WHO WE ARE

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP


Housing First Solano General Membership is open to all community members. If you have questions or wish to join, please send an email to reneep@capsolanojpa.org.

More than 1,100 people in Solano County currently experience homelessness. Housing First Solano wants to change that. We have a simple mission: find homes for those without. This goal seems simple, but could not be more complicated. High rents to the Bay Area, low housing stock, and a lack of affordable service options prevent many from affording a place to live. Housing First Solano works to solve that problem by connecting housing developers, mental and health service providers, and social services to effectively deliver the kind of help people need at the time they need it.


Housing First Solano is guided by its Governance Charter, available here.  Other Housing First Governance documents include its Written Standards for Service.

CATEGORY

NAME

ORGANIZATION

TERM

Affordable Housing Developer Representative

Samantha Meyer

Eden Housing

2022 - 2025

Coordinated Entry System Operator Representative

DeAndre Richard - Secretary

Resource Connect Solano

2023 - 2026

Business Representative

Tara Beasley-Stansberry, Vice. Chair

Black Chamber of Commerce

2021 - 2024

Educational Representative

Akon Walker

County of Solano Office of Education

2021 - 2024

Domestic Violence/Victim Service Provider Rep.

vacant

 

 

Faith-Based Representative

Scott Mulvey, Secretary

City Church 2:42

2023 - 2026

Government Representative

Meghan Freebeck

City of Benicia

N/A (Appointed)

Government Representative

Don Hendershot

City of Dixon

N/A (Appointed)

Government Representative

vacant

City of Fairfield

N/A (Appointed)

Government Representative

vacant

City of Rio Vista

N/A (Appointed)

Government Representative

Miranda Ramirez

County of Solano

N/A (Appointed)

Government Representative

vacant

City of Suisun City

N/A (Appointed)

Government Representative

Tamara Colden

City of Vacaville

N/A (Appointed)

Government Representative

Natalie Peterson

City of Vallejo

N/A (Appointed)

Health Service Provider Representative

Elizabeth Muniz-Palomera

Doctor 

2022-2025

Homeless or Formerly Homeless Representative

Joey Carrizales

Formerly Homeless/Unsheltered

2021 - 2024

Homeless or Formerly Homeless Representative

Reggie Sironen

Berkeley Food & Housing Project

2021 - 2024

Law Enforcement Representative

Katie Ward

Solano County Probation Department

2021 - 2024

Member-At-Large Representative

Colleen Berumen

Vacaville Solano Services

2022 - 2025

Member-At-Large Representative 

Brandon Wirth

Shelter, Inc.

2022-2025

​Member-At-Large Representative

Kari Rader - Chair

Community Action North Bay

2023 - 2026

Mental Health Provider Representative

Amanda Russell

Caminar

2022 - 2025

Nonprofit Homeless Assistance Provider

Amani Sawires-Rapaski

Volunteers of America

2021 - 2024

Nonprofit Homeless Assistance Provider

John Eckstrom

Shelter, Inc.

2022 - 2025

Veterans Services Representative

Chris Sheridan

Nation’s Finest

2023 - 2026

HOUSING FIRST SOLANO BOARD


The HFS CoC Board is currently seeking nominations to fill the Affordable Housing Developer seat. Interested community members should submit a completed copy of the application form to reneep@capsolanojpa.org.

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