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Lila Anna leads Homeless No More as its Chief Executive Officer and works to implement the organization’s initiatives including community partnerships, programs and shelter operations, and the design and construction of affordable housing developments that directly affect the lives of homeless and at-risk families with children throughout South Carolina. Lila Anna joined Homeless No More and its primary program, St. Lawrence Place, in 2005 before becoming CEO in 2007.
With over 30 years in non-profit leadership, Lila Anna serves on numerous boards and committees throughout South Carolina and also serves informally as an advisor to City, County, State and Congressional leaders on housing and education issues. She has spoken in front of numerous policy subcommittees.
Lila Anna has spent years working in schools throughout the Midlands through the McKinney-Vento programs to make sure homeless and at-risk children are given the tools necessary to achieve, and was elected to the Richland School District One Board of Commissioners in 2016. She completed her term in 2020. She currently teaches a class in homelessness and students in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina.
She is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College, where she serves on the graduate studies advisory committee. She is also a guest lecturer for the University of South Carolina and Northeastern University. Lila Anna and her team have presented nationally on the programs they have created and implemented at Homeless No More. She has also presented nationally on crisis management and Covid-19 response in the nonprofit sector.
Lila Anna is a graduate of the University South Carolina with a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications. She holds a MA in Organizational Change and Leadership from Columbia College and her doctorate in Organizational Leadership and Systems from Northeastern University in Boston. She is a fellow of both the Blue Ridge Institute and the Riley Institute of Diversity at Furman University and has her national certification as an Affordable Housing Finance Professional.
She is the proud mother of five incredible boys who make change in their own way each and every day.
Our professional staff has years of knowledge, training and experience and is the backbone of Homeless No More. Each team member works with a spirit of compassion and collaboration, commitment to excellence, and is highly trained in their specialty – from social work and case management to affordable housing development, compliance, and finances. Their passion for the mission of the organization and the families we serve is unwavering.