Full Name
Sherri Allen-Reeves
Title
Executive Director
Organization
Phoenix Foundation, NFP
Speaker Bio
Sherri Allen-Reeves, Executive Director of Phoenix Foundation, NFP (PHX-NFP), has passionately worked in the service of others for over 30 years and is a vocal advocate for homeless and other disenfranchised people. Under her leadership, PHX-NFP opened Phoenix Rising Emergency Triage Shelter, an 85-bed non-congregant shelter for single men and women, an Access Point for the Coordinated Entry System, created 38 units of Rapid Rehousing, and partnering with the Center for Housing and Health, providing Case Management for 40 families in Permanent Supportive Housing.
In 2024 Sherri was appointed to the Illinois Community Advisory Council on Homelessness, by Governor JB Pritzker.
As a member of the Illinois Racial Equity Roundtable on Black Homelessness, Sherri significantly influenced the University of Illinois at Chicago report, "Black Homelessness in Illinois: Structural Drivers of Inequality.
Her commitment to service includes Board Member roles for the Chicago Continuum of Care, Supportive Housing Providers Association, Legal Council for Health Justice, and the Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices. She is also a member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness BIPOC Collective and Leadership Council, the Collaborative on Child Homelessness Illinois Leadership Committee, Rotary Club Chicago Southeast, and founder of the Renaissance Bronzeville Toastmasters Club.
Sherri holds a BA in Counseling from Midwest Theological Institute.
Sherri Allen-Reeves