Policy Advisory Committee

The Policy Advisory Committee engages community-based provider members in analyzing existing policies. Their perspective as service providers helps the NN4Y policy team develop and implement a comprehensive policy agenda. Committee members help identify major federal policy concerns around youth homelessness and how community interests might influence potential responses.

The National Network’s Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) is a committee of NN4Y’s Board of Directors. Board Directors Sparky Harlan and Melinda Giovengo chair this committee.

The Network is grateful for the valuable service and expertise of our Policy Advisory Committee members.

Sparky Harlan
Retired Chief Executive Officer
Bill Wilson Center
Santa Clara, CA

Melinda Giovengo
Harvard Fellow
Boston, MA

Amy Louttit
Program Support Specialist & Resident Community Artist
Youth Empowered Society
Baltimore, MD

Bonita Campbell, MS, LSW, CTP
Service Area Vice President
Lighthouse Youth & Family Services
Cincinnati, OH

Chris Bicknell
Executive Director
New Beginnings
Lewiston, ME

Courtney Smith
President & CEO
Detroit Phoenix Center
Detroit, MI

Doug Mowery
Managing Director of Residential and Clinical Programs
Ignite
Chicago, IL

Erin Chapman-Smith
Executive Director
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter
Seattle, WA

Erin Strohbehn
Senior Director Youth Programs, Quality
Youth In Need
St. Charles, MO

Fedora Galasso
Executive Director
Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS)
Austin, TX

Joli Guenther
Vice President
Wisconsin Association for Homeless and Runaway Services
Madison, WI

Josh Louwerse
Director of Statewide Initiatives
Covenant House Alaska
Anchorage, AK

Jade Leedham
Executive Director
Second Story
Dunn Lorring, VA

Mark Heinert, LBSW
Executive Director
YouthWorks
Fargo/Bismarck, ND

Shari Shapiro
Executive Director
Kids in Crisis
Cos Cob, CT

Trish Hobson
President
The Relatives
Charlotte, NC

Valerie Douglas, MPA
Director of Counseling & RHY Services
The Center for Youth Services, Inc.
Rochester, NY