Katrina Van Valkenburgh

Katrina Van Valkenburgh has more than 30 years of experience in social services and housing development. As the Central Region Managing Director at CSH, Ms. Van Valkenburgh provides leadership and coordination for the agency’s work throughout the center of the country, directly supervising CSH staff and their teams deployed in five offices, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Upper Midwest (MN, WI, IA and the Dakotas) and Ohio/Kentucky/Tennessee. She helps develop and implement strategies to maximize impact on high need communities in the Central Region, while also assisting with development of CSH’s national priorities, strategy and management, loan and program monitoring, and continuous quality improvement. Ms. Van Valkenburgh also served as the Program Director for both Illinois and Indiana, after beginning at CSH in 2000 as an Illinois Senior Program Officer. Prior to joining CSH, Ms. Van Valkenburgh was the first Director of the Supportive Housing Providers Association, a trade association of not-for-profit supportive housing providers in Illinois. She also worked at Deborah’s Place as the Director of Project Development and was responsible for the development and rehabilitation of three permanent supportive housing projects, at Housing Opportunities for Women and at the Women’s Lunch Place. She has a BA in Sociology from Kalamazoo College and completed the Urban Developers Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ms. Van Valkenburgh currently serves as Secretary of the Deborah’s Place II and Deborah’s Place III Boards of Directors. She received the Gem of the Community Award from Archi-treasures in 2009 and the Legacy Award from the Chicago Rehab Network in 2014 in recognition of exceptional commitment and contribution to building strong communities.

AC25 Session: Navigating Challenges in Permanent Supportive Housing