Albert Townsend joins the Alliance as its Director of Lived Experience and Innovation. He supports community leaders in developing and implementing the Alliance’s plan to partner with people with lived experience. He develops the Alliance’s position around incorporating people with lived experience to assure the organization is practicing diversity, inclusion and equality. His role will create face to face, virtual, and social dialogues that intentionally support unsheltered and formerly unsheltered advocates on how to make change in their communities and be the best possible version of themselves. Albert will be building a network of coalitions and creating a community framework to assure all community voices are heard, and that the Alliance’s infrastructure is aligned to provide ongoing support and guidance for community advocates to be the developers, creators, and implementers of their work.