NPACH Board of
Directors
Robyn Frost,
President (Executive Director, Massachusetts Coalition for
the Homeless)
Robyn Frost has worked with the Massachusetts
Coalition for the Homeless for over 15 years, serving as
Director of the Coalition’s Donations Assistance
Program, Director of Development and currently as Executive
Director. Ms. Frost has served as President of the Board of
Spare Change, the Homeless Empowerment Project, as well as a
trustee of the Affordable Housing and Homeless Trust for the
Credit Union League of Massachusetts. She has also served on
the board of other organizations, including the Revolving
Museum. Ms. Frost is a member of The Mayor’s Emergency
Shelter Commission and serves on the Special Fund of the
United Way.
Paul Boden (Director, Western Regional Advocacy
Project-San Francisco)
After experiencing homelessness in his youth, Paul
Boden began working on the issue as a volunteer at a shelter
where he was staying in 1983. Mr. Boden was then hired as a
social worker/advocate for homeless families, youth and
single adults, later to work as a supportive housing
supervisor in a hotel program serving mentally ill people. He
served as the Director of the Coalition on Homelessness-San
Francisco for sixteen years and is the current Director of
the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP).
William Cobbett (Senior Urban Upgrade Advisor, Cities
Alliance and United Nations Habitat)
William Cobbett is Senior Urban Upgrading Advisor
for the Cities Alliance, a global partnership based at the
World Bank in Washington DC. William is a senior manager in
UN-HABITAT in Nairobi, from where he was integrally involved
in designing and launching the Global Campaign for Secure
Tenure. He was previously Director-General for Housing in
South Africa after the 1994 elections, and was Director of
Housing in Cape Town before joining the United Nations.
Barbara Duffield (Director of Policy, National
Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth)
Ms. Duffield's involvement in homeless issues began
in 1990 as a tutor for homeless children in Washington, D.C.
She served as Director of Education for the National
Coalition for the Homeless from1994-2003, working closely
with educators, service providers, federal agencies and
Congressional offices to strengthen policy and practice on
children's issues. In addition to her work with NAEHCY, Ms.
Duffield was a founding Advisory Committee member for the
LeTendre Education Fund for Homeless Children, and continues
to serve in this capacity.
Rene Heybach (Director of Law Project, Chicago
Coalition for the Homeless)
Rene Heybach founded the Law Project of the Chicago
Coalition for the Homeless, and has served as its Director
for the past 7 years. Before joining the Chicago Coalition,
Ms. Heybach served for 10 years at the Legal Assistance
Foundation of Chicago . She is a recipient of the lifetime
achievement award from the National Association for the
Education of Homeless Children and Youth for her work on the
rights of homeless children, and the Thomas Morsch Public
Service Award from the Chicago Bar Foundation for excellence
in legal work on behalf of low-income people. Among her
accomplishments is a decision in Norman v. Johnson,
which halted the Illinois child welfare agency from taking
children into custody for lack of housing, and subsequently
created a multi-million dollar housing assistance program.
Dr. Mary Joyce (Gianneschi Professor of Nonprofit
Marketing at California State University, Fullerton)
Dr. Joyce serves on the boards of Goodwill
Industries of Orange County, and the Council on Aging of
Orange County. Her research encompasses the effects of aging
on memory and physical health, psychological gender and
women's health, social entrepreneurship & capital, and
quality-of-life issues. She has published in the Journal of
Regional Analysis and Policy, Social Marketing Quarterly,
Journal of Health Care Marketing, Journal of Social
Psychology, and the American Journal of Small Business. Her
industry experience includes serving as Director of Marketing
& Operations for the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank of the San
Francisco Medical Society.
Greg Mellowe (National Housing and Homelessness
Advocate)
Greg Mellowe has been the Executive Director of the
Florida Coalition for the Homeless, the statewide network for
education and advocacy relating to homelessness, since 1999.
Prior to that, he helped develop and administer emergency
shelter, transitional housing and health care programs
serving homeless persons, and held a leadership position in
his local homeless coalition for seven years.
Yonce Shelton, (Director of Public Policy, Call to
Renewal)
Yonce Shelton, national coordinator and policy
director for Call to Renewal, manages Call's public policy
initiatives and acts as Call's liaison to national partners
and organizations. Central to Yonce's role are efforts to
build and maintain ongoing dialogue with Members of Congress
so that he may reinforce the importance of introducing and
supporting anti-poverty policies which ensure that social
programs are properly structured. Yonce spent four years on
Capitol Hill as a Congressional staffer for Rick Boucher, a
U.S. Representative from the state of Virginia. He is a
graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC
where he earned a Master of Theological Studies with a
concentration in Christian Ethics.
Dr. Theresa Singleton (Research and Information
Director, Housing Assistance Council)
Theresa Singleton is the director of the Housing
Assistance Council's (HAC's) research and information
division, which is responsible for the organization's
research, communications, and Rural Gateway activities. In
addition to her project and program management
responsibilities, Dr. Singleton is engaged in several current
research projects. Her research interests include community
reinvestment, homelessness, health and housing, and race. She
is a contributing author of HAC's most recent publication, Race,
Place, and Housing, as well as several other
publications. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from
Temple University.
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