BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF- SUFFICIENCY
Marlene Christine Hurd is the Vice-Chair Commissioner with the Oakland Housing Authority which provides affordable housing for over 15,000 families. She is a member of the OHA resident advisory board and Chairs the OHA Board of Commissioner AD Hoc Education Policy Committee. In 2013, Hurd was appointed to the International Research and Global Exchange Committee with the National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) in 2009; she received the Commissioner Certification (NCC) from NAHRO.
Ms. Hurd received her BA degree from Mills College in Ethnic Studies where she also studied Public Policy. Hurd studied Poverty & Inequity at UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy. It was there she learned the effects of poverty. Hurd’s personal experience with homelessness led her to become an advocate for the “voiceless.” Her 13 years of volunteerism have given her insight to mobilize communities. Marlene is a Commissioner on the Alameda County Consumer Affairs Commission. She serves on the Mayor’s Commission on Persons with Disabilities for the City of Oakland.
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BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF- SUFFICIENCY
BOSS is on the front lines of developing solutions to mass homelessness, mass incarceration, and community violence with programs and services tailored to meet the needs of the people. We are dedicated to the inclusion and well-being of people marginalized by addiction, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, homelessness, and violence.