewis
Love Doesn’t Hurt

Mary Hamlett
VP of Family Programs, MIFA

Porsha Goodman
Executive Director, Door of Hope

City of Memphis Government Liaison
Kimberly Mitchell
Administrator, Housing & Community Dev.
Appointed by Mayor of the City of Memphis

Shelby County Government Liaison
Dorcas Young Griffin
Director, Division of Community Services
Appointed by the Mayor of Shelby County

Shelby County Schools Homeless Liaison
Dr. Karen Ball
District Official
Appointed by Shelby County Schools

Homeless Organizing for Power and Equality (H.O.P.E.) Liaison
Tamara Hendrix
Appointed by H.O.P.E.

Shelby County Health Department Liaison
Kharl-Ray Massey
Healthcare for the Homeless Manager
Appointed by Shelby County Health Department

Memphis Housing Authority Liaison
Vernua Hanrahan
Special Projects Coordinator
Appointed by MHA Director

Memphis VA Medical Center Liaison
Jacquelyn Taylor-Mays
Section Chief, Homeless Programs
Appointed by Memphis VAMC

Department of Children’s Services Liaison
Merlene Hyman
Regional Administrator
Appointed by DCS, Shelby County Regional Office 

Juvenile Court Liaison
Jessie Dryden
Director of Research and Data Visualization
Appointed by Shelby County Juvenile Court

CoC Planning Committee Chairs
Katrill Braden, Case Management Incorporated
Darren Bell, Alliance Healthcare Services

Outreach Committee Chair
Tori Jackson
Catholic Charities of West Tennessee

HMIS Committee Chair
Shalonda Adams-Young
Door of Hope

Healthcare Committee Chairs
Shirley Bondon, Black Clergy Collaborative
Janice Taylor, Baptist Mobile Outreach

Youth Committee Chair
Joshua Hall
OUTMemphis

Youth Action Board (YAB) Chair
Stellan Knowles

Affordable Housing Committee Chair
vacant

Families Committee Co-Chairs
Charie Carroll, Room in the Inn
Toni Johnson, Catholic Charities of West Tennessee

Veterans Committee Chair: Jeffrey Craig, Memphis VA Hospital

Consumer Representative
Marian Bacon

For-Profit Representative
vacant

Youth Representative
Vacant

Philanthropy Representative
Vacant

Legal Representative
Matthew Schwimmer, Memphis Area Legal Services

Domestic Violence Representative
Martha Jackson
Family Safety Center

Multi-Cultural Affairs Representative
Queen Keskessa
The City of Memphis Office of Community Affairs

LGBTQ Representative
Phillis Lewis
Love Doesn’t Hurt

Lead Agency Executive Director
D. Cheré Bradshaw
Executive Director
Community Alliance for the Homeless

Lead Agency Liaison (non-voting)
(designated by Lead Agency ED)
Julie Meiman
CoC Planning Director