On March 5th I had the honor of accompanying Building Changes' executive director
Betsy Lieberman and deputy director
Alice Shobe to Olympia to meet with Governor Christine Gregoire and Kari Burrell, her executive policy advisor. With us were Sonya Campion of the
Campion Foundation, Ken Ristine of the
Ben B. Cheney Foundation, and long-time supporter and donor to Building Changes and AIDS Housing of Washington, Ellen Ferguson. We went to talk with the governor about Building Changes' role in ending homelessness in Washington State - and particularly about the success of the public-private partnership that powers the Washington Families Fund. Not that the governor was unaware. She has supported the partnership for four funding cycles and participated in the launch event. But it's always
