Our Team
Directors, Leaders, Members, Partners, and Friends
Our Team
Directors, Leaders, Members, Partners, and Friends
Food and Shelter Staff
THE AMAZING STAFF OF FOOD AND SHELTER
April Heiple, Executive Director
Natalie Gardner, Assistant Director
Laura Birkett-Fielder, Director of Financial Operations
Xochit Thompson, Office and Properties Manager
Sunny Hill, Food Services Manager
Celeste Smith-Warah, Housing Case Manager
Lisa Lewis, Emergency Services Case Manager
Angela Corbitt, Housing Case Manager
Christy Blair, Housing Case Manager
Board of Directors
2016 LEADERSHIP
President, Bill Hughes
Vice President, DJ Nuzum
Treasurer, Bob Hamm
Secretary, Cheryl Hollingsworth
Past-President, Mark Braley
Our board of directors serves a vital role in enabling and providing resources for Food and Shelter’s mission. Responsibilities of the organization’s board of directions include:
- Determination of the organization’s mission and purpose.
- Selection of a chief executive.
- Providing proper financial oversight.
- Ensuring adequate resources.
- Ensuring legal and ethical integrity and maintaining accountability.
- Ensuring effective organizational planning
- Recruiting and orienting new board members and assessing board performance.
- Enhancing the organization’s public standing
- Supporting the chief executive and assessing his or her performance.
MEMBERS AT LARGE
- Jan Astani
- Kimberly Brantley
- Adam Clinton
- Ed Marek
- Tish Marek
- Gretchen Nicholson
- Jack O'Hare
- Jamie Shattuck
- Rev. Hugh Wilson
Emeritus Members
- Mark Adair
- Zena Amer
- Casey Allen
- Waylond "Wake" Bowser
- Kendall Cartmell
- Mary Kay Hapke
- Angela Holladay
- Chris Huston
- Harriett Leigh Kemp
- Jim Jinkins
- Marilyn McCullough
- Leketa Marty
- Rosamond Miller
- Clifton Naifeh
- David Nordyke
- Kathryn Selmon
- Shirley Snider
- Hank Strategier
- Mary Louise Symcox
- Lori Thrower
- John Waller
- Susan Whiteneck
Our Partners and Friends in the Community
Partner Agencies Include:
Catholic Charities
Sanctuary for Women
Central Oklahoma Community Mental Health
Cleveland County Continuum of Care
Norman Housing Authority
Norman Addiction and Information Center
OKDHS
Progressive Independence
Salvation Army
Variety Care
Women’s Resource Center
This Is Us!
This Is Us!
This is us as told by our residents, guests, staff and volunteers.