Alyson is the Director of Community Impact for Mary’s Place, where she began work in the homeless service community back in 2012. She is responsible for Mary’s Place community impact agenda that identifies gaps in policies and services and affects change at the systems level in collaboration with government, family shelter providers, school districts, and community partners. She is dedicated to seeing an end to family homelessness in this community through the centering of those most impacted and loves working with others to come to collaborative and creative solutions. When not at work, she can be found snuggling her dogs.

Sherry Tillman is the Director of Intake Services for Mary's Place, where she manages a call center serving families seeking shelter in King County, WA. She coordinates work with 12 different partnered providers in the King County area. Sherry has worked at Mary's Place for over six years and is passionate about the work she does because of having lived experience. She is a DV survivor and also serves as a member of the CoC Board and Coordinated Entry Committee with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority.