MAUREEN A. FRIAR

Maureen A. Friar is executive director of the Supportive Housing Network of New York, a coalition of not-for-profit agencies that develop and manage supportive housing for low-income and formerly homeless New Yorkers. In the past eight years, she has led the growth of the Supportive Housing Network from a membership of 35 agencies operating 4,000 units of housing to over 150 agencies managing over 18,000 units of housing statewide. In 1998, the Supportive Housing Network launched the New York City AIDS Housing Network, which has become a prominent voice in the city advocating for the housing needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS. She was a Charles H. Revson Fellow on the Future of the City of New York at Columbia University from 1999-2000. Maureen earned her A.B. at Brown University and a Masters of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. Before assuming her current position with the SHN, Ms. Friar was the development director for Catholic Charities in San Francisco and a campaign headquarters manager and community organizer for Sunne McPeak's campaign for California State Senate.

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