Edie Irons is the Director of Communications for All Home, a regional nonprofit working to disrupt the cycles of poverty and homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. She spent the previous five years as Communications Director for TransForm, another regional Bay Area advocacy organization, working at the intersection of housing, transportation, climate, and racial justice.

Edie has nearly 20 years of experience leading strategic communications efforts on a wide range of issues for nonprofits, small businesses, political campaigns, a government agency, and as a consultant. Alongside her professional career, Edie has been active in local politics in the East Bay since 2004 and was twice elected to (minor) public office.

Edie is a Bay Area native, a proud Oakland resident, and an avid gardener, singer, cook, and cyclist. She has a bachelor’s degree from Barnard College