About Reaching Home  |  Steering Committee  |  Leadership Council  |  Supporting Organizations

Reaching Home is guided by a steering committee of representation from the Corporation for Supportive Housing, local service providers, non-profit housing developers, and advocates. The steering committee was born out of a Corporation for Supportive Housing Leadership Conference in May of 2002.

Committee Chair
Jan VanTassel
Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Middletown

Vice Chair
Kellyann Day
New Haven Home Recovery, Inc., New Haven

Alice Carrier
State of CT Office for Workforce Competitiveness, Rocky Hill

Carmen Colon
Alpha Home/Shore Area CDC

Betsy Crum
Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development, Hartford

Alison Cunningham
Columbus House, Inc., New Haven

Sarah Gallagher
Journey Home, Inc., Hartford

Robert Hohler
Melville Charitable Trust, Boston

Thomas Hyland
Thames River Family Program/Martin House, Norwich

Francesca Martin
Corporation for Supportive Housing, New Haven

Sister Patricia McKeon
Mercy Housing & Shelter Corp., Hartford

John Merz
CT AIDS Resource Coalition, Hartford

Seila Mosquera-Bruno
NeighborWorks New Horizons, New Haven

Mark Nolan
Nolan Enterprises and Danbury Housing Partnership, Danbury

Peter Nucci
The Connection, Inc., Middletown

Diane Paige-Blondet
My Sisters' Place, Hartford

Michael Peloso
CT Court Support Services Division

Diane Randall
Partnership For Strong Communities, Hartford

David Rich
Fairfield '08, Bridgeport

John Rowland
Hartford Housing Authority, Hartford

Jason Shaplen
St.Luke's LifeWorks, Stamford

Vincent Tufo
Charter Oak Communities, Stamford

Carol Walter
CT Coalition to End Homelessness, Hartford

Alicia Woodsby
National Alliance on Mental Illness - Connecticut, Hartford