Award Honorees NHPF Homeless to Housing Advocacy Award SENATOR RON WYDEN (D-OR) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE (CHAIR); JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION (CHAIR); SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
NHPF Industry Leader Award EVA THIBAUDEAU-GRACZYK CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, TEMENOS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is the senior senator for Oregon and Chair of the Senate
Eva Thibaudeau- Graczyk is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been working to end homelessness in the Greater Houston Area since 1997. In her professional life, she has worked
Finance Committee. Throughout his time in the Senate, he has been a committed champion for permanent housing stability and expanding affordable housing. Wyden’s work on the Finance Committee is led by his conviction that housing is a human right. Recently, he has introduced legislation that would make a generational investment to house all people experiencing homelessness, tackle the housing affordability crisis, and expand homeownership opportunities for young people by creating a new down payment tax credit for first-time homebuyers.
to transform the Houston Area homeless response system from one of siloed and fragmented responses that largely neglected to serve the most vulnerable and at-risk, to a coordinated and collaborative group of partners that specifically focus on housing those least able to “make it to the front of the line” on their own. Eva holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (her home state) and a Master’s in Political Social Work from the University of Houston/ Graduate College of Social Work.
JEFF OLIVET EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL WON HOMELESSNESS (USICH) Keynote Speaker
Jeff Olivet has worked to prevent and end homelessness for more than 25 years as a street outreach worker, case manager, coalition builder, researcher, and trainer. He is the founder of jo consulting, co-founder of Racial Equity Partners, and from 2010 to 2018, he served as CEO of C4 Innovations. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively in the areas of homelessness and housing, health and behavioral health, HIV, education, and organizational development. Jeff has been principal investigator on multiple research studies funded by private foundations and the National Institutes of Health. Jeff is deeply committed to social justice, racial equity, gender equality, and inclusion for all.
Jeff has a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama and a master's degree from Boston College.
4 • THE NHP FOUNDATION 2022 SYMPOSIUM
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