We Are In and ready to act to prevent and end homelessness.

Felicia Salcedo (she/her) is a regional leader, strategist and advocate for racial equity and social justice with nearly a decade of experience in government and public policy. To achieve transformational systems change, Salcedo builds authentic relationships, utilizes data to drive towards measurable results, and supports the leadership of people with lived experience of homelessness.

Salcedo has worked for Public Health — Seattle & King County, supporting overdose prevention and harm reduction solutions to substance use disorder. She has also worked at C4 Innovations, providing technical assistance, tools, and training to communities across the nation and for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), embedding racial equity principles within its funding guidelines, housing policies, practices, and services. Previously, Salcedo was the External Relations Manager for All Home, the Seattle/King County Continuum of Care, where she developed cross-sector community partnerships in support of ending homelessness.

Erik Houser (he/him) is a public affairs strategist with more than a decade of experience advising members of Congress, philanthropies, nonprofits, and political organizations. In 2019, he helped start We Are In with a coalition of funders, businesses, and community leaders, and he now leads the organization’s communications, advocacy, and organizing efforts. Previously he served as Director of Communications & Public Affairs for the Campion Foundation, regional spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, and a political aide to Senator Maria Cantwell and Congresswoman Suzan DelBene. As a consultant, he has been an advisor to the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance, A Way Home Washington, the Executive Office of Jeff and Tricia Raikes, and the State Senate and House Democratic campaign committees, among many other clients. He is a graduate of the College of William & Mary and the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance.

Dr Melissa Espinoza (she/her) has over a decade of professional experience in King County (Duwamish and Coast Salish peoples land) providing direct service, funding, technical assistance, and capacity building planning with the CoC. She is intentionally multidisciplinary and intersectional in her work. She is invested in learning from diverse and systemically underrepresented and under resourced populations and honoring their knowledge by advocating for and implementing long-term solutions that are rooted in their expert knowledge and experience. Dr Espinoza has extensive research experience internationally, studying, publishing, and evaluating homelessness programs. She has vast experience collecting, analyzing, and advocating for equitable data-driven results. Dr Espinoza believes in aligning strategies across stakeholders, accountability, and equal partnership to bring sustainable change. Dr Espinoza completed her PhD in Urban Studies from the Institute of Social Policy, Housing, Inequalities Research at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her academic experience focused on the racial inequalities in homelessness, funding alignment, and on Indigenous peoples’ homelessness experiences in Seattle.

Margaret Woley (she/her) is a self-professed social impact data nerd who enjoys working with people, organizations and systems to use data to make our communities stronger for all. Margaret has over 20 years of experience working in the social sector in a variety of roles, including direct service, grantmaking, corporate citizenship, program evaluation and consulting.

Margaret has worked on ending homelessness at both a local and national level. Locally, she worked at Building Changes, focused on youth and family homelessness across Washington state, in the areas of program evaluation, grantmaking, and capacity building. Nationally, Margaret led all work related to data and impact at A Way Home America, an initiative working to end homelessness for LGBTQ+ young people and young people of color. She has served as a consultant to organizations and communities across the country focused on using data to end youth homelessness. Margaret earned a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and a Master in Public Administration from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance.

Libby Watson (she/her) most recently served as statewide Field Director for the Washington State Democrats during the 2022 election cycle, helping re-elect every single Democratic incumbent at the state and federal levels, along with flipping two legislative seats and the 3rd Congressional District. She started her career in political organizing working on a congressional campaign in Northeast Ohio before following her love for progressive politics and mountains to Seattle. She spent a few years in the nonprofit sector focused on youth civic engagement before returning to electoral work as the Campaign Manager for Brianna Thomas for Seattle City Council as well as Hugo Garcia’s successful campaign for Burien City Council. As a communications and organizing consultant, Libby has advised a variety of clients including the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance, the Washington Cares program, Invest in Washington Now, and several labor unions in Washington and California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Ohio State University.

William Yi (he/him) has several years of experience working with government, nonprofit, and higher education. He works with communities and organizations to advance racial equity and social justice to create communities where we all belong.

William has worked for the City of Tacoma, enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the areas of housing, employment, and public accommodation. He has also worked for the Seattle City Light, operationalizing racial equity within its policies, practices, and procedures. Previously, William worked for the University of Puget Sound, where he supported historically underrepresented students transition to college.