Alyson is the Director of Community Impact for Mary’s Place in Seattle/King County, where she began work in the homeless service community back in 2012. She is responsible for Mary’s Place community impact agenda that identifies gaps in policies and services and affects change at the system level in collaboration with government, family shelter providers, school districts, and community partners. She is dedicated to seeing an end to family homelessness in the King County community and beyond through the centering of those most impacted and loves working with others to come to collaborative and creative solutions. When not at work, she can be found snuggling her dogs.