Kate Bitney brings 23 years of experience in the arenas of supportive services and community health. As a Senior Program Manager with CSH, Kate works to provide consulting services, technical assistance, training delivery, project management, and systems coordination across the Western Region of the US. Prior to her current role, Kate worked for both nonprofits and government partners where she provided expertise in program design and implementation, evaluation, technical assistance, grant writing, and contract monitoring and compliance. Kate brings extensive experience in direct service delivery, having spent over a decade working with chronically homeless populations through street outreach, case management, community centers, and shelters. Kate holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership from St. Catherine’s University, with an accompanying certificate in Dispute Resolution from Hamline University School of Law.

Ariana Saunders has over 15 years of experience in program evaluation, quality improvement, training and human services leadership. Specifically, she has extensive experience in managing and evaluating child welfare, HIV/AIDS, developmental disability, behavioral health, supportive housing and homeless services. As the Associate Director of the Training Center at the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), she is responsible for leading CSH's work on Quality Supportive Housing Standards and providing a strategic vision for the Training Center. Ariana received a Master’s Degree in Applied Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from University of California, Los Angeles.