Staff and Board

Homes for Families Staff

Libby Hayes, Executive Director
lhayes@homesforfamilies.org

Libby has a degree in social work and joined the movement to end family homelessness after returning from the Peace Corps in Nicaragua in 2002. She was a member of HFF's Public Policy Committee and an Advocacy Liaison while the Executive Director of Crossroads Family Shelter. Libby became the director of HFF in 2007.

A. Omar Larrama, Operations Manager
olarrama@homesforfamilies.org

Omar Larrama is a business student at the Umass Boston. He holds Associates Degrees in both Business Management and Business Administration. He is married with three children. He has been involved with Homes for Families since 2006, first as a volunteer, then as an intern, and now as a staff member. He is a graduate of the Public Policy Series and member of the Advanced Training Group.

Nilaya Montalvo, Community Organizer
nmontalvo@homesforfamilies.org

Nilaya graduated from the HFF public policy series in 2005 and discovered her passion for leadership development and ending family homelessness. Nilaya joined the HFF team in 2006. Her organizing focuses on empowering and developing the leadership of homeless parents.

Jeff Naylor, Community Organizer
jnaylor@homesforfamilies.org

Jeff Naylor came to Homes for Families in October 2007 shortly after receiving his Masters in Social Work with a focus on community organizing and public policy. His organizing efforts at HFF focus on providers and on the implementation of Housing First in Massachusetts. Before coming to HFF, he worked in Colorado Springs, CO as an Operations Manager of a soup kitchen and as an employment search worker for homeless men and women.

Diane Sullivan, Policy Advocate
dsullivan@homesforfamilies.org

Diane Sullivan experienced homelessness with her family in late 2001. Before moving out of shelter, Diane accepted a position as an eviction prevention specialist and set out to save other families like hers from the indignity and hardships of homelessness. She now is the Public Policy Advocate with Homes for Families working to change public policy that addresses family homelessness.

Homes for Families Board

At least 50% of our board of directors have been homeless or at risk of homelessness. Additional board members all work in the homeless service field, representing different shelter, housing, and workforce agencies across Massachusetts.