The Interagency Council is the oversight body of the CEHKC that works to sponsor changes to current programs and systems; coordinate data collection, analysis and reporting; recommend policy direction to the Governing Board; and create ways to better serve people experiencing homelessness.
Members of the IAC are typically directors of large organizations and systems that are critical to ending homelessness, and include King County, human service directors and city managers for the cities of Seattle, Bellevue, Tukwila, Kent and Kirkland; the directors of county corrections and public health; faith leaders; housing developers; service providers; and other community leaders. Two individuals who have experienced homelessness are also serving on the Interagency Council. These agencies, institutions, and individuals are vital to creating changes in current programs and moving local institutions forward in support of the ten-year plan.
The Interagency Council was created as one piece of a three-part governance structure approved by the Committee to End Homelessness King County and charged with a key leadership role in the implementation of the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness.
Role
Pictured above from left to right, Interagency Council members: Patricia McInturff - City of Seattle (recently retired), Paul Lambros - Plymouth Housing Group and Lynn Davison - Common Ground.
Members
| Representation Category | Member Name and Affiliation |
| Government | Jackie MacLean (King County Dept. of Community and Human Services) |
| Government | Sara Levin (City of Seattle Human Services Dept.) |
| Government | Karen Bergsvik (City of Renton) |
| Government | Emily Leslie (City of Bellevue) |
| Government | Colleen Kelly (City of Redmond) |
| Government | Michael Hursh (City of Auburn) |
| Government | Lynnette Hynden (City of Federal Way) |
| Funders/Foundations | David Okimoto (United Way of King County) |
| Funders/Foundations | Michael Brown (Seattle Foundation) |
| King County Housing Authority | Stephen Norman |
| Seattle Housing Authority | Tom Tierney |
| Housing Developer | Lynn Davison (Common Ground) |
| Housing Developer | Bill Hallerman (Catholic Housing Services) |
| Housing Developer | Paul Lambros (Plymouth Housing Group) |
| Housing Services Provider – Chronic Adults | Bill Hobson (Downtown Emergency Services Center) |
| Housing Services Provider – Families | Sue Sherbrooke (YWCA) |
| Housing Services Provider – Youth | Jim Theofelis (Mockingbird Society) |
| Housing/Services Provider - Youth | Mike Heinisch (Kent Youth and Family Services) |
| Workforce Development | Marléna Sessions (Workforce Development Council) |
| Criminal Justice / Legal | Clark Kimerer (Seattle Police Department) |
| Faith Community | Michael Ramos (Church Council of Greater Seattle) |
| Health Care System | Dr. Charissa Fotinos (Public Health–Seattle & King County) |
| Veterans System | Dennis Brown (Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs) |
| Consumer/Homeless Advocate | Blue McKeon (Consumer Advisory Council) |
| Consumer/Homeless Advocate | Nancy Sherman (Consumer Advisory Council) |
| East/North KC Housing/Service Provider | Marilyn Mason Plunkett (Hopelink) |
| East/North KC Housing/Service Provider | Barbara Langdon (Eastside Domestic Violence Program) |
| South KC Housing/Service Provider | Faith Richie (Valley Cities Counseling & Consultation) |
| South KC Service Provider | Dini Duclos (Multiservice Center) |
| OTHER | Doreen Cato (First Place) |
| OTHER | Kathleen Southwick (Crisis Clinic) |
| OTHER | Kate Joncas (Downtown Seattle Association) |
| OTHER | Mark Okazaki (Neighborhood House) |
| OTHER | Deborah Doyle (WA State DSHS) |