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Consulting Team
Written by Administrator Sunday, 13 July 2008 03:58
Our Work
Who We Are
The Building Changes Consulting Team possesses the skills, expertise, and experience needed to manage a range of complex and unique projects.
Mark Putnam
Consulting Services Manager
Mark Putnam manages Building Changes’ Consulting Services, which provides training, planning, individualized technical assistance, and resource dissemination to nonprofits and governments that provide services and/or funding to address homelessness. He also leads Building Changes' Economic Opportunities Initiative, a capacity-building program that improves nonprofit agencies ability to address broad economic recovery issues present in their communities. Mark and his colleagues at Building Changes have a vision of “ending homelessness together” and believe everyone deserves the opportunity for a home, a healthy life and a good job. Mark has focused his entire career on helping people experiencing homelessness find a pathway out of poverty through education, employment, and stable, affordable housing.
Nick Codd
Economic Opportunities Specialist
Nick Codd provides research, planning, training, and technical assistance in the areas of economic opportunities, including access to jobs, education and benefits. Nick develops curriculum and provides training and technical assistance to the 25 nonprofit grantees of Building Changes’ Economic Opportunities Initiative. He is also a trainer for our Washington Families Fund and Sound Families programs. Nick is committed to the strategy of ending homelessness through access to increased economic opportunities and self sufficiency, and has particular expertise in the areas of social enterprise and employment programs for people with disabilities.
Sarah Cotton Rajski
Economic Opportunities Specialist
Sarah Cotton Rajski provides research, planning, training, and other technical assistance in the areas of economic opportunities, including access to jobs, education and benefits. Sarah develops curriculum and provides training to our Washington Families Fund and Sound Families grantees. She is also a trainer for our Economic Opportunities Initiative. Sarah has expertise in the areas of job development, vocational assessment and career planning, and employment programs for families and youth.
Margaret Hennings
Performance Measurement Specialist
Margaret Hennings manages the monitoring and evaluation efforts for Building Changes' programs. She is currently leading the evaluation efforts for Washington Families Fund High Level and Moderate Level Service Models. Margaret is also involved with the design and implementation of a performance measurement plan focusing on Building Changes’ other program work with government and nonprofit clients.
Mariah Ybarra
HIV/AIDS Housing Initiatives Manager
As manager of Building Changes' HIV/AIDS housing initiatives, Mariah Ybarra brings over 20 years of extensive management and housing operations experience to the AIDS housing field. Mariah provides a broad range of information, training, and consultation about the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program and AIDS housing funding, operations, and supportive services to HOPWA grantees and project sponsors and other housing and service providers across the country. Under the direction of HUD's Office of HIV/AIDS Housing and in collaboration with other HOPWA technical assistance providers and local HUD Field Offices, she has worked extensively with HOPWA grantees and project sponsors to assist them with effective program management, reporting and oversight, most recently serving as lead organizer and trainer for a series of 30 regional trainings for HOPWA grantees convened between December 2008 and July 2009. Mariah is also BC’s lead trainer and consultant for McKinney-Vento-funded homeless programs, and in that capacity has conducted trainings and direct consultations with grantees and potential beneficiaries in Washington State, Hawaii and the Pacific Insular Territories, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Perrin Burnes
HIV/AIDS Housing Advisor
As HIV/AIDS Housing Advisor, Perrin Burnes is part of the Building Changes team that provides project-specific technical assistance and hands-on consultation, with a focus on federal and state housing programs, in particular the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program, and the development of program and housing management plans. Perrin trains HIV/AIDS housing, low-income and special needs housing providers on a variety of housing- and service-related programs and issues concerning HUD funding regulations. She also works with nonprofits to increase service capacity and foster partnerships between low-income housing developers, homeless and AIDS service organizations. In addition, Perrin oversees property management functions for Building Changes’ HIV/AIDS housing assets portfolio and partnerships involved in the ownership and operations of the housing developments in Seattle and King County.
