Emily Francis

Emily Francis

Emily Francis Board of Directors Emily Francis is the Manager of Commercial Policy and Strategy for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) where she has served in several capacities since 2018. Emily has a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and...
Dean Krahn

Dean Krahn

Dean Krahn Board of Directors Dean Krahn (board member) is a retired physician who was a clinician, researcher, teacher, and administrator in addiction and general psychiatry at VA-Madison, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and other medical schools. In those...
Nikyra McCann

Nikyra McCann

Nikyra McCann Board of Directors Nikyra McCann has been a mental health advocate for 11 years. She is the owner of Still Standing Enterprise. Nikyra serves as the Board Vice President and chair of the advocacy committee at NAMI Dane County. It is her passion to let...
Erik Pettersen

Erik Pettersen

Erik Petterson Board of Directors Bio coming soon. < Return to Board of Directors For over 30 years, Housing Initiatives has ended homelessness for more than 800 men, women, and veterans who suffer from a mental illness by providing them with a permanent home and...
Ed Gleason

Ed Gleason

Ed Gleason Board of Directors Ed Gleason has been a Housing Initiatives Board member since 2006.  He has served as Treasurer and President during that time.  He is retired from Alliant Energy Co. where he filled various management positions in the finance area. <...