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Dr. Lila Anna Sauls leads Homeless No More as Chief Executive Officer and implements the organization's numerous initiatives, including community partnerships, programs, shelter operations, and the design and construction of affordable housing that directly affects the lives of homeless and at-risk families throughout South Carolina. Lila Anna joined Homeless No More in 2005 before stepping in as CEO in 2007.
With over 30 years in nonprofit leadership, Lila Anna serves on numerous boards and committees and informally advises city, county, state, and congressional leaders on systemic issues such as education, wage equity, healthcare, transportation, and housing. 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. She also served on the Richland County School District One Board of Commissioners from 2016 to 2020.
She and her team have presented nationally on affordable housing development, crisis management, systems of care, organizational growth and strategy, and COVID-19 response in the nonprofit sector. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of South Carolina College of Education and College of Information and Communications. She currently teaches the only graduate-level course on homeless and at-risk students and is a guest lecturer at Columbia College and Northeastern University in Boston.
Lila Anna is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Change and Leadership from Columbia College and her doctorate in Organizational Leadership and Systems from Northeastern University. She is a fellow of both the Blue Ridge Institute and the Riley Institute of Diversity at Furman University. She also 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.