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Curtis H. Johnson, Jr.
Vice President of Housing Strategy
Areas of expertise:
- 35+ years of development, administration and property management experience with faith-based groups, housing authorities, governments and nonprofits
- Repurposing underutilized church property into housing
- Employing parish-based project development strategies
- Property management
- Working with the HUD-202 senior housing program
Timothy G. Crawl-Bey, MPA
Senior Director, Housing Strategy
Areas of expertise:
- Property management
- Housing counseling services
- Affordable housing policy and development (single family and multifamily)
- Federal financing and project structuring
- Community development activities
- Repurposing underutilized church property into housing
- Catholic Charities-health systems collaborations
- Housing supportive services
Brian R. Corbin, EdD
Executive Vice President, Member Services
Areas of expertise:
- Catholic social doctrine/church teachings
- Ethical analysis
- Faith-based organizations, especially Catholic-sponsored corporations
- Religious liberty and church-state relations
- Social policy on health, welfare and poverty
- Community development, community engagement
- Poverty research
Kim Burgo
Vice President, Disaster Operations
Areas of expertise:
- Humanitarian assistance
- Disaster response operations
- Emergency services
Kathleen Oldaker
Sr. Director, Disaster Strategy & Grants Oversight
Areas of expertise:
- Disaster management and humanitarian assistance with non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Federal and private grant management and oversight
- Disaster education and training
- Training and conference management
- Facilitating cross-departmental project collaboration
Jane Stenson
Vice President for Food and Nutrition/Poverty Reduction Strategies
Areas of expertise:
- Federal nutrition programs and public benefits
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) and other asset development programs
- Community gardens
- Procuring food donations for the network
Ben Wortham
Vice President for Behavioral Health Integration
Areas of expertise:
- Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
- Intensive case management
- Evidence-based assessments in counseling and case management programs
- Catholic Charities collaborations with hospital systems and health clinics
- Helping Catholic Charities agencies capture health care cost savings through social service interventions
- Health and behavioral health technologies
- Medicaid
- Value-based care models based for the social determinants of health
Scott Hurd
Vice President, Leadership Development & Catholic Identity
Areas of expertise:
- Catholic identity integration
- Nonprofit leadership formation
- Parish social ministry and community engagement
- CliftonStrengths (formerly Strengths Finder) assessment from Gallup
Brian R. Corbin, EdD
Executive Vice President, Member Services
Areas of expertise:
- Catholic social doctrine/church teachings
- Ethical analysis
- Faith-based organizations, especially Catholic-sponsored corporations
- Religious liberty and church-state relations
- Social policy on health, welfare and poverty
- Community development, community engagement
- Poverty research
