Sherri Allen-Reeves is the Executive Director of Phoenix Foundation, NFP (PHX-NFP). She has passionately worked in the service of others for over 30 years and is a vocal advocate for the homeless and other disenfranchised people. In her inaugural year as Executive Director, she generated over four million dollars in program revenue to support individuals experiencing housing insecurity. 

As a member of the Illinois Racial Equity Roundtable on Black Homelessness, Sherri significantly influenced the University of Illinois at Chicago report, “Black Homelessness in Illinois: Structural Drivers of Inequality.” Under her leadership, PHX-NFP recently opened Phoenix Rising Emergency Triage Shelter, a 75-bed non-congregant shelter for single men and women, became an Access Point for the Coordinated Entry System, providing services for 38 units of Rapid Rehousing, and partnering with Centers for Housing and Health, providing Case Manager for forty families in Permanent Supportive Housing.  

Her service includes Board Member roles for the Chicago Continuum of Care, Supportive Housing Providers Association, Legal Council for Health Justice, and the Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices. She is also a member of the Collaborative on Child Homelessness Illinois Leadership Committee, Rotary Club Chicago Southeast, and the National Alliance to End Homelessness BIPOC Collective and Leadership Council. Additionally, she is the founder of the Renaissance Bronzeville Toastmasters Club. 

Sherri holds a BA in Counseling from Midwest Theological Institute. She is a wife, mother of three, and grandmother of six, and she still manages to find little time for self-care.