The theme of the YWH 2020 Summit is "Stronger Together: Housing Equity in Trying Times" and will feature keynote remarks by Ann Oliva, Visiting Senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Ann Oliva is a Visiting Senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. She came to the Center from the Corporation for Supportive Housing, where she had been the Senior Policy Advisor to the CEO since 2018. Prior to joining CSH, Ms. Oliva was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she oversaw a multi-billion dollar portfolio that included the Department’s work on homelessness and housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS. During her 10-year tenure at HUD, Ms. Oliva successfully designed and implemented a variety of initiatives and programs, including a $1.5 Billion homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing program funded through the Recovery Act, and a demonstration to end youth homelessness. Ms. Oliva also worked at the community level, including as Director of Programs at the Community Partnership in Washington, DC. She started her career as a VISTA Volunteer at the Women’s Housing Coalition in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In 2015, Ms. Oliva was named one of the 50 Most Influential Leaders in HUD’s 50 year history, and was honored with the True Colors Fund’s True Leader Award. Ms. Oliva was a finalist for a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammie) in management excellence in 2011, and was part of an inter-agency team that won a Sammie for the team’s work on reducing Veteran homelessness in 2012. Ms. Oliva has a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) from the University of Pittsburgh.