Taylor Doan, associate director of housing clinicians at Pine Street Inn, oversees a team of eight behavioral health and medical clinicians who work with tenants. “I started working at Pine Street in 2020 after I earned my Masters of Social Work,” Taylor says. “My goal is to help improve people’s lives — whether through stabilization…
“There is no one simple answer to why people become homeless, and no one size fits all solution. At Pine Street Inn, we work every day to move individuals off the street, out of shelter and back to a home and community.”
As director of coordinated housing solutions, Evelyn Cordero works to streamline the pathways to housing for people experiencing homelessness.
Pine Street Inn’s consumer engagement coordinator, Delphia “Del” Bizzell, drives engagement strategy and ensures that shelter guests and tenants have a forum to provide feedback and to have their voices heard.
Lyndia Downie has served as Pine Street Inn’s President & Executive Director since 2000 and on Pine Street’s staff for 40 years, working in roles throughout the organization. As a result of her leadership and vision, Pine Street is now the largest provider of housing with support services for individuals moving out of homelessness in…
Chris is the associate director of unit acquisition and landlord engagement for the Place Me Home program, managing the housing search for placements into non-Pine Street-operated properties. Place Me Home matches chronically homeless individuals with housing that fits their individual needs, whether providing case management support, assisting with first and last month’s rent, or obtaining…
As Pine Street Inn’s daytime outreach operations manager, Sean Ahearn prepares case managers and clinicians to serve Boston’s unsheltered community on the street. “I’m sure many have heard the term “outreach” used. If you turn the word around, it defines exactly what we do. We reach out,” says Sean. “Our role is to meet humans…
Zoraida is one of Pine Street Inn’s housing placement specialists, helping shelter guests secure housing to move back into a community.
As Pine Street’s senior director of emergency shelters, Josh O’Brien works to meet the needs of our guests across four shelters. After almost 30 years of providing services to those experiencing homelessness, Josh aims to make an impact one day at a time.
Johnnisha “JoJo” Willis is a supervisor at Yawkey House, Pine Street Inn’s Yawkey House shelter. She is dedicated to helping homeless individuals, drawing on a deep well of empathy from having personally experienced homelessness.
Tara has been with Pine Street Inn for seven years. While she has held various positions, Tara is currently the director of the Men’s Inn shelter and works to improve our guests’ experience.
On Jean Yawkey’s 115th birthday, we celebrated the Yawkey Foundation’s $15 million gift to Pine Street Inn with the dedication of our women’s shelter to “Yawkey House.”
