Join NLIHC in celebrating 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honoree Shauna Sorrells, who will be recognized posthumously at the 38th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception on March 26, 2020 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, DC. The other honorees are Bill Faith and Jennifer Ho. Register to attend the reception and/or make a contribution as an organization or individual in their honor.
The Edward Brooke Housing Leadership Award is named for the late senator from Massachusetts who championed low-income housing as a U.S. senator and as chair of the NLIHC Board of Directors after he left the Senate. The Brooke award goes to an exemplary housing leader with a record of fighting for affordable housing on the national level. NLIHC will posthumously honor Shauna Sorrells, former NLIHC board member and chief operating officer at the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, with the Edward Brooke Housing Leadership Award.
Shauna Sorrells
Shauna committed her professional life to public and affordable housing, striving to improve the lives of low-income people, particularly children. In 2002, she began working at HUD and quickly rose to the position of director of the Office of Public Housing Programs. Shauna received several HUD Departmental recognitions, including four Secretarial Awards from Secretaries Jackson, Preston, and Donovan, as well as an Assistant Secretary's Distinguished Service Award. More recently, at the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, Shauna led efforts to address homelessness and housing poverty in Maryland. She was an executive committee member of the NLIHC board of directors, and she served on the board of directors of NAHRO and Homes for America.
The Sheila Crowley Housing Justice Award, named after the former NLIHC president and CEO who led the Coalition for 17 years, will be bestowed to Jennifer Ho, commissioner of Minnesota Housing and former senior advisor at HUD and deputy director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH).
Jennifer Ho
The third honoree is Bill Faith, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO) since 1994, who will be bestowed with the 2020 Cushing Dolbeare Award, named after NLIHC’s founder and an early affordable housing pioneer. In addition to leading COHHIO, Bill served on the NLIHC board of directors in various forms for 26 years and was the board chair for six years.
Bill Faith
Come celebrate the contributions of Shauna, Jennifer, and Bill at the 2020 Housing Leadership Reception on March 26 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington DC! Register for the event at: https://bit.ly/362lyDf. (Note: A separate ticked from the NLIHC Housing Policy Forum is required for the Leadership Awards Reception.)
Recognize these outstanding individuals by making a donation to NLIHC in their honor!
Donate as an individual at: https://bit.ly/34ng1FP
Donate as an organization at: https://bit.ly/2WyFnOb
Your donation will be recognized in the Leadership Awards Reception program. The contribution will support NLIHC’s mission to achieve socially just public policy to ensure the lowest-income people have decent, affordable homes.
The 2020 Leadership Awards Reception will be held on the second evening of NLIHC’s 2020 Housing Policy Forum: Ending Homelessness & Housing Poverty taking place March 25-27, 2020. Register for the Forum at: https://bit.ly/2PutSGn and/or Leadership Awards Reception at: https://bit.ly/362lyDf