Full Name
Wyatt Schroeder
Title
Executive Director
Organization
Hemlock & Forge
Speaker Bio
Wyatt has worked on the issue of homelessness and affordable housing for over 13 years, stemming from a fervent belief that everyone deserves a safe, stable, and affordable home. He has served roles from executive nonprofit leadership to grassroots organizer to local government official.

Wyatt serves as the Director of Hemlock & Forge, a supportive housing consultancy focused on ending homelessness in the Mid-Atlantic. He also serves as a Principal at Bowling Business Strategies, a behavioral health consulting firm providing services across the nation.

Prior to launching Hemlock & Forge, Wyatt was the Director of Community Partnerships for the City of
Boise, guiding all social service partnerships for City Hall. He has served a number of roles in his work on housing equity, including Executive Director of CATCH, Idaho’s largest supportive housing agency and Senior Manager at Agnew::Beck Consulting, serving communities in Idaho and Alaska by designing and managing public-private partnerships that led to the development of affordable housing and increased housing outcomes for marginalized populations.

Wyatt is proud to have been a key leader in the development of Our Path Home, the public-private
partnership in Ada County, Idaho dedicated to ending homelessness. This leadership led to the creation of the state’s first coordinated entry system on homelessness; developing New Path Community Housing, the state’s first Housing First-based supportive housing building; and launching the Campaign to End Family Homelessness, a five-year strategy to bring aggressive philanthropy and innovative service design to achieve functional zero.

Wyatt holds a Master of Business Administration from Villanova University and a Bachelor of Arts from Allegheny College, and a professional certificate on Real Estate Development from Fordham University. You can find him living in Philadelphia, PA, watching baseball or sneaking into the Wissahickon for the afternoon or on his stoop with a guitar in his hand.
Wyatt Schroeder