Interagency Council
The Interagency Council is the oversight body of the CEHKC that works to sponsor changes to current programs and systems; coordinate data collection, analysis and reporting; recommend policy direction to the Governing Board; and create ways to better serve people experiencing homelessness.
Members of the IAC are typically directors of large organizations and systems that are critical to ending homelessness, and include King County, human service directors and city managers for the cities of Seattle, Bellevue, Tukwila, Kent and Kirkland; the directors of county corrections and public health; faith leaders; housing developers; service providers; and other community leaders. Two individuals who have experienced homelessness are also serving on the Interagency Council. These agencies, institutions, and individuals are vital to creating changes in current programs and moving local institutions forward in support of the ten-year plan.
The Interagency Council was created as one piece of a three-part governance structure approved by the Committee to End Homelessness King County and charged with a key leadership role in the implementation of the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness.
Role
- Develop and recommend policy to the Governing Board that will further the goals and objectives of the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness
- Upon direction from the Governing Board, incorporate selected policies and strategies within departments, programs and service areas over which the IAC member may have jurisdiction to assure the successful implementation of the Ten Year Plan
- Educate and influence policy makers and advocate for system reform and increased resources at the local, state and federal levels in support the Ten-Year Plan
- Identify opportunities to coordinate countywide strategies and funding to end homelessness, especially linkages between housing and services, and collaborate on grant opportunities as appropriate
- Encourage and sustain partnerships through incentives and targeted funding opportunities and review grant application and funding recommendations for consistency with the Ten-Year Plan
- Oversee coordination and development of annual work plans for the Governing Board's approval
- Establish subcommittees to assist with implementing the IAC's responsibilities and review and approve work program for each subcommittee
- Coordinate data collection, analysis and reporting
Pictured above from left to right, Interagency Council members: Patricia McInturff - City of Seattle (recently retired), Paul Lambros - Plymouth Housing Group and Lynn Davison - Common Ground.
Members
| Representation Category | Member Name and Affiliation |
| Government | Jackie MacLean (King County Dept. of Community and Human Services) |
| Government | Alan Painter (City of Seattle Human Services Dept.) |
| Government | David Ramsay (City of Kirkland) |
| Government | Karen Bergsvik (City of Renton) |
| Government | Emily Leslie (City of Bellevue) |
| Government | Adrienne Quinn (Seattle Office of Housing) |
| Funders/Foundations | David Okimoto (United Way of King County) |
| Funders/Foundations | Michael Brown (Seattle Foundation) |
| King County Housing Authority | Stephen Norman |
| Seattle Housing Authority | Tom Tierney |
| Housing Developer | Lynn Davison (Common Ground) |
| Housing Developer | Bill Hallerman (Archdiocesan Housing Authority) |
| Housing Developer | Paul Lambros (Plymouth Housing Group) |
| Housing Services Provider – Chronic Adults | Bill Hobson (Downtown Emergency Services Center) |
| Housing Services Provider – Families | Sue Sherbrooke (YWCA) |
| Housing Services Provider – Youth | Jim Theofelis (Mockingbird Society) |
| Housing/Services Provider - Youth | Mike Heinisch (Kent Youth and Family Services) |
| Workforce Development | Kris Stadelman (Workforce Development Council) |
| Criminal Justice / Legal | Clark Kimerer (Seattle Police Department) |
| Criminal Justice / Legal | Tom Carr (City of Seattle, City Attorneys Office) |
| Criminal Justice / Legal | Reed Holtgeerts (Adult and Juvenile Detention) |
| Faith Community | Rev. Sandy Brown (Church Council of Greater Seattle) |
| Health Care System | Dr. Charissa Fotinos (Public Health–Seattle & King County) |
| Veterans System | Dennis Brown (Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs) |
| Consumer/Homeless Advocate | Christine VanderWerf (Consumer Advisory Council) |
| Consumer/Homeless Advocate | Randy Pellam (Consumer Advisory Council) |
| East/North KC Housing/Service Provider | Marilyn Mason Plunkett (Hopelink) |
| East/North KC Housing/Service Provider | Barbara Langdon (Eastside Domestic Violence Program) |
| South KC Housing/Service Provider | Faith Richie (Valley Cities Counseling & Consultation) |
| South KC Service Provider | Dini Duclos (Multiservice Center) |
| Seattle-King County Coalition on Homelessness | Humberto Alvarez (Solid Ground) |
| OTHER | Doreen Cato (First Place) |
| OTHER | Kathleen Southwick (Crisis Clinic) |
| OTHER | Mark Dalton (DSHS – Belltown Office) |
| OTHER | Kate Joncas (Downtown Seattle Association) |