Carol Walter

Carol Walter was appointed Executive Director of The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) in November 2006. She has worked throughout the state of Connecticut in the field of homeless services since 1987 as a service provider, manager, administrator and community leader. She has operated shelter programs in New Haven, Stamford, Hartford and East Hartford, created and implemented supportive housing programs in Hartford and East Hartford, served on the Board's of both the CT Coalition to End Homelessness and the CT AIDS Residence Coalition, and has worked extensively as a senior manager for a community action agency overseeing not only homeless programs but a myriad of ancillary anti-poverty programs such as employment, energy assistance, youth services, and neighborhood services.

Ms. Walter has authored and/or assisted in the development of several of Connecticut 's Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness. In her capacity at CCEH she works statewide as a leader of change efforts to prevent, reduce and end homelessness among Connecticut's citizens. Ms. Walter currently sits on the statewide Reaching Home Campaign Executive Committee, Connecticut's campaign to build 10,000 units of supportive housing, and is an appointed member of the Hartford Commission on the Homeless.