Christine Mirasy-Glasco is an exceptional leader with over twelve years of experience in the field of homelessness. Prior to joining Beyond Shelter, she led the Contracts and Grants Management department of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), a joint powers authority of the City and County of Los Angeles whose mission is to plan, coordinate and implement initiatives to end homelessness in Los Angeles County. Christine held several management roles during her 12-year tenure at LAHSA and possesses an acute understanding of the complex issues and challenges that face homeless individuals and families. Prior to joining government, Christine managed the US office of Visions in Action, an international nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C that promotes social and economic development through volunteer opportunities in developing countries. In this capacity, she was exposed to the multiple facets of nonprofit management. Christine's early exposure to the effects of poverty shaped her passion for empowering disenfranchised persons. She holds a Bachelor's degree in International Law from the University of Nice, Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France, a Master's degree in International and European Law from the University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, Paris, France and a Pre-doctorate degree in International Economic Law from the University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France.

Nizar Karimi brings over 20 years of experience in Operations, Project Management and Finance from both the nonprofit and private sectors. His experience includes working at Mattel, Inc. for 10 years in their Operations Finance Department.  As the manager of the department, Nizar traveled extensively to Hong Kong, Southern China, Malaysia, the Philippines and Italy for annual operations budget and audit purposes.  Upon leaving Mattel, Inc. Nizar had a short lived experience with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and then moved onto the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority (LAHSA).  During his eight year tenure with LAHSA, Nizar worked in the Fiscal Department, ultimately as the Acting Senior Manager of Finance.  Mr. Karimi's educational background includes an undergraduate degree in Accounting and an MBA with a concentration in Finance.  In his spare time, Mr. Karimi serves as an Honorary Board Member of the Aga Khan Foundation USA for the Western Region, a non-profit organization serving the underprivileged of the global community (www.akdn.org). He is also a Board Member of the New Academy of Science and Arts (NASA), two charter schools located in Los Angeles.

Ryan Macy-Hurley has more than 10 years of experience working on issues related to homelessness and poverty as a case manager, community organizer, trainer/educator, and technical assistance provider. At Beyond Shelter, he is currently the Director of Grants and Evaluation, responsible for government and foundation grants management as well as program evaluation, particularly with regards to demonstration projects and other special initiatives. Prior to assuming this position in July 2011, Ryan was the Director of Beyond Shelter's Institute for Research, Training & Technical Assistance for nearly 6 years. In that capacity he managed the agency's external consulting and technical assistance activities primarily around Housing First/rapid re-housing implementation, as well as internal program development and evaluation. Before joining Beyond Shelter in November 2005, Ryan worked at Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency, a nonprofit homeless services provider, where he organized clients and community members to fight for tenant protections in Oakland, CA, and at St. Luke's House, a community-based psychiatric rehabilitation agency in Bethesda, MD, where he worked as a supported employment counselor with persons with severe, persistent mental illness. He has a Master's Degree in Social Work with an emphasis on Management and Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.

Maxine Moshay is a native Angeleno.  After many years volunteering for various non-profit causes in Los Angeles, mainly benefiting children, 10 years ago, Ms. Moshay began a career in development. She has been Executive Director for two Los Angeles non-profits, The Amie Karen Cancer Fund for Children, a support group for the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Department at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Beverly Hills Education Foundation, where she was involved in fundraising for the Beverly Hills Unified School District.  There, she  was instrumental in forming education partners with local businesses as well as the funding for the television station, KBEV. Additionally, Ms. Moshay has acted as a consultant for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Business and Professional Committee and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Audrey M. Holmes has 35 years of expertise that spans the fields of Education and Employment Training. Prior to joining Beyond Shelter in 2009, she was Vice President/Chief Operating Officer for the UAW-Labor Employment Training Corporation. Her operational responsibilities included the development and oversight of numerous initiatives designed to enhance the training, retraining and job placement activities of programs funded by the City of Los Angeles-Workforce Investment Board, County of Los Angeles-Workforce Investment Board, City of Long Beach-Workforce Investment Board, County of Riverside-Workforce Investment Board, and most recently Orange County-Workforce Investment Board. Her background and experience bring extensive knowledge of federal, state and local Workforce Development funding streams, job placement, training and leveraging opportunities. Additionally, while the operational leader for UAW-Labor Employment Training Corporation, she presided over a successful, "prisoner re-entry program" operated in the State of New Jersey. Funded by the New Jersey Department of Labor, this program utilized the "On-the-Job Training" model to assist recently released individuals in becoming gainfully employed. During her 13-year tenure with UAW-LETC, Audrey also held the positions of Program Specialist, Program Manager, and Director of Southern California Operations. Previously she was a Program Manager for LA County Community Development Commission, Program Manager for LA County Office of Education, Sr. Employment Training Specialist for the City of Compton, Exit World of Work Instructor for Los Angeles Job Corp and Elementary School Teacher with Los Angeles Unified School District. Audrey holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University Of Southern California and a Masters of Public Administration from California State University-Long Beach.

Sherri Bethelmy, a native New Yorker, brings over twenty-five years of experience working in the social service field on both the east and west coasts. She has held management positions in a variety of settings, e.g., transitional housing for families, permanent supportive housing in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, and permanent congregate care supportive housing in New York City. Her most recent positions were Vice President of Community Services at Crittenton Services for Family and Children and Senior Program Manager at Skid Row Housing Trust. Sherri's background includes many years as a Department of Children and Family (DCFS) children's social worker, which she credits for giving her the foundation, perspective and scope of knowledge necessary to create and implement programs that have improved and enriched the lives of the families and individuals that she has worked with over the years. Sherri received her BA from the City University of New York and her MS degree in clinical psychology from California State University Los Angeles. Her clinical orientation, with an emphasis on family systems, has been the foundation of her social work practice over the years. Her enthusiasm for her work has been the driving force in her contribution to the program development, coalition building, strategic planning and fund raising necessary to create successful and sustained improvements in the lives of disenfranchised and disadvantaged populations.