Linda M. Kaufman

Linda M. Kaufman

The first homeless person I ever met was at a shelter, where I was volunteering. I drove back to seminary, realizing that the women there were much more like me than different. For the next 20 years, I devoted myself to homeless services, but I saw no reductions in...
Margaret Lovejoy

Margaret Lovejoy

In 1997, I was the director of an emergency night shelter for homeless families, securing evening lodging for families in church basements. I was very focused on making sure families were well-kept at night, and I doubled the capacity of the program. Each day after...
Rick Terrien

Rick Terrien

I’m a startup guy. I love creating new markets and new products. Years ago, I was running my first business while raising my kids. I could choose my hours, so I volunteered at meal programs and homeless shelters, along with my kids, who saw firsthand how...
Wickham Boyle

Wickham Boyle

I always wanted to use my MBA to develop business solutions for nonprofits, but I ended up working as a stockbroker, and later, a journalist and producer. When I met Danielle, a woman half my age with a charity that targeted women shea-nut harvesters in Ghana, I knew...
Liane Phillips

Liane Phillips

In 1994, as Dave Phillips approached retirement as the managing director of a large accounting firm, he and his wife, Liane, explored possibilities for work they could do together. Liane Phillips, a former teacher, conducted research, finding that 18 percent of the...