Who we are
Community Alliance for the Homeless unites partners and coordinates a comprehensive response system to end homelessness in Memphis and Shelby County.
We are devoted to ending long-term homelessness and ensuring that future homelessness is rare, brief, and one-time.
We believe that housing is a basic human right.
We believe that homelessness is a solvable problem.
We believe that our community is equipped with resources to impact positive change.
Staff
Administrative Team
D. Cheré Bradshaw
President & CEOchere@cafth.org
Charlotte Parry
Finance and Grants Directorcharlotte@cafth.org
Ty Garvey
Accounting Coordinatorty@cafth.org
Sydne Taylor
Vice President & COOsydne@cafth.org
Pam Scarbrough
Office/Human Resources Administratorpam@cafth.org
Kathryn Yourch
Grants Coordinatorkathryn@cafth.org
CoC Team
Stephanie Reyes
Vice President of Programsstephanie@cafth.org
Emma Boehme-Grant
Communications & Development Administratoremma@cafth.org
Natalie Filipowicz
CoC Youth and Special Populations Administratornatalie@cafth.org
Kelcy Ramirez
CoC Project Coordinatorkelcy@cafth.org
Errin Woods
CoC Planning Administratorerrin@cafth.org
Curtis Watson
Crisis Response Administratorcurtis@cafth.org
Vaniel Simmons
CoC Project Coordinatorvaniel@cafth.org
Coordinated Entry Team
Kirsten Hipkins
Coordinated Entry Directorkirsten@cafth.org
LaWanda Haley
Housing Navigatorlawanda@cafth.org
Pamela Saba
CoC Coordinated Entry System Coordinatorpamela@cafth.org
Ashton Alexander
Coordinated Entry Administratorashton@cafth.org
HMIS Team
Tara Williams
Vice President of Information Managementtara@cafth.org
Ryan Dement
HMIS Comparable Database Administratorryan@cafth.org
Emmett Altsman
HMIS Coordinatoremmett@cafth.org
Board of Directors
Dr. Larry L. Durbin, Past Board Chair
Support Solutions of the Mid-South, LLC
Julius C. Turner, Chair
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Kevin Barton, Vice Chair
Zoetis
Rebecca Hinds, Secretary
Attorney at Law with Martin Tate
Bob Clark, Treasurer
Pactiv Evergreen Inc.
Robert Hyde, Assistant Treasurer
ALCO Management, Inc.
Christina Cook
Google
Dr. Elena Delavega
University of Memphis
Jermaine Fletcher
First Horizon
Jamie “Griff” Griffin
Memphis Public Libraries
Yvonne Madlock
Retired Director,
Shelby Co. Health Department
Emily Shortridge
Astellas Pharma
Rev. Lawrence Wilson
Behavioral Health Initiatives