About Us
About Us
Housing Works is a healing community of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Our mission is to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain our efforts.
Our Three Pillars
Relentless Advocacy
Through our advocacy offices in New York City, Albany, Washington D.C., Haiti and Puerto Rico, Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention information and other life-sustaining services, as well as legal protections from stigma and discrimination. We are a grassroots organization committed to the use of non-violent civil disobedience in order to further our mission.
Lifesaving Services
Since 1990, we have provided a comprehensive array of services to more than 30,000 homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. We believe that providing stable housing is healthcare and is the first step toward living a long and healthy life. Supportive services include but are not limited to housing, healthcare, meals and nutritional counseling, mental health and substance use treatment, job training, and legal assistance.
Entrepreneurial Businesses
Housing Works pioneered the concept of social enterprise–businesses whose profits fund the mission of a parent not-for-profit organization. This self-sustaining model provides employment opportunities to the community in addition to fundraising. Our acclaimed Housing Works Thrift Shops and Housing Works Bookstore Cafe provide crucial funds towards our mission.
Our History
Here are a few select highlights from over the past 25+ years. For more in-depth information about our history, visit the Housing Works History timeline project.
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Leadership & Boards
Board of Directors
Earl Ward, Esq.
Chair
Partner, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP
Richard C. Biletta, CPA, MBA
Treasurer
The Mack Company
Gerry Brown
Consumer Representative
Miguel Bulerin
Consumer Representative
Charisse Cadle
Consumer Representative
David Cohen, MD
Vice-chair, Dept. of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center
Marion Conde
Dolores Cullum
Consumer Representative
Richard G. Dudley Jr., MD
Denise Gordon
CocoaFab Lifestyle Editor; Founder, The Organized Home
Michael S. Gordon
Partner, Baker & Hostetler
Richard Kaplan
Sean Maher
Director of Development and Planning, ICAP at Columbia University
Dinick Martinez
Consumer Representative
Kathleen McGivney
Morgan Mulford
Cheryl Plambeck
Frank Quintero
Consumer Representatives
Bree Riley
Volunteer Representative
Colleen Simmons-Barnswell
Charles King
Ex-officio
President and Chief Executive Officer, Housing Works, Inc.
Subsidiary Boards
Thrift Shop Board
Sally Shaw
Chair
Neil Pirie
Treasurer
American Express
Mia Moretti
Secretary
E. O'Brien Kelley
Yetta Banks
Vice President of Design & Construction, Viacom
Stephen Ferrara
Co-founder, Hudson Advisory Team, Compass
Jennifer Foyle
Thrift Oversight
Global Brand President, aerie American Eagle Outfitters
William J. Gilbane III
SVP, Gilbane Building Company
Guia Golden
Instagram Business Marketing Lead, North America
Michael S. Gordon, Esq.
Partner, Baker & Hostetler
Steven Horn
Thrift Oversight
Fabrice Houdart
Human Rights Officer, New York Office, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Yasmin Jorge (Volunteer Rep)
Matthew Marchak
The Eighth Floor
Norma Mascarotti
Thrift Oversight
Lisle Richards
The Metric
Bruce Starr
BMF Media
Cathy Torelli (Volunteer Rep)
Jeffrey Tousey
Community Healthcare Board
Marion Conde
Chair
Frank Quintero
Vice-chair/Consumer Representative
Daron Hudson
Secretary/Consumer Representative
Annie L. Suggs
Treasurer
Cesar Figueroa
Consumer Representative
Ruth Garcia
Consumer Representative
George Macklin
Consumer Representative
Mitchell Pendleton
Consumer Representative
Willie Penamon
Consumer Representative
Alison Richards
Consumer Representative
Kathy Gueye
Kishor Malavade
Tywan Mata
Chenelle Nixon
Reverend Michele Jackson Taylor
Dr. Billy E. Jones
LaDawn Sebastian
Matthew Bernardo
Executive Director
Housing Works Community Healthcare
Charles King
Ex-Officio
Chief Executive Officer, Housing Works, Inc.
Finance Committee
Rich Biletta
Co-chair
Matt Baney
Co-chair
Sally Shaw
Co-Chair
Gerry Brown
Morgan Mulford
Alison Richards
Dinick Martinez
Quality Committee
Sean Maher
Co-chair
Kishor Malavade
Co-chair
Cesar Figueroa
Billy Jones
Louis Burns
Jeff Jacques
Richard Dudley
Collen Simmons-Barnswell
Willie Penamon
LaDawn Sabastian
Ruth Garcia
Strategic Planning
Richard Kaplan
Co-chair
Kathy Gueye
Co-chair
Daron Hudson
Michelle Taylor
George Macklin
Denise Gordon
Bree Riley
Rosemarie Greene
Yvette Hamilton
Fabrice Houdart
Ted Dawson
Wendell Ferguson
Audit and Compliance
Pierre Duleyrie
Co-Chair
Chenelle Nixon
Co-Chair
Tywan Mata
Michelle Pendleton
Deborah Rice
Charisse Cadle
Robert Colorafi
Jennifer Lacks Kaplan
Kate Weinstein
Delicia Jones
Dolores Cullum
Board Governance (Executive Committee)
Earl Ward
Chair
Kathleen McGivney
Marion Conde
E. O'Brien Kelley
Cheryl Plambeck
Tim O'Neal Lorah
Frank Quintero
Michael Boodro
Rich Biletta
Our Financials
Audited Financials and IRS Statements
Our Future
Housing Works is a healing community of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Our mission is to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain our efforts.
Over the next three years, we've defined three strategic objectives or focus areas for our work. These are: