About Us

About Us

Born out of the AIDS crisis in New York City, Housing Works is a healing community that fights for inclusive care, social justice, and an end to homelessness. Our integrated healthcare, life-changing services, relentless advocacy, and social enterprises break barriers and involve the whole community in building a more compassionate and equitable world.

Read our 2025 Annual Report Here.

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.

Leadership & Boards

Earl Ward, Esq.

Chair

Partner, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP

Matthew Baney

Eric Bartley

Consumer Representative

Richard C. Biletta, CPA, MBA

Treasurer

The Mack Company

Gerry Brown

Consumer Representative

David Cohen, MD

Member

Vice-chair, Dept. of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center

Marion Conde

Richard G. Dudley Jr., MD

Member

Dvora Harel

Antonica James

Richard Kaplan

Member

Charles King

Ex-officio

Ex-officio

Jennifer Lacks Kaplan

Sean Maher

Member

Director of Development and Planning, ICAP at Columbia University

Dinick Martinez

Consumer Representative

Dr. Andrea McCrink

Volunteer Representative

Kathleen McGivney

Maria Morales

Consumer Representative

Morgan Mulford

Member

Neil Pirie

Thrift Shop Board Chair

Cheryl Plamback

Frank Quintero

Colleen Simmons-Barnswell

Member

Jorge Vazquez

Charles Waters

Isabel Wise

Consumer Representative

Thrift Shop Board

Neil Pirie

Chair

Yetta Banks

Treasurer

Trish Donnelly Davidson

Board Development

Stephen Ferrara

Corporate Engagement

Jennifer Foyle

Vice Chair

Guia Golden

Marketing / Digital

Michael S. Gordon, Esq.

Meg Hale

Steven Horn

Thrift Oversight

J. Logan Horne

Events

Fabrice Houdart

Corporate Engagement

Jacob Jordan

Norma Mascarotti

Thrift Oversight

Mia Moretti

Secretary

Paul Munkholm

Vice Chair Digital Strategy

Elizabeth Preis

Barrie Scardina

Sally Shaw

Development, Thrift Oversight

Yumi Shin

Marketing, Digital

Bruce Starr

Melody Weir

Thrift Oversight

Jeffrey Wilson

Community Healthcare Board

Marion Conde

Chair/Consumer Representative

Pamela DeCuir Johnson

Member

Jessica Diamond

Executive Director

Housing Works Community Healthcare

Cesar Figueroa

Consumer Representative

Ruth Garcia

Consumer Representative

Kathy Gueye

Member

Reverend Michele Jackson Taylor

Member

Catherine Lapsley

Member

George Macklin

Consumer Representative

Kishor Malavade

Member

Tywan Mata

Member

Chenelle Nixon

Member

Frank Quintero

Vice-chair/Consumer Representative

Ezekiel Revell

Max N. Rose

Board Treasurer

Diane Williams

Consumer Representative

Finance Committee

Rich Biletta

Co-chair

Max N. Rose

Co-chair

Matt Baney

Eric Bartley

Gerry Brown

Pamela DeCuir Johnson

Dinick Martinez

Morgan Mulford

Neil Pirie

Quality Committee

Sean Maher

Co-chair

Kishor Malavade

Co-chair

Louis Burns

Richard Dudley

Cesar Figueroa

Ruth Garcia

Jeff Jacques

Billy Jones

Catherine Lapsley

Tywan Mata

Maria Morales

Carole Schwarz

Colleen Simmons-Barnswell

Yvonne T.

Jorge Vazquez

Diane Williams

Strategic Planning

Kathy Gueye

Co-chair

Richard Kaplan

Co-chair

Ted Dawson

Yvette Hamilton

Fabrice Houdart

George Macklin

Andrea McCrink

Michelle Taylor

Audit and Compliance

Jennifer Lacks Kaplan

Co-Chair

Chenelle Nixon

Co-Chair

Kaitlin Abrams

Eric Bartley

Dolores Cullum

Tywan Mata

Kate Weinstein

Catherine Lapsley

Board Governance (Executive Committee)

Earl Ward

Chair

Kathleen McGivney

Marion Conde

Cheryl Plambeck

Frank Quintero

Rich Biletta

Neil Pirie

Bookstore Board

Nick McCarvel

Chair

Sara Dayton

Member

Libby Flores

Member

Brooks Headley

Emeritus

Caledonia Kearns

Member

Thomas Kretchmar

Member

Rachel Levy

Member

Alan Light

Emeritus

Joshua O’Sullivan

Member

Cheryl Plambeck

Secretary

Alistair Smith

Member

Brandon Stosuy

Member

D. Brandon Trice

Member

Christian Trimmer

Member

Matthew Willis

Member

Anne Yearwood

Member

Our Future

Born out of the AIDS crisis in New York City, Housing Works is a healing community that fights for inclusive care, social justice, and an end to homelessness. Our integrated healthcare, life-changing services, relentless advocacy, and social enterprises break barriers and involve the whole community in building a more compassionate and equitable world.

Over the next three years, we've defined three strategic objectives or focus areas for our work. These are:

1. People: Building a diverse and engaged leadership base.
2. Programs: Expanding our services to meet client needs and realize scale.
3. Innovation: Using our proven model of entrepreneurism and experimentation to diversify revenue streams and expand our footprint.

Our Mission

Born out of the AIDS crisis in New York City, Housing Works is a healing community that fights for inclusive care, social justice, and an end to homelessness. Our integrated healthcare, life-changing services, relentless advocacy, and social enterprises break barriers and involve the whole community in building a more compassionate and equitable world.

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